fmx/06 realtime film festival

Next stop: Realtime Film Festival!

The Realtime Film Festival (May 02 – 04, 2006) is one of the most exciting and innovative parts of fmx/06 – the 11th International Conference on Animation, Effects, Realtime and Content (May 03 - 06, 2006), cooperating with the International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart (April 27 – May 02, 2006). 
The Realtime Film Festival is a barometer for technological and aesthetic change. It showcases presentations, workshops, screenings and innovative films, produced using digital technologies. A film is not selected for simply being well produced. It must be judged for its innovation - regardless of platform, budget, vision or storyline.  And one of the most outstanding factors of the festival is: It’s part of fmx/06. Leaving its technological and aesthetical roots behind the realtime film scene has evolved into a lively existence – extending far beyond popular confines of web, game and cinema.
And it has a lively atmosphere:
Like-minded people give each other a friendly welcome – because it's good to meet in Stuttgart! Professionals contact producers and self-assured newcomers make their first contacts.For thousands of filmmakers, industry experts, media representatives, programmers and artists, fmx/06 is a sure mark in their calendar.  They come from all over the world to see familiar faces, meet friends again, hear the latest news and information and get the ball rolling on new projects. The highlight of the Realtime Film Festival is the Realtime Award. The best films in 5 categories will be awarded with special prizes on Thursday, May 04.

This year`s Realtime Film Festival has seen over 180 entries from all around the world. In cooperation with Bitfilm, the Festival of Animated Film and the flashconference five nominations in each of the following category have been chosen:

“best flash” - films produced in SWF format
“best machinima” - movies based on game engines
“best demo” - audiovisuals using limited memory space
“best cut scenes” – movie sequences for games
“best visuals” - Realtime graphics, visualizing  sound and music

The jury of the film festival:
Aaron Koenig (bitfilm Hamburg) - Chairman of the Jury
Karin Wehn (Uni Leipzig), Chris Allen (the light surgeons), Hugh Hancock (strangecompany.org), John Mamais (Acony Games) and Ekki Brüggemann (dkev.org)

The nominees for flash and cut-scenes:

Check out the nominees in the category flash or cut-scenes and the whole realtime film festival program on the fmx.

The Winners of the 3rd Realtime Film Festival Award are:

Best Flash: Ilias Souas, O Kyklos tis Zois, Greece 2005

Best cut-scenes: David Martini (Electronic Arts), The Godfather, USA 2006

Best Machinima: David Riedel, Am Ende der Distanz, Germany 2005

Best Demo: PKCC & Bauknecht, Perfect Love, Germany 2005

Best VJ/Visual: Frank Becker & Alex Bunge, eins23.tv, Germany 2006

See the pictures from the ceremony.

Read an article, which was published on the Süddeutsche Zeitung online about the realtime film festival - flash nominees.

 

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