The 2005 VES-VFX Festival has been set for June 24 26, 2005 at the newly restored Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, California, it was announced by Visual Effects Society (VES) exec director, Eric Roth.
The festival will include a cocktail party and silent auction featuring items of visual effects significance up for bid to raise money for the eight-year-old non-profit organization. Panels, special screenings and other events are in the planning phase and a full line-up of activities is expected to be announced by May 1.
The Visual Effects Society, founded in 1997, is comprised of distinguished visual effects artists and technologists who are professionally committed to the specialized industry of visual effects. The society provides its members with a platform for communication, education and recognition of the current and future state of the visual effects industry. Society headquarters are located in Los Angeles, with approximately 1,000 global members. For more information about VES, visit www.visualeffectssociety.com or call (310) 822-9181.
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
