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animago AWARD Now Also for Switzerland
New: animago AWARD in Switzerland Specifically for Switzerland / Cooperation with the “Festival international du film fantastique de Neuchâtel”
animago AWARD 2008 – Competition Is the Best Further Education
Most Important Award for the German-Speaking DCC Industry / "State of the Art" Work / Essential Event for the Community
SANYO Seeks Creative Film Fans and Camera Testers
Apply online now at www.dreh-dein-ding.de.
NVIDIA Competition for CUDA Programmers
C programmers can now apply for NVIDIA’s Europe-wide CUDA Challenge. Prizes include an HP workstation worth more than EUR 7,500.
Success for the Animated Short Film “Elfi and Death”
Another animated short film created at Nuremberg’s Georg Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences has won an award at an international film festival.
Hacker Competition Exposes Antivirus Software
Signature-Based Detection Demonstrated as a Weak Point
Changes to the made for mobile AWARD 2008
For the first time, awards will recognize not only “made for mobile” short films, but also the best mobile websites and campaigns.
NVArt: Staszek Marek Wins Nvidia’s Art Competition
The Polish Artist Has Won Nvidia's Digital Art Competition NVArt "Art Space: Architecture and Landscape". / Next Competition Launched
Instant36: Making Films in 36 Hours
From the announcement of the topic to delivery of the finished film, teams have exactly 36 hours / Today is the last chance to register
Wim Wenders Celebrates World Premiere with PALERMO SHOOTING
Wim Wenders' new film PALERMO SHOOTING celebrates its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival (May 14 to 25, 2008) as an official selection and in competition.
on3radio Opens €3,000 Sound-Logo Competition
A jury will select the winning on3radio sound logo by 14 April 2008, with €3,000 awarded to the winner.
denkwerk brings OBI the “Glücks-Wahnsinn”
Cologne Internet agency creates online campaign for DIY and home improvement stores / Performance marketing delivers greater reach
Hobnox Evolution Festival Names Winners
Nine finalists presented their projects to more than 2,000 guests and an industry jury at Berlin’s Hobnox Evolution Festival.
Call for entries to the Gesellschafter ART.AWARD 08
The submission period for the Gesellschafter ART.AWARD 08 begins on March 1. With its launch, all artists nationwide are asked: “What kind of society do we want to live in?”. The competition, launched by Aktion Mensch's Gesellschafter initiative and ART.FAIR 21, explores ideas and visions on sociopolitical issues in art.
11th eDIT Filmmaker’s Festival: young-talent competition
Who will demonstrate talent and creativity with a 30-second film on the subject of Planet Earth and — win eDward 2008? The best films will be shown at the opening gala of the 11th Filmmaker’s Festival in Frankfurt am Main in September. Cash and non-cash prizes worth around 5,000 euros also await
Thomas Raudnitzky wins O2 Mobile Movie Award 2007 with ‘Hallo Hand’
‘Jump into the wild life’ — that was the motto of O2’s third Mobile Movie Award. In the ‘Mobile User’ category, rheinmain tv presenter Thomas Raudnitzky from Bad Nauheim was able to take the trophy home.
World Cyber Games German Final Moves to GC
The 2008 World Cyber Games German national final will take place at the GC Games Convention in Leipzig from 22 to 24 August.
denkwerk and OBI Win at the New York Festivals’ AME Awards
Cologne Internet agency receives bronze medal for the “OBI Cheering Orchestra” in the Interactive Marketing category.
Berlin Today Award Is Intended to Offer Young Directors Opportunities
Short film competition as part of the Berlinale Talent Campus 2009 / 15 talents can convince the producers present of their film idea
Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film Awards German Animation Screenplay Prize 2008
As part of the 15th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film - Festival of Animated Film from May 1 to 6, 2008
Computer Games: Many Turn Hobby into Profession
The final of the Championship Gaming Series (CGS) http://www.thecgs.com is currently taking place in Los Angeles. At the event, e-sports players compete against each other who have long since left behind the status of hobby computer gamers. The CGS is in fact the first league worldwide to pay its players fixed salaries.
