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Welcome
to Animex
2009
Phew! So here we are –
ten years on, and ten
festivals under our belt!
What a rollercoaster it’s been and what a fantastic
time we’ve had organising each and every Animex
for everybody we’ve welcomed at our door,
speakers and delegates alike.
In the last ten years we’ve had the pleasure
of listening to legends like Ray Harryhausen,
Phil Tippet and Bob Godfrey. The biggest and
best animation and games studios have been
represented at the festival giving us an enviable
roll call of contributors and supporters.
We have also seen monumental changes in the
industries we represent and some incredible
achievements to boot.
The Academy Awards began to acknowledge
animated features as a category in their own right,
and computer games are at last being recognised
as a significant contributor to the global economy
and an industry to be taken seriously.
Here on Teesside we have seen a major
investment in the digital industries with the
development of the DigitalCity project and the
University’s Institute of Digital Innovation.
At the same time, partners around the world,
such as those working in Louisiana, have been
developing similar initiatives to ensure that the
talents that exist within their communities are
given the chance to thrive and prosper.
We continue to contribute to the development of
our own community and support others in similar
activity, and we continue to strive to bring the best
talent from around the world to Middlesbrough to
entertain, educate and inspire.
Our tenth year gives us another reason to
celebrate as we announce our new partnership
with Brosta TV, part of the TV Asahi Network
in Japan. This is one of several partnerships we
are hoping will enable Animex to become a truly
global event.
We hope you have a fantastic week, and ask
you to celebrate our tenth birthday with us and
raise a glass to the next ten!
Chris Williams
Animex Festival Director
Animex is hosted and co-ordinated by the School of Computing at the University of Teesside.
The School of Computing has built its reputation on the development of pioneering computer graphics, animation and games
courses and has an enviable range of industry focused facilities. The University is one of a small number in the UK to run a
Skillset-accredited animation course and the School of Computing is also part of the University's Skillset Media Academy.
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