As we step into a new year, AnimationXpress.com brings you a collage of the most important and exciting news stories of 2008. Here's wishing all our readers in India and worldwide a very Happy New Year!
Top stories of the year
BUSINESS
Disney increases strategic investment in UTV
UTV to distribute Disney Hollywood films in India
Pixion acquires two international studios
Marvel to hit India with comics in local style
Percept brings Thai hit to India as 'Jumbo'
Industry requests tax sops from FM
DQE associates with M6 Studio, Method Animation SA for TV series
Toonz to do 3D CGI work for film on Santa Claus
CDIL in league with soccer legend Pele for animation film, to foray in game development & publishing
Chandamama - Toonz to produce animation feature
Manmohan Shetty, Siddhartha Jain launch new co.
DQ, PNC join hands for animation and live action movies
3 out of 7 Oscar VFX "shortlist" boast of Indian involvement
DQE, Percept sign MoU for 3 animated features
DQE & Moonscoop Group sign co pro and distribution deal
FXLabs forays in outsourcing biz
Liquid Comics completes management buyout of Virgin Comics
DUX Soft launches DREAM for digital asset management
Virgin, Perspective collaborate for Grant Morrison's MBX
Fox Star signs multiple film deal Vipul Shah
ANTS forays into animation and gaming production
UTV acquires majority stake in US-based True Games Interactive
Disney-ABC TV launches new media content studio
Paprikaas launches recruitment campaign for dedicated DreamWorks unit
 
MOVIE UPDATES
MEL's Ramayana
UTV's Arjun
Climb Media's Sheru, the Vegetarian Tiger
Rocket Science's Guru Kantha
IndiaTales' Manikantan
DMP's Dashavtar
Dreams' Kutti Chetan
Dreams' The Trap
Auryn's The Girl Who Cried Flowers
Celluloid Dreams' Friends Forever
Classic Animation's Buji
 
GUEST COLUMNS
Evon Reddy, Rocket Science Studios
Ram Mohan
Ashish SK, BIG Animation
Ritu Marya, Franchise India
Ashwin C Parulkar, ACK Media
Rajiv Sanghari, Spacetoon India
Jayant Sharma, Milestone Interactive
Ajay Khanna, EA India
Smita Maroo, Shemaroo Entertainment
Muslim Kapasi, Excel Home Videos
Sashi Reddi, FXLabs Studios
Sumedha Saraogi, DQE
Shailesh Watsa and Joshi Mark Premnath, AIGA
 
AWARDS
RedChillies.vfx/Filmfare for Om Shanti Om
RedChillies,vfx/Screen for OSO
Rhythm & Hues /BAFTA for Golden Compass VFX
R&H's Bill Westenhofer/ Best Visual Effects Oscar for The Golden Compass
R&H/Technical Achievement Academy Award
EFX Prasad/National Award for Special Effects in Krrish
EFX - Prasad/SICA awards
DUX Soft/PC Quest Best IT Implementation Award
BIG Animation/Maharashtra IT award
Metaphor Studio's Laadli/UNFPA award for storyboard
Color Cubes/Global India TV Honors for VFX in Aahat
 
 
 
Newsletter design by - Rafiq Farook
 
CASE STUDIES
Prime Focus/Ghajini
RedChillies.VFX/Om Shanti Om
Tata VCL/Jodhaa Akbar
Prime Focus/9x's Mahabharata trailer
2nz/Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic
Prime Focus/Bisleri TVC
Prime Focus/Himalayan TVC
 
EVENTS
Nasscom Animation and Gaming India
AITF
International Animation Day
ABAI FEST: DAY1 | DAY2
FICCI FRAMES: DAY1 | DAY2 | DAY3
Animated Feature Forum
CGTExpo '08
Industry Academia Interface: Mumbai | Pune
IAI - The National Conference: DAY 1 | DAY 2
Golden Cursor Awards
24FPS Awards
Anifest India: DAY1 | DAY2 | DAY3
Annecy 08: DAY1 | DAY2 | DAY3 | DAY4
 
FILM REVIEWS
Roadside Romeo
Jumbo
Drona
The Incredible Hulk
Kung Fu Panda
Persepolis: a triumph in animation
Ghatothkach
Cheenti Cheenti Bang Bang
Dashavatar : an enriching mytho-marathon
 
GAME REVIEWS
Need For Speed: Undercover
Pure
Spore
Devil May Cry 4
Far Cry 2
FIFA 2009
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage
Insecticide: Episode 1
Devil May Cry 4 (PC version)
 
INTERVIEWS
Recession and its special effects: FutureWorks' Gaurav Gupta
Academy Award winner Michael Fink
VFX Supervisor Eric Alba
Autodesk TV Industry Manager Bruno Sargeant
Milestone CEO Jayant Sharma

Drona VFX Supervisor David Bush Part 1 | Part 2

VCL Creative Director Pankaj Khandpur
DreamWorks' Shelly Page
Trine Entertainment MD Somil Gupta
DUX Soft's Amit Srivastava and P Krishna Prasad
Zapak COO Rohit Sharma
iRock Media Founder & CEO Sidhartha Jain
Ghatothkach Producer Smita Maroo
Manmohan Shetty, Rajesh Turakhia and Naveen Gupta
Team Dashavatar: Bhavik Thakore, Supriya Thakore & Rahul Bakshi

Yusuf Shaikh, Maverick Productions Part 1 | Part 2

Toon Club's Tehzeeb Khurana
Annecy 08 Artistic Director Serge Bromberg & Asifa India President Saraswathi Balgam
 
FEATURES
Upside Down: Does the rise of IP translate into a fall in outsourcing biz?
Game on!- say advertisers
Animation, ab haq se - 9Xm & animation
Fantasmagorie: 1908/2008
Waltz with Bashir: the animation documentary
The Point of COUN$ALE
Dude's quest, the creator and Dudetta!
 
 
    
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