RTT Opens Emerging Technology Contest 2008
Students and universities can enter projects in interaction, rendering, simulation and real-time 3D content until 8 March 2008.
Michel Ocelot on the Jury
The juries at the 2008 Animation Film Festival are once again top-class. One of the most renowed animation filmmakers has already agreed to join the jury of the “AniMovie” feature film competition: Michel Ocelot.
Better Than the Professionals
Students from “Fim & Animation” win 1st prize at “Eyes & Ears of Europe 2007”.
Awards Presented at up-and-coming 2007
On Sunday morning, the 'German Young Film Award 2007', the 'BDK Student Film Award' (Professional Association for Art Education), the 'Flying Camera' and the 'International Young Film Makers Award' were presented in Hanover. The 9th Hanover International Film Festival comes to an end with the award ceremony.
Autodesk and Innovation First Launch Robotics Website
Robotevents.com offers students and teachers exciting material from robotics.
PRINZ and Deutschlandreporter.de Launch Video Competition
Prinz magazine and the video portal Deutschlandreporter.de are looking for the best location video.
Made in Frankfurt: Olymptronica 2007
Next weekend, the Main metropolis will be all about computer games: On November 18, Olymptronica 2007 opens its doors.
The prizes of the 18th Lünen Cinema Festival
The prize winners of the 18th Lünen Cinema Festival, which took place from November 15 to 18, 2007, have been decided. The award ceremony took place on November 18, 2007, at Cineworld Lünen.
CoCo Best Pitch Award 2007 presented
Connecting Cottbus 2007 - CoCo Best Pitch Award 2007 goes to Serbian director and screenwriter Andrijana Stojkovic for The Box.
Olymptronica 2007
Launched three years ago as a small, local event, the consistently youth-free Olymptronica has advanced to become the second largest industry get-together in Germany. The two-day event, which according to the organisers is expected to attract several thousand guests, is also regarded as Germany's largest event for console eSports.
Made in Frankfurt: Olymptronica 2007
Frankfurt games event advances to second-largest industry meeting in Germany / Several thousand visitors come to the Main metropolis for Olymptronica on November 17 and 18
9th International Film Festival Hannover
The 9th up-and-coming International Film Festival Hannover takes place from November 22.to 25, 2007 at CinemaxX Hannover Nikolaistraße / German Young Film Award 2007
Sports marketing firm manages the Electronic Sports League Romania
The Electronic Sports League launches in Romania in November – Kick Off Events receives license for the Romanian section of the computer games league – Professional league with 10,000 euros prize money in the first year.
German websites win “World Summit Award 2007”
Two German websites were honored this week in Venice with the “World Summit Award” (WSA). Both the German Bundestag website (e-Government category) and the Hessischer Rundfunk topic website about the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials “End of Silence” (e-Culture category) are thus among the best websites in the world.
9th International Eyes & Ears Awards
Around 700 guests celebrated the 32 prize winners and 96 finalists of the International Eyes & Ears Awards last Thursday. For the ninth time, industry association Eyes & Ears of Europe presented the distinction as part of Medientage München. The two special prizes "Innovation" and "Effectiveness" went to 20th Century Fox and ProSieben respectively. Robert Wilson received the Eyes & Excellence Award.
Images from the productions of the animago prize winners
We have compiled images for you from the respective award-winning productions at the animago AWARD 2007 that are suitable as illustrations for reporting. Please use a reference to the animago AWARD and the prize winner as the caption.
German Film Academy announces preselection jurors for the German Film Award
For the fourth time, the nearly 1,000 members of the German Film Academy select the prize winners for the German Film Award 2008 in twelve categories.
