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animago Award & Conference Readies 2017 Edition

Thirty-three projects from all over the world nominated for animago AWARDS in eleven categories; international VFX experts set to meet at the animago CONFERENCE in Munich September7-8, 2017.

Citigold “Adele,” produced by Psyop, is selected to compete in the Best Motion Design category at animago Award & Conference 2017.

MUNICH -- In today’s world, visual effects and digital editing form part of almost every film, advertisement, interactive production, computer game and virtual reality production. Indeed, the work of digital artists is required in a wide variety of industries over and above film, games and advertising. In fact, digital production continues to play an increasingly key role in a number of other industries ranging from architecture and automobile manufacturing to medicine.

At the animago AWARD & CONFERENCE, running September 7-8, 2017, VFX experts from all over the world will gather in Munich for two full days focusing on 3D animation, stills, visual effects, visualizations and design. More than 1,000 participants are expected to attend the events in the Gasteig Cultural Center in Munich.

The highlight of the two days will be the presentation of the animago AWARDS on Thursday evening (September 7). Chosen in a total of 11 categories from out of almost 1,000 submissions received from 58 countries, the 33 final nominees represent projects created in Canada, the U.S., China, Taiwan, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Spain, France and Germany. Since the animago competition launched more than 20 years ago, an independent jury of experts drawn from the fields of film, development and post-production has viewed and judged over 22,000 works sent in by digital artists from over 80 different nations.

Among the renowned VFX professionals who will speak at this year’s animago CONFERENCE are those artists responsible for the post-production and visual effects for films such as Piper, Cloud Atlas, Independence Day: Resurgence, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Pinocchio and Anne Frank, as well as advertising productions by Adidas, Volkswagen and RedBull. The animago is considered one of the industry’s most important international networking platforms.

In addition to that, the Gasteig will also host the animago EXHIBITION, an event open to the public where companies active in the industry will present their products, technologies and services.

Sponsor partners for the animago AWARD & CONFERENCE 2017 include Autodesk, Avid, Black Magic Design, Chaos Group, Dell, Esri, Maxon Computer, NEC Display Solutions Europe, PNY Technologies, Quantum, Vogelsänger, and Wacom. animago is organized by the special-interest German-language magazine known as DIGITAL PRODUCTION, published by DETAIL Business Information GmbH. All events will be supported by the Bavarian State Ministry for Economics and Media, Energy and Technology and by the Team of Excellence Culture Creative Industries City of Munich.

Source: animago AWARD & CONFERENCE

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Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.