Pixellence Awards - 2012

Dilsukhnagar Arena, India’s Largest Digital Media Academycelebrated the 2012 edition of Pixellence Awards, an annual extravaganza aimed at recognizing and honoring shining Digital Media talent, at Hyderabad on Thursday, the 26th of January, 2012 from 4. p.m. to 8 p.m. amidst scores of students, parents and staff.

Pixellence Awards-2012 commenced at 4 p.m. with the customary address and presentation on Dilsukhnagar Arena (The flagship of the Creative Multimedia Group-India’s only Digital Media Academy backed by full-service Animation and VFX studios) by the CEO, Mr. Raja Sekhar Buggaveeti.

The prestigious Pixellence Awards which are synonymous with Digital Media Excellence were presented to 31 talented students of Dilsukhnagar Arena in various categories of Animation, VFX, Web and Graphics by the CEO, amidst thunderous applause.

Pixellence was at its enthralling best as students, staff and even the CEO of Dilsukhnagar Arena passionately took to the stage with scintillating performances to make it a truly memorable day. A troupe of tiny tots dressed in silky whites appeared magically on stage like angels and stole the show with a heart-touching song-dance performance.

Post the awards distribution ceremony, Mr. Raja Sekhar thanked all the students, volunteers, performers and staff for gracing the celebrations and making it a grand success.

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An extremely funny short film, ‘Feel the Punch’ was conceived and animated by students of Dilsukhnagar Arena as part of their industry-oriented Animation training program. The Academy offers revolutionary Animation training and has been setting the standards in Digital Media Education ever since inception in 1998.

Students of the Academy have been dominating the awards circuit and have brought home 37 prestigious awards so far at various national and international film festivals: the latest being ‘Feel the Punch’.

By far the most popular film in its category in India, ‘Feel the Punch’ is a rage on Youtube with its video having registered over 8.5 clicks (8,54,947 as on Nov 26, 2011). No other film in this category has been able to even come close to this extreme adulation on Youtube. What’s more, Dilsukhnagar Arena has won seven coveted awards so far: another impressive and unrivalled achievement. The coveted award at Bit Film-12 Digital Film Festival marks a glorious milestone for the ‘Feel the Punch’ as well as Dilsukhnagar Arena as it happens to be the first international award for the film as well as the Academy.

Best Film Award for Dilsukhnagar Arena’s ‘Feel the Punch’ at Bit Film-12 Digital Film Festival - Germany

Dilsukhnagar Arena students walked away with the ‘Best 3D Animation Short Film Award’ in the ‘Student Category’ of the ASIFA India Awards of Excellence -2011 for their film ‘Twisted’ which was declared the winner at the awards night held on the evening of Sunday the 6^th of November, 2011 at Mumbai.

The award marks the film’s debut at the awards circuit. ‘Twisted’ features a hilarious episode between a master and his pet. The film enjoyed a grand launch by three time national award winner and VFX Supervisor of the iconic Rajnikanth film ‘Robo’, Mr. Srinivas Mohan during Dilsukhnagar Arena’s 13^th Anniversary Celebrations.

…..‘Twisted’ its way through competition to capture the ‘Best 3D Animation Short Film Award’.

About the festival
ASIFA’s International Animation Day (IAD) is an annual global celebration aimed at recognizing the people involved in the art and technology of animation.

The festival is celebrated every year with great pomp. Since its start in 2002, IAD has been a film festival that has provided Indian animation artists, a platform to interact and build a community. Being amongst the first animation festivals in India, IAD has been actively supported by the artist’s community and the industry at large.

This year, IAD is being celebrated at various locations throughout the country (Mumbai, Indore, Hyderabad, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi, Calicut, Thrissur and Trivandrum) between November 6th and November 13th. Some of the cities will have day long events and in some cities, screening of animation content will take place. Several entertaining and enriching programs/session have been lined up for the celebrations. The festival moves to Hyderabad on November 13, 2011.

Out of a total of 12 nominations in the Student Category, Dilsukhnagar Arena captured two nominations, the highest by any Academy at these Awards.

Both films are comic thrillers with distinct themes. The films were crafted by Dilsukhnagar Arena studetns as part of the internship program at DNA Inc. (Dilsukhnagar Arena Incubation), the talent transformation initiative of the Academy which aims to groom studio-ready CG Artists.

‘Twisted’ and ‘Cecelia-The Balcony Girl’ vie for the top honour at ASIFA IAD-2011 ‘Awards of Excellence’

About the festival

ASIFA’s International Animation Day (IAD) is an annual global celebration aimed at recognizing the people involved in the art and technology of animation.

The festival is celebrated every year with great pomp. Since its start in 2002, IAD has been a film festival that has provided Indian animation artists, a platform to interact and build a community. Being amongst the first animation festivals in India, IAD has been actively supported by the artist’s community and the industry at large.

This year’s celebrations, IAD 11, in India will be celebrated at various locations throughout the country (Mumbai, Indore, Hyderabad, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi, Calicut, Thrissur and Trivandrum) between November 6th and November 13th. Some of the cities will have day long events and in some cities, screening of animation content will take place. Several entertaining and enriching programs/session have been lined up for the celebrations. The festival moves to Hyderabad on November 13, 2011.

Hamburg raises a toast to "Feel the punch"

It is a matter of great pride for all of us at Dilsukhnagar Arena that the enchanting 3D character ‘Mona’ in our immensely popular and successful Student Short Film ‘Feel the punch’ was featured prominently as a poster at the inaugural of the Bitfilm-12 festival in Germany. Amidst a starry array of entries from across the world, it is indeed a great honour and a tribute to our training standards that our film/character was chosen for the official poster at the launch venue. It may be recalled that ‘Feel the punch’ has already won a coveted nomination at this prestigious international film festival along with our other student short film ‘Hugo Vs Lino’.

Bitfilm’s opening event took place in Hamburg, Germany’s media capital and Bitfilm’s hometown on Monday, the 17th of October, 2011. Ms. M. Subashini, Consule General of India in Hamburg lit the “lamp of the festival” to commence the celebrations. The opening program featured highlights from the three competitions.

After Monstra-2011 Lisbon Animated Film Festival in Portugal, this is the second international nomination for ‘Feel the punch’. The film has already created a record of sorts by capturing seven coveted awards till date apart from emerging a rage on You Tube with its video registering well over 8 lakh clicks (8,23,401) till date (13 Oct, 2011).

Feel the punch is a 3D Animation Short Film which presents a funny encounter between a youngster, a girl and a beggar.

The prestigious nomination is a testament to Dilsukhnagar Arena’s capabilities in