Intel raffles off three parabolic flights for Germany’s most extreme “mobile gamers”
Today the “Intel ZeroG Competition” starts on Intel Game On (www.intel.de/gameon): the chance to win one of three places on a parabolic flight in the USA beckons. To enter, each participant must upload a photo of their wildest activity with a notebook: for example, a photo of the last session on the glacier - the more extreme, the better, because the image can then be rated with up to ten points by all Intel Game On visitors. The three participants who have the highest average rating after four weeks will fly to Las Vegas at the beginning of January 2008. With a converted passenger plane, they will experience weightlessness there several times in succession for around 20 seconds.
Winners of the most important competition for Digital Content Creation (DCC) honored at awards ceremony
International entries from 35 different countries / Live broadcast of the awards ceremony via Windows Media Streaming / Honorary award for Bully Herbig / Evening event with networking party as part of the digital creation days in Karlsruhe
ESL Pro Series
On August 24, 2007, Europe’s largest league for computer games kicked off the eleventh season of the eSports professional league, the ESL Pro Series, in Leipzig at Games Convention. With 170,000 euros, it is Germany’s most highly endowed league for professional computer gaming. The league comes to Munich’s Tonhalle on 09.11.2007. In Warcraft 3 and Counter-Strike, professional players compete live before an audience for valuable points in the competition for the German electronic sports championship and for 170,000 euros in prize money.
animago AWARD
The most important competition for Digital Content Creation (DCC) in the German-speaking region is launching with a new concept. This year, the main prize for “Best Production” will be awarded for the first time, and the winner of the “Best University Production” category will be rewarded with a sponsorship prize. The submission deadline is June 30, 2007.
The animago EVENT 2007 with a festive awards ceremony takes place as part of the digital creation days – the networking event of the German-speaking DCC industry – at the Congress Center in Karlsruhe. On November 8 and 9,2007, the digital creation days offer, as part of an integrated congress and exhibition concept, the opportunity to get to know new trends and developments in the German-speaking DCC industry. The animago Awards will be officially presented on the evening of November 8 as part of an exciting Award Ceremony.
Official music video by Fantastischen Vier created by a MyVideo user for the first time
In an unprecedented campaign, Die Fantastischen Vier, together with MyVideo.de, Vodafone, ProSieben and Radio Energy, had the official music video for the new single from the album “Fornika” filmed by fans and creatives. Since the call two months ago at fanta4.myvideo.de, more than 300 clips were submitted in the first, three-week phase, a huge response when one considers the effort behind an animated video.
Intel launches “World in Conflict Cup” series
The world’s first “World in Conflict” cup starts on the Intel gaming portal.
dc days: Free anniversary chili
50 issues of red-hot industry topics. DIGITAL PRODUCTION celebrates with all visitors to the dc days and invites them to eat chili.
Microsoft uses avatar to address consumers
A new campaign provides information about the possibilities of the networked home. An avatar guides visitors through the site
Living Cloud Wins Virtual Architecture Award
Tanja Meyle's Living Cloud wins the public prize in the first Second Life Annual Architecture and Design Competition.
Only 12 days to go until the animago EVENT
The most important competition in the DCC industry will conclude at the digital creation days in Karlsruhe. There is still time to secure tickets for the presentation.
Webcuts.07 honors the best Internet movies
Berlin cinema audiences and international visitors in Second Life followed the award ceremony for Internet short films from around the world and selected the audience-award winner.
Acrobat competition continues until mid-November
Halfway point in the Adobe competition: Applications show the potential of Acrobat use
Bitfilm and 20th Century Fox launch competition
To mark the launch of the new Robert Redford film "Lions for Lambs", the organizations are announcing a small film competition under the motto "What do you stand up for?".
animago entries 2007 online
All submissions to this year’s animago AWARD can be viewed online. The 853 entries are divided into the categories Still, Film and Interactive.
Pinnacle Studio video competition extended until the end of October
The success of the Share Your Studio Experience competition was so great that the submission deadline was extended by one month.
Competition: Who sends the most creative video e-mail with Videonize?
