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Animex Awards 2009
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Acknowledgments
Thank you to the Animex Awards
finalist judging panel.
David Sproxton – Aardman Animations Ltd
Andy Lomas – Framestore
Jana Day – Sony Pictures Animation
Patricia Beckman – Disney Animation Studios
Andre Thomas – Electronic Arts
Thank you to the Animex Awards
pre-selection panel:
Sam Harrison, Andrew Liddell, Dominic Lusardi –
Animersion UK Ltd
Kevin Jones, Graham Bryan – Twisted Studio
Stuart Varrall, Gareth Slack – Fluid Pixel Studios
Richard Mairs – Gizmo Visual Studio
Michael Pierre – Gazillion Productions
Cora Stone – Ideonic Limited
Jonathan Torr, Tony McBride – Pixel Pie Media
In the six years we have been running
the Animex Awards we have received
a plethora of student material from
around the world. Some years we will
be inundated with works from Europe
– some years with works from North
America. This year the competition
has attracted a strong contingent of
games and animation material from
Asia, in particular from Taiwan and
South Korea.
We’d like to think that the quality of the student work
that is being submitted by these colleges/universities
reflects the progress that has been made in the
delivery of games and animation programmes in
these eastern territories. Then again, let us not forget
about the influence that Silicon Valley is having on
this region. Only recently Industrial Light + Magic
have established a new studio in Singapore with a
mandate to produce animation for the film, television
and games market. Alongside this Singapore will
also play host to the 1st ACM Siggraph conference
and exhibition in Asia entitled ‘New Horizons’.
Whichever way we look at it it’s always great to see
new work being submitted to Animex Awards from
educational establishments that are new to this field.
And for those students and educators that are
working with stop motion – Animex is one of the few
(if not the only) competitive event that recognises
and rewards stop motion animation techniques.
Thanks to everyone who has submitted material in
this year's tenth anniversary festival competition.
We look forward to more next year.
Justin S Greetham
Head of Awards
The Animex Awards Winners Screening, Cineworld Middlesbrough,
Thursday 5 February at 7.30pm
Tickets are free to pass holders but strictly limited. If you would like to attend, please ask at the Animex
registration desk for availability. The films listed on the following pages can all be seen on Wednesday
4 February in OL7, Europa Building, University of Teesside. See page 25/26 for screening times.