fmx/06, the 11th International Conference on Animation, Effects, Realtime and Content from May 3-6, 2006 in Stuttgart, Germany, announces its prizes. With more than 5,000 international visitors – 40% more than last year – fmx/06 included 350 speakers from all over the world presented more than 300 lectures, demos, workshops and screenings about creation, production and distribution in all forms of digital content.

Organized by the magazine DIGITAL PRODUCTION, animago AWARD is one of the most important competitions for Digital Content Creation in German-speaking countries. On Friday, May 5, 2006, evening, prizes were awarded to work from the groups Still, Animation, Compositing, Interactive, Games and Mobile Entertainment.

animago AWARDS winners include:

animago AWARD 1st Place
Category: Professional – Animation – Advertising
GEZ / Das schwarze Schaf
Artists: Spans & Partner, Hamburg
Client: GEZ

animago AWARD Platz 2nd Place
Category: Education – Animation – Short film
90 DEGREES
Artists: Jules Janaud, Raphael Martinez-Bachel, François Roisin, Paris

animago AWARD 3rd Place
Category: Professional – Compositing – Special Effects
DIE STURMFLUT
Artists: CA Scanline, München, und Unexpected, Stuttgart
Client: RTL

animago AWARD 4th Place
Category: Professional – Animation – Trailer, Opener
On-Air Design Disney Channel
Artists: Fiftyeight, Wiesbaden
Client: Disney

5th Place
Category: Professional –Compositing – Music video
Depeche Mode – Precious
Artists: Effekt-Etage, Berlin
Client: Mute, London

The Realtime Film Festival featured nominees in the categories Demos, Machinimas, CutScenes, Flash and VJ Visuals. Realtime Awards winners include:

Category Cut Scenes
David De Martini, Electronic Arts, USA, for THE GODFATHER
Prize: fmx/07-Partnership-Package

Category Flash
Ilias Sounas, Greece for KYKLOS TIS ZOIS
Prize: Adobe Video Bundle, donated by Adobe Systems, presented by Stefan Prestele

Category Demo
LKCC & Bauknecht, Germany for PERFECT LOVE
Prize: Avid Xpress Studio Essentials, donated by Avid Technology

Category Machinima
David Riedel, Germany for AM ENDE DER DISTANZ
Prize: Quadro FX Graphics Card, NVIDIA, presented by Laura Dohrmann

Category VJ/Visuals
Frank Becker & Alexander Bunge, Germany for the Showreel from eins23.tv
Prize: Maxon CINEMA 4D Release 9.5 plus Sketch and Toon, donated by Maxon, presented by Markus Kamp

fmx/07 will take place from May 2-5, 2007. More Information about fmx/06 can be found at www.fmx.de.