MailPerfect Europe AG, provider of Videonize, the next-generation e-mail solution for sending video messages simply and directly, is giving away a luxury weekend for 2 people including a voucher for a Porsche factory tour and Cayenne drive on the Porsche off-road course in Leipzig.
Winners of the Adobe/DP competition have been decided
The winners of the major Adobe competition that DIGITAL PRODUCTION conducted online have now been decided.
up-and-coming: Submission deadline expired
By September 1, 2680 applications from 58 countries had been received
by the Hannover International Film Festival. up-and-coming records a submission record
Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival – Submission deadline for the short-film competitions ends soon
For the 29th edition of the Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival in Saarbrücken, taking place from January 14 to 20, 2008, submissions will be accepted until November 01, 2007 for the short- and feature-film competitions and the medium-length film competition set up for the first time.
Film retellers wanted
TOTAL RECALL- the Int. Festival of the Retold Film, is looking for people who retell films.
DOK Leipzig Celebrates Its 50th Edition
The International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film celebrates from from October 29 to November 4, 2007
HD Competition “movies & stills 2008”
Aimed at young creatives / Prize money totallingg 6000 euros offered
Festival Initiates Prize for Film Music
Animated film and music will be one of the focal points of the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film 2008. With “Music for Animation”, the festival, in cooperation with the GEMA Foundation, is awarding a prize for the best music for the first time.
Siggraph 2008: Submit Entries!
Interested parties can now submit entries for Siggraph 2008, which takes place next year from August 11 to 15 in Los Angeles
Online Voting for the Best “Coke Zero Viral Movie” Begins
Coca-Cola, McCann Erickson and Bitfilm organize advertising-spot competition / Internet users vote, winners receive cash prizes and a directing commission
Jury decides on animago AWARD entries 2007
The best overall productions have been selected by a jury of experts. The winners are...
Jury Selects Winners for animago AWARD 2007
It Has Been Decided – after a Day Full of Discussion, the Nominees for This Year's animago AWARDS 2007 Have Been Chosen. They Are....
New Video Competition from Pinnacle Studio
Pinnacle Systems, the consumer division of Avid Technology and provider of video-editing solutions, TV tuners for the PC and digital media adapters, is holding a new video competition:
animago EVENT 2007: Honoring the Winners of the Most Important Digital Content Creation (DCC) Competition on November 08, 2007
Nominees for most coveted DCC award have been determined / animago EVENT on 08.11.2007 in Karlsruhe
“Prefabricated Construction Method” for Video Clip Competitions
Video clip competitions can now be integrated directly into company homepages using the “prefabricated construction method”. The CRAZY AWARD portal is offering this service from September 2007. This expands the portfolio of marketing features for the Internet by another important building block.
Mister Wong Launches International Logo Contest
Internet users all over the world are called upon to design a new logo for the social-bookmarking portal.
WAM Film Night Goes XXS
Dortmund is getting its own short-film festival. An initiative of students from Werbe- & Medien-Akademie Marquardt (WAM) is organising the event.
Pinnacle Studio 11: User competition online
Pinnacle Systems, the Consumer Division of Avid Technology, has launched the website for the “Share Your Video Experience” competition. Entries can be submitted and rated starting today.
SIGGRAPH 2007: First international FJORG animation competition
Today at SIGGRAPH 2007, the starting signal is given for the first international animation competition “FJORG!”. 15 teams compete for the title “Viking Animator”.
Corel seeks the best storyboarders
Corel invites aspiring film artists, students and everyone interested in digital art to an international storyboard competition: The task is to visualize individual scenes of a screenplay in the style of a comic strip with the aid of the Corel Painter X painting and illustration program.
tv14 searches for the video star
tv14, Europe's largest programme magazine from the Bauer publishing group, and the Internet portal clipfish.de are now launching a summer campaign: They are looking for the most beautiful children's video - the main prize is a family trip to Mallorca worth 2,000 euros, while places two to six each receive 1,000 euros in cash.
