CDR at Asian youth Animation & Comic Contest 2009
Founder and creative director of CDR, Ann Xiao was invited to represent CDR to participate in the Asian Youth Animation & Comic Contest 2009 (AYACC www.ayacc.org ) in Guiyang, China. She presented the CDR Animation Showreel 2009 and gave a presentation about her work as well as a screening entitled “Scientific Practice in Animation”.
It is the 3rd year since AYACC was first launched in China in 2006. The event was hosted by The People’s Government of Guiyang and Guizhou Committee of Economy & Information Technology, with participants from 26 countries and regions.
The theme of AYACC 2009 is “joyful animation and comics in creative Guiyang”. Invited by the General Secretary of Jury of AYACC, Mr. Liuyi Wang, there were hundreds of animation professionals from all over the world who attended the 3 day program of exhibitions, presentations, screenings and forums.
The special events included:
International Scientific Animation Festival,
AYACC 2009 Forum,
Award Ceremony and Concert,
Copyright Trading
And Cosplay contest.
International speaks were:
Kexuan Ma, Chinese famous animation artist;
Wu Guanying, Chief designer of Fuwa, mascot of 2008 Olympic Games;
Junichi Kawamura, Producer of Japan CG-Arts Media Festival;
Jared Fong, Technical Director at Pixar Animation Studio;
Ann Xiao, Animation Director in London and co-founder of CDR;
Nigar Nazar, the first woman cartoonist of Pakistan;
Ming Chen, Vice President of Crystal Film & Animation;
David Bolinsky, Co-founder of XVIVO Scientific Animation,
And many more.
One of the most memorable highlights of the festival was the amazing venue of the Scientific Animation Forum. It was located at Xiaohe Diesel Factory in Guiyang which is an abandoned factory built in 1946 by Mao’s Communist China. You could feel the history from the propaganda remaining on the walls and the smell of the old machinery. Guiyang’s City Government is aiming to develop the old factory site into a new exciting animation comic centre to bring some colour to the regeneration of Xiaohe district. The enthusiastic international animators and professionals are looking forward to seeing Xiaohe Diesel Factory evolve into a “Guiyang Animation 798 Factory” in the near future.
CDR – Chinese Designers’ Region Animation Collection 09 DVD
List of works:
1. Brush, by Lei Chen 2005 2′17″mins
2. My Life Tomorrow, by Wang Zhe 2007 9′39″mins
3. KEG, by EB Hu 2003 3′45″mins
4. Waking Up Inside the Fish, by Ann Xiao 2006 2′57″mins
5. Minnawa, by Emie Lee 2009 2′26″mins
6. Penny’s Crossing, by Tian Qian 2005 9′07mins
7. A Letter from Mars, by Jingfei Lei 2007 3′03″mins
8. On Solitude, by Mike Chan 2009 4′21″mins
9. Got a Really Good Th1ng, by Oway Lau 2009 3′34mins
10. Plenilune, by Beidi Guo 2007 5‘34“mins
11. Between the Lines, by Ann Xiao 2008 5’16”mins
12. Finally We Have Someone, by Jingfei Li 2008 2’50”mins
13. This Is Fire This Is Ice, by Mike Chan 2007 4′34″mins
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November 18, 2009 @ 1:34 am
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