Animex, Monday 8 February to Friday 12, is now entering its second decade, bringing artists, designers, directors, producers, professionals together from around the world to share in five-days’ worth of events, incorporating a vast range of activities.
These will include:
>Talks from high-profile industry professionals. For the eleventh Animex these include Mark Osborne, Director of the box-office animation hit Kung Fu Panda, James Baxter, a leading animator with the Dreamworks studio, and animation industry consultant Max Howard. Max is President of the Exodus Film Group and a former Senior Vice-President of Disney Feature Animation and President of Warner Bros Feature Animation.
>Free animation screenings at the University and Middlesbrough’s Cineworld cinema for all the family.
>An animation exhibition at the University. This year’s exhibition features the work of concept artist and Teesside design graduate Dan Walker, whose talent has been viewed in the two Christian Bale Batman films. He also worked on the new series of Doctor Who, the first to star new Time Lord Matt Smith.
>A new business event held in Newcastle for the first time, aimed at new or established animation or games companies.
>Animation workshops for local primary school children, delivered by top industry professionals.
>An international student awards evening.
Chris Williams, Animex Director since the festival’s launch in 2000, said: 'Following on from our tenth anniversary in 2009 it’s exciting to be organising our eleventh festival as the University of the Year. It is also fitting that this accolade is underpinned at Animex with another amazing line up of speakers that wouldn’t be out of place at any festival or conference anywhere in the world.'
The following are sold out: Animex Talk, Animex Game, festival pass, gold pass and Ken Wong’s workshop. Tickets are still available for other events, including Animex Business, other workshops, as well as networking events Players’ Lounge and Animex Lounge.
For more details: T: 01642 342653 E: info@animex.net W: www.animex.net