Axel Springer Academy launches funding initiative for creative media projects
Up to 500 000 euros in funding for the realization of an original media project / Jury members include Oliver Berben, Michael Conrad, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Max Hollein and Jette Joop
Adobe Calls for Entries for the Adobe MAX Awards 2007
Competition recognizes innovative applications of Adobe technologies / Presentation at the Adobe MAX conference / European MAX event in mid-October in Barcelona
animago AWARD 2007: Renowned Computer Graphics Competition Extends Submission Deadline
Submission deadline extended to July 15 / New competition concept / Award ceremony at the digital creation days in Karlsruhe
VDW Award 2007 Opens for Entries
Advertising film competition under the slogan "Alles auf die 07"; entries close on 3 August 2007.
New animago AWARD category
Due to numerous entrys, a new animago category has been added: "Best commercial"
animago Entry Deadline Extended
The deadline for animago Award 2007 submissions has moved from 30 June to 15 July 2007.
Nuremberg Seeks Advertising Spots
A nationwide competition invites professional and amateur filmmakers to create unusual advertising spots for the Nuremberg metropolitan region.
German Multimedia Award Presented in Berlin
Twelve award winners / Bulk of submissions from advertising and PR / Presentation as part of DMMK - Digital Economy
Realflowforum.com Calls for Entries for Simulation Contest 2007
Start on July 1 / Realflow 4 license to be won
TietoEnator Seeks the Best IT Artists
IT service provider TietoEnator is supporting this year's “Swan Lake: Moving Image & Music Award” (SL:MIMA) as main sponsor. The competition was initiated by Mittweida University of Applied Sciences (FH) and awards prizes to the best music videos for New Age piano music.
ADC Awards Show
At the ADC Awards Show, the ADC nails will be awarded to the most creative minds of 2006 - for advertising, media, editorial, spatial communication and design.
From 23 March to 26 March 2007, the exhibition will showcase the winning entries and all the competition entries in Hangar2 at Tempelhof Airport.
Tokyo International Anime Fair 2007
Animation trade fair and presentation of the 6th Tokyo Anime Award
animago AWARD 2007: Renowned Computer Graphics Competition Gives Starting Signal for New Concept
The most important competition for Digital Content Creation (DCC) in German-speaking countries launches with a new concept: in 2007, the trade magazine DIGITAL PRODUCTION is organising the 11th animago AWARD – and realigning the competition to take account of the technical development of the DCC sectors and growing international participation. Greater transparency in the categories and greater prominence for the winners are the goal.
animago AWARD 2007: Registration Started
New Category System, New Event in Karlsruhe / Judging Areas Film, Still and Animation
animago Award 2007 Opens Registration
The 11th animago Award introduces a revised category system for film, still and interactive work, with entries due by 30 June 2007.
Bitfilm Launches 8th International Film Competition
Submission deadline June 15, 2007, worldwide Internet vote from August to October 2007
Autodesk Launches Inventor Student Design Contest
Students can submit their 3D designs until May 1
Spotlight Advertising Film Festival: 2007 with “Web & Mobile” Category
Participation open to professionals and students / Submission deadline extended
Starting Gun for DMMA 2007 Fired
Industry competition for online/offline productions takes place for the twelfth time / Participation subject to a fee
animago AWARD 2006 – Documentation for the most important Digital Content Creation (DCC) competition released as a DOUBLE DVD
Documentation for the most important competition released / double DVD contains over 6 hours of running time / tenth anniversary of the animago AWARD
Webcuts.06 competition launches
Entries for the international Internet film festival can be submitted now
Prix Ars Electronica announces winners
The jurors of the Austrian competition awarded the "Golden Nicas" in six categories
animago Award 2006 Honours “Black Sheep”
Nearly 1,300 entries from more than 50 countries marked animago’s tenth anniversary and its first Audience Award.
animago AWARD 2006: Images from the prizewinning entries
From the six main prizewinning entries, we have compiled for you some images from the respective films for your reporting