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a celebration of student animation worldwide

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Animex 2006 Awards Highlights

Cover Image 'Catgirl' courtesy of Richard Smith BA (Hons) Creative Visualisation.

DVD production by Corporate Communications Unit.

Musical Accompaniment by Paul Stokes.

Introductory Sequence edited by Ellie Serafin.

Thank you to the finalist panel that included: Spencer Cook, SonyPictures Imageworks; Philip Hunt, STUDIO AKA; Shelley Page,DreamWorks; Barbara Slade; David Sproxton, Aardman; Leonard Teo,Ballistic Media; Jim Thacker, 3D World and Ramin Zahed, AnimationMagazine.

Thank you to the pre-selection panel that included: Ellie Serafin,Simon Mckeown, Julian Warren, Tanya Nelson, Mike Ablett, Nick Daniels, Matthew Holton, Steven Mead, Siobhan Fenton, Wen Tang, John Dixon, John Chadwick, Kath O'Connor, MorganPowell, Neil Kinney, Satish Shewhorak, Stephen Caie, Michael Siu and Tom Harvey.

The organisers would also like to thank the following contributors:Paul Buckley, Julie Chapman, Danny Honeyman, Chris Lofthouse,Caroline Laverick, Mark Malik, Emma Howden and Gary Mercer.

NOTE: All rights reserved. Any unauthorised use of the DVD,including but not limited to public performances, copying, editing,lending, renting, and exhibiting is strictly prohibited.

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IntroductionIn our third full international year it is very encouraging to see theinvolvement of yet more educational establishments that, like theUniversity of Teesside, are dedicated to exploring the many andvaried uses of the animated medium. From visual effects toarchitectural visualisation, computer games art to 3d computeranimation, pre-selection week this year revealed moments of geniusthat I am sure will go on to inspire producers and directors workingin established studios all over the world.

'Levels' by Massey University College of Creative Arts student TomMountfort tells of a story of a girl who travels through a variety ofenvironments like the levels of a computer game. Every door to thenext level is different to the previous and normal rules or reality don'tapply. It is imaginative, controlled, colourful and, like a lot of otherentries in this year's Animex Student Animation Awards, explores theconvergence that is currently taking place in the computer animationand computer games industry .

If you think you have what it takes to contribute to this convergence,then send us your work to arrive no later than 1 October 2006.We've known for a while now that the narratives familiar to thefeature film industry are common in the games industry, and vice-versa, however the time has come to recognise and reward emergingstars in this new and exciting field!

Justin Greetham Head of Animex Awards Email: awards@animex.net

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ENTRY # E0187

Category: 3D Computer Animation Award NomineeSubmission Title: NichtLustig!Duration: 00:04:00Director: Claudius UrbanInstitution: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

A yeti has the urgent need to pee.

ENTRY # E0120

Category: Experimental Animation Award NomineeSubmission Title: Art Duration: 00:00:38Directors: Andre Ruivo and Ian MackinnonInstitution: Royal College of Art, London, UK

Two young art students pause from their work toexpatiate upon the laborious predicament of the modernartist. About them can be seen the ethereal figures oftheir animators, frenetically engaged in the exhaustingwork of drawing them.

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ENTRY # E0056

Category: 3D Computer Animation Award NomineeSubmission Title: TherosDuration: 00:02:38Director: Georgios CherouvimInstitution: Bournemouth University, UK

A short computer animated film which criticises an issue of themodern human society. It is a non-narrative character-based piece,which, through the use of strong imagery and repetitive animation,delivers the message.

ENTRY # P0048

Category: 2D Computer Animation Award NomineeSubmission Title: Woanders (Somewhere Else)Duration: 00:05:32Director: Ulrike KeilInstitution: Burg Gietichenstein, Germany

A man decides to leave the safety of his house and fortress todiscover the wide unknown world outside, but soon he has to findout that it's never easy to leave the past behind.

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ENTRY # P0096

Category: 3D Computer Animation Award NomineeSubmission Title: Bath Time Duration: 00:01:34Director: Carlos FernandeInstitution: University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK

A character who wants to clean his dog up, but the dog will try anything to keep away from the water.

ENTRY # P0005

Category: Experimental Animation Award NomineeSubmissions Title: Found ObjectsDuration: 00:03:55Director: Christoph StegerInstitution: Royal College of Art, London, UK

Animated Film, based on objects found in a second hand shop inGermany – an empty photo album and an audio tape with unknownvoices.

