This festival will present a "buffet" of the best feature films; short films; game cinematics’ and visual effects highlights that have ever been screened in one location.
ABAI Fest 2013 is aimed at professionals and aficionados of cinema and TV, computer games developers to give them and the audience a taste of what it is to be part of this revolutionary new world of digital content creation.
Mr. Biren Ghose, President, ABAI and Country Head, Technicolor India said “Never before has such a plethora of outstanding films across different techniques, genres and platforms been presented in one location in Asia. The ABAI Fest 2013 is meant to inspire a new generation of Indians – to open their minds and hearts to this new media revolution of digital storytelling and to foster greater salience for the technology enabled creative industries.”
The program includes two outstanding international presentations by stalwarts:
Ron Diamond will present ‘The Giants’ first steps and the 'ABAI special edition' of “show of shows” [now in its 15th year] where world leaders trace their journeys. This will be an inspiration to young aspirants. Ron is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures.
Shelley Page of DreamWorks Animation will be presenting her ‘Eye Candy Show’ which has travelled across the world. Shelley leverages her position as a celebrated jury member for schools in two continents and curates the best showcase annually. Being an artist herself she has worked with the legendary Richard Williams and then at DreamWorks. She was an artist on the famous Who Framed Roger Rabbit as well as the Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda movies.
The ABAI festival is supported by the Government of Karnataka to propagate AVGC initiatives in the State. Mr. Srivatsa Krishna, Secretary, Department of IT, BT and S&T and e-governance, Government of Karnataka said “Karnataka aspires to become the ‘number one’ hub in Asia for digital content creation, storage and distribution. Our state policy for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics and the recent i4 (I to the power 4) policy is acting as a magnate for world leaders to establish their businesses in the state. There is no reason why a Paramount or a Disney or a Universal Studios or a Yash Raj or Rajkamalstudios should not be doing their entire VFX and other digital work out of Karnataka, he added."
Note: The ABAI FEST 2013 will include the following-
· The university venue [Manasa Gangotri, Mysore] will be retrofitted with 3 large screening facilities where stalwarts of the industry from Hollywood, Europe and India will all present the films 1st hand.
· 4 feature films which will be screened in the amphitheater
· 3 international short film packages
· A fun zone with workshops on film making and game design and development, comic and merchandise
· Master classes on Animation and VFX styles will all be presented in a "carnival" like atmosphere!
The show timings will be posted at www.abai.in by 25th November 2013.
About ABAI:
ABAI formed in 2006, is a non-profit association formed to promote the Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) activities in India. ABAI is committed to developing the industry through collaboration between all constituencies both local and international and helping develop the eco-system for the digital creative content industry. ABAI acts as a prime mover in building the partnerships between Governments, academia and industry. www.abai.in
