Australia's leading digital arts forum. Insightful conference sessions on the latest techniques for creating computer-generated visuals for film and television, led by industry experts from major US, European and Australasian post houses. Comprises of conference sessions, masterclasses and technology labs and incorporates the annual AEAF Awards in 12 categories of competition which draw entries from around the globe. Events held in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Organisers of the Australian Effects and Animation Festival are now accepting entries into the AEAF Awards to coincide with the December conference in Sydney, Australia.

The AEAF Awards are designed to reward innovation and expertise in digital content creation for film, television, games and the web. You can enter as many individual entries as you wish, as long as they've been completed between July 1, 2001 and October 27, 2002. Entry into the AEAF Awards is free.

There are 12 categories into which you can enter:
_ Commercials: Animation
_ Commercials: VFX
_ Feature Film: Animation
_ Feature Film: VFX
_ Music video
_ Short Film
_ TV Series
_ Titles, Idents & Stings
_ Web Animation
_ Student
_ Games
_ Education & Training

To enter, visit the web site at http://www.dmw.com.au and follow the links to the AEAF and the Awards entry form. Fill it out online or print it, and send entries to AEAF: PO Box 369, Strawberry Hills NSW 2012 no later than 5pm Monday October 28, 2002. Your entry must be PAL formatted and supplied on Beta SP or Digital Beta and be accompanied by a document of no more than 100 words explaining its special features. For further information, contact aeaf@dmw.com.au.

Following the success of the AEAF Awards in Sydney last December, organizers of the Australian Effects & Animation Festival (AEAF) have introduced a Short Film Festival to the Melbourne event (May 12-13) at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, Melbourne. The shorts festival will showcase some of the best digital and animated material submitted to the AEAF Awards 2002, as well as some new material that has been submitted solely for the purpose of screening in Melbourne. Two films that have been nominated in the Animated Short Film category at this year's Oscars were finalists in the AEAF Awards 2002, THE CHUBBSCHUBBS (USA) AND THE CATHEDRAL (Poland).

The Australian Effects and Animation Festival Melbourne 2003, will be held on May 12-13 at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Leading visual effects specialists from Weta Digital, ILM and The Moving Picture Company will share their secrets behind film and TV

The Exhibition will show casing 80+ students 3rd year final works from the School of Multimedia Systems Monash University Berwick Campus. It will include Game Development, 3D Animation, Flash Animation, Short Films, Web Site Design, Interfaces, E-commerce, Programming etc. The Objective of our 3rd Year Exhibition is to showcase to the Public and Industry, Innovations and the high skill level of our final years students in the fields of Multimedia.

The Exhibition will be located in the Atrium at Federation Square Melbourne Australia.

Free Entry

An Industry Night that will include International and Domestic people in the fields of Multimedia and is Invitation only will held on the 18th of November. If you are apart of the Industry and wish to attend please conact us.

The Digital Media Festival delivers an exhibition with the latest cutting edge tools for Animation, Visual Effect, HD/Digital Video production/Post production and Digital Imaging. Leading digital media technology tools from Apple, Sony, Panasonic, Adobe, Avid, Discreet and Canopus (just to name a few) will be exhibited with industry expert specialists on hand to inform and educate the industry.

Platinum Partner Apple will host the Apple Training Theatre with workshops on Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Shake and Motion. The Digital Media Partner Theatre will host a stream of free information sessions from the industry leading product vendors at the show.

There are 3 conferences held along side the exhibiton. These are the Australian Effects and Animation Festival, DVFest & Digital Imaging Festival.

The School of Multimedia Systems (Faculty of Information Technology) will be showcasing final 3rd year work of the Bachelor of Multimedia Systems in an Exhibition that will be held in the Atrium and the Edge at Federation Square Melbourne.

The dates of the Exhibition are the 22nd and 23rd of November 2004. It will be held between the hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and is open to the public.

The objective of the Exhibition is to showcase to the Public and Industry, Innovations and the high skill level of our final year students. More than 100 students will be demonstrating multimedia work in the fields of Game Development, 3D Animation, Flash Animation, Short Films, Website design, Interfaces and Programming.

The Exhibition is proudly presented by the following Sponsors-
Connecting Point
Paragon Australia
Faculty of Information Technology
Faculty of Art & Design
MUBS
Monash Berwick Campus
Multimedia Victoria

An Industry Night will be held at 6:30pm on the 23rd of November 2004 at The Edge Federation Square. For Invitations or further information to the Industry night please contact the School. 9904 7070
http://multimedia.monash.edu.au

The Digital Media Festival hosts Australia

The BSIT 3rd year Exhibition 2005 is a high quality exhibition of work produced by graduating students of the Bachelor of Multimedia Systems. The Exhibition will be open to the Multimedia industry, Secondary school students and the general public.

Location
The BMW Edge at Federation Square, Melbourne.

Date & Time
Tuesday November 15th 2005, 9am-5pm (Industry Night 6.30pm-late).

Details
BSIT 3rd year Exhibition 2005 aims to:

To achieve these aims, the BSIT 3rd year Exhibition 2005 one-day program, boasts:

Approximately 80 exhibitors, displaying a range of products including 3D game engine design, 3D video, games, educational CD ROM, interactive multimedia, dynamic web applications, database programming, Flash animation and more.

The Industry Night is invite only, if you are a member of the Multimedia or Education Industry and wish to attend the night please contact Andrew Owen on 03 9903 1411 or andrew.owen@infotech.monash.edu.au.

On the cultural "fringe" of the Castlemaine State Festival in Victoria, Australia you'll find the "Digital Chaos Gallery" featuring selected works from the binary realm, with a focus on 'local people'. We are seeking 2-D, 3-D and multi-dimensional art - especially work that expands the definition of "digital art". No submission fee. Deadline March 21st. See link below for entry form: http://www.castlemainefringe.com/digital/index.php Venue: The Criterion Hotel, Castlemaine,Victoria Opens Saturday April 1

Byte Me! is a Digital Content Festival, featuring a program of screenings, Show 'n Tells by international Industry speakers, live audiovisual performances and innovative cross-media events. See http://ByteMe.net.au There will be free interactive community activities, as well as a intensive program of low-cost events such as screenings and guest speakers including Robin Hunicke, lead developer of MySims for wii from EA Games; Paul Van Ommen, head of the Miniatures Unit on King Kong from Weta Workshop; and the Australian Premiere screening of Figwit (Frodo is Great, Who is That?) documentary and Q+A with NZ Film-maker Stan Alley. There is NO Registration fee, and the events will all be reasonably priced. The Festival is unrelated to, but runs concurrently with GRAPHITE 2007 http://www.graphite.siggraph.org/ to make the long trip to Perth doubly worthwhile.