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ENTRY # P0088

Category: Games Design and Animation Award NomineeSubmission Title: LevelsDuration: 00:03:20Director: Tom MountfortInstitution: Massey University College of Creative Arts, New Zealand

A girl travels through her environment like levels in a game. Everydoor to the next level is different to the previous, and normal rules orreality do not apply. This premise gave the opportunity to play withideas, in a 3D animation/manga/games-like crossover style.

ENTRY # P0100

Category: 3D Computer Animation Award NomineeSubmisison Title: ExitDuration: 00:08:28Directors: Nicholas Chombart, Guillaume Roux, Xavier Aliot and Florian BestelInstitution: ESMA, France

A doctor and his patient are talking about issues of our worldincluding religions, war, ecology and economy. They try to explaintheir own point of view by drawing on a blackboard.

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ENTRY # P0093

Category: 2D Computer Animation Award NomineeSubmission Title: Walkies Duration: 00:01:54Director: Ed BarrettInstitution: University College for the Creative Arts, Surrey, UK

A man and his dog on an extraordinary walk.

ENTRY # P0157

Category: Games Design and Animation Award NomineeSubmisison Title: A Modelling Reel Duration: 00:03:49Director: Herbert LouisInstitution: Vancouver Film School, Canada

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ENTRY # E0005

Category: Experimental Animation Award NomineeSubmission Title: Memory FactoryDuration: 00:02:30Director: Alex ChungInstitution: London Metropolitan University, UK

This is an animated journey based on the interrelationship betweencollecting, memory and technology. The film conveys both thenostalgic organic feeling of the past and the robotic sense of thetechnological age.

ENTRY # P0111

Category: 3D Computer Animation Award NomineeSubmission Title: Brush Duration: 00:02:22 Director: Lei ChenInstitution: Bournemouth University, UK

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ENTRY # E0184

Category: Visual Effects Award NomineeSubmission Title: FableDuration: 00:07:45Directors: Max Stolzenberg, Anja PerlInstitution: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

The tale of the goldfish bowl-headed man.

ENTRY # E0163

Category: 3D Computer Animation Award NomineeSubmission Title: Urban SprawlDuration: 00:02:30Director: Chris BeintemaInstitution: Sheridan College, Canada

A scientist invents a machine to produce instant cities.

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ENTRY # E0115

Category: 2D Computer Animation Award NomineeSubmission Title: Mimi Carina et le Chateau NoirDuration: 00:02:39Director: Cedric HeroleInstitution: Ecole des Metiers du Cinema d'Animation, France

Mimi Carina is blown away towards a fairy's world

ENTRY # : E0179

Category: 3D Computer Animation Award Nominee Submission Title: Hopeless RomanticDuration: 00:04:20Director: Bill BurgInstitution: Pratt Institute Department of Computer Graphics &Interactive Media, U.S.A

A humorous tale of a young boy in love with Amy, his neighbourand teenage babysitter. The boy makes increasingly desperateattempts to get Amy's attention and win her affection. This narrativeanimation was created in Maya.

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ENTRY # E0169

Category: Motion Graphics Award NomineeSubmission Title: First Time BuyerDuration: 00:02:12Director: Martin LyeInstitution: Royal College of Art, London, UK

Buying property can be a gamble. Getting the right advice can turnthat gamble into a sure thing.

ENTRY # P0166

Category: Visual Effects Award NomineeSubmission Title: The GalleryDuration: 00:02:10Director: Jon KaczmarskInstitution: Savannah College of Art and Design, USA

A routine visit to a 3D digital sculpture gallery turns interesting fortwo students.

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ENTRY # P0158

Category: Games Design and Animation Award NomineeSubmission Title: Cannibals: The Way of LoveDuration: 00:02:31Director: Hwa Jong (James) SongInstitution: Vancouver Film School,Canada

This film is about the love between the cannibals and studious whocrash landed on to a cannibal island.

20 films in total

Approximate total duration: 83 minutes 46 seconds

ENTRY# E0078

Category: 3D Computer Animation Award NomineeSubmission Title: YUDuration: 00:05:10Directors: Julien Fabbris and Nicolas Guiraud Institution: Supinfocom Arles

Two children want to discover a world they don't know.

Information and an application form in support of next year's awards can be found at www.animex.net/awards or write to:

School of ComputingUniversity of TeessideMiddlesbroughUnited Kingdom TS1 3BA

Deadline date for the next Animex Awards is 1 October 2006

07A CELEBRATION OF STUDENT ANIMATION WORLDWIDE

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‘Larry vs Spider’ - courtesy of Andy Spence, BA (Hons) Computer Animation.

Categories for next year’s awards include:2D Animation Award3D Animation AwardGames Design AwardExperimental Animation AwardMotion Graphics AwardVisual Effects AwardVisualisation Award

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