ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 3.12 - March 1999

Awards

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Making More At Sundance. Mark Osborne's animated short film, More, has won the Jury Award for Special Recognition for Short Filmmaking at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The 6-minute film, about an inventor's struggle to find meaning in a grey emotion-less world, is the world's first stop motion short produced for exhibition on 70mm/15 perf (IMAX). More is inspired by and features the instrumental song "Elegia" by British electronic pop group New Order. Simultaneously in Park City, Herd, a film which Mark Osborne co-produced, won the Spirit Award for Short Film at the Slamdance Film Festival.

The February issue of Animation World Magazine has an article by Mark Osborne about the making of More called "Making More Out of Stop Motion on the Giant Screen." Read it today!

AMPAS Hands Out Tech Awards. The Scientific and Technical Academy Awards were presented on Saturday, February 27 in Los Angeles. Avid Technology received an Oscar statuette for the concept, system design and engineering of the Avid Film Composer for motion picture editing. Of the thirty-four other awards (Academy plaques and certificates), the sole animation-related distinction went to Cary Phillips of Industrial Light & Magic, who received a Technical Achievement award for the design and development of the "Caricature" Animation System.

BUNNY Is Big At Imagina. The 18th annual Imagina 1999, Europe's premiere computer graphics festival, wrapped up on January 22. During the show, the 13th edition of the "Prix Pixel-INA" awards were presented. Blue Sky | VIFX's Bunny took home three awards including top honors, the Grand Prix Imagina. For more information on the festival, visit www.ina.fr. Here are the winners from this prestigious European awards program honoring the world's best computer graphics:

Grand Prix Imagina: Bunny by Chris Wedge of Blue Sky | VIFX (USA).
Prix Pixel-INA (Simulation-Visualization): Chiropteres Virtuels (excerpt) by Denis Pontonnier of Association Imagénérie (France).
Prix Pixel-INA (Advertising): Sony Playstation Vet Moto II - "Old Lady" by Mark Gustafson of Will Vinton Studios (USA).
Prix Pixel-INA (Art): Tightrope by Daniel Robichaud of Digital Domain (USA).
Prix Pixel-INA (Schools and Universities): Un Temps pour Elle by Erwin Charrier (France).
Prix Pixel-INA (Theme Park): Magic Carpet Adventure by Ben Stassen (Belgium).
Prix Pixel-INA (Music Video): Jamiroquai "Deeper Underground" by Mike Lipscombe (France).
Prix Pixel-INA (Credits - Content Graphics): Coupe du Monde FIFA 98 by Marc Tatou and Antoine Lantieri (France).
Prix Pixel-INA (Special Effects): What Dreams May Come (excerpt) by Vincent Ward of Digital Domain (USA).
Prix Pixel-INA (Games "Intro"): L'amerzone (excerpt) by Benoît Sokal (France).
Prix Pixel-INA (Fiction): Bunny by Chris Wedge of Blue Sky | VIFX (USA).
Prix Pixel-INA (3D Animation): Bunny by Chris Wedge of Blue Sky | VIFX (USA).
SCAM's 3D Prize: Tribu by Franck Clarenc, Nicolas Darques, Thomas Lecointre (France).
SCAM's 3D Prize - New Talent: Un Temps pour Elle by Erwin Charrier (France).
Creagina's Prize: Sandland by Heiko Lueg (Germany).
Prix Media For The Best European Creation: Chiropteres Virtuels (excerpt) by Denis Pontonnier of Association Imagénérie (France).
CST-SACEM Soundtrack Award: Tightrope by Daniel Robichaud of Digital Domain (USA).
Prix SACD: Bingo by Chris Landreth (USA).
Visual Research Prize: What Dreams May Come by Vincent Ward (USA).

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