More top notch speakers confirmed
FMX is glad to welcome Daniel Jeanette, Animation Director and Visual Effects Supervisor on “Where the Wild Things Are” and Simon Otto, Head of Character Animation for DreamWorks’ “How to Train Your Dragon”.
Other newly confirmed speakers are the Stereoscopic Supervisors Jayme Wilkinson (“Ice Age 3”) and Anthony Shafer (“Christmas Carol”) and Todd Masters, who will talk on Prosthetics and SFX. Noel Sharkey, who is Professor of Artifical Intelligence, Robotics and of Public Engagement at the University of Sheffield, will discuss the question “How likely is it that one day we will have robot surrogates or robot avatars (robatars) representing us in the world?”
And the winners are… - Oscars, VES and Annies go FMX
And there are even more excellent speakers! Come and enjoy presentations by Oscar and VES Awards winner Joe Letteri on “Avatar”, Bruce Smith on the Annie Awards winning “The Princess and the Frog” and Bob Whitehill, Stereoscopic Supervisor for the double Oscar winner “Up”. The Oscar nominated film “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” will be represented by Paul Docherty.
Bring your skills to the next level - Masterclasses at FMX
In the Masterclasses visitors get the perfect opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge directly from experts in the industry. Detailed presentations will let you bring your skills to the next level:
- Joseph Gilland with “Elemental Magic - The Art of Special Effects Animation”
- Ed Hooks with “Acting for Animators”
- Kevin Todd Haug with “Surfing Paradigm Shifts: A Guide for Would-Be VFX Pros”
- Side Effects Software with “Go Procedural with Houdini”
Siggraph Asia CAF and invaZion at FMX
Two hours of the best of the Juried screenings, as well as a few selections from their reel of Invited Studio screenings will be presented by the Siggraph Computer Animation Festival (CAF) in the Screenings section of FMX 2010. You will be able to see all award winners, most of the nominees, and some pieces they just had to include! And you still have a chance to submit your work here: please be aware of the submission deadline for animations on April 19. CAF has also launched the new Animation Clinic, a workshop for student thesis projects in development. The submission deadline for this workshop is May 10.
At FMX 2010, you can also join the award ceremony of the invaZion 2010 3-D Short Film Challenge, created by more3D, in the FMX 2010 Events section. With a high class jury including major Hollywood studios and prizes worth over € 20.000 from FMX, Panasonic, The Foundry and more3D, it's one of the most exciting contests for stereoscopic shorts today. Register and submit your commercial or non-commercial 3-D short film in March 2010 at www.invazion.org to be eligible for one of the awards in "Stereoscopic Storytelling", "Excellence in Visual Art" or the "Best Overall" grand prize.
FMX launches the 360º Co-Production Market – Call for Projects
In response to the increase in crossmedia content development, FMX 2010 launches the 360º Co-Production Market. The market enables media production companies to find co-producers from other media sectors for their multi-platform projects and ventures. To launch the market, FMX 2010 calls for producers and artists to submit their multi-platform projects in order to present themselves and their projects at the conference to the high profile FMX audience. The presentations will be flanked by a series of lectures and case studies on crossmedia content development, multi-platform production and the emerging business models. For more information, go here.
Conference, Festival and Business Meeting – the perfect mix
It has been the perfect mix for many years: FMX is a an expert meeting including the Conference, Trade Floor, Workshops and Masterclasses as well as the Recruiting and Education sections, film school presentations and a platform for young talent projects and ideas. The Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) screens and awards the best animation films from all over the world to a wide audience and countless international guests, while the business meeting Animation Production Day (APD) brings together financiers and distributors in targeted discussions to help make adequate international production and marketing budgets accessible to the animation industry. Don’t miss the chance to visit all three events in Stuttgart in just one week:
FMX: May 04-07, ITFS: May 04-09, APD: May 04-05. |
