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Get animated - Animex is nearly here

14th January 2010

Type: News

Categories: Love Middlesbrough News

Chris Williams - Animex Festival Director Middlesbrough is once again set to become a truly animated town, when Teesside University hosts Animex, the annual international festival of animation and computer games, from Monday 8 February to Friday 12 February.

Animex 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.

Chris Williams, Animex Director since the festival's launch in 2000, pictured, 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."

Below find some of the program highlights.

Highlights

Talks from several high-profile industry professionals. For the eleventh Animex these will speakers will 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 will feature the work of concept artist and Teesside design graduate Dan Walker, whose talent has already been viewed in the two Christian Bale Batman films and has 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.

Notes on ticket availability

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 go to the web at www.animex.net, email info@animex.net or call 01642 342653.

Animex Take Two Workshops

We are delighted to showcase these videos highlighting what a great place Middlesbrough is to live and study and be involved in digital and animation industries.

My Favourite Place videos were created in Animex Take Two workshops set up and run by Gazillion Productions Ltd, Animex International Animation Festival, Teesside University and Middlesbrough Extended Schools.

The animations produced in the workshops are based on the student's favourite place in Middlesbrough ranging from Akbar's restaurant to Stewart Park from Cineworld to mima.

Come to Animex 2010, Middlesbrough's International Festival of Animation and Computer Games 8-12 February and visit some of these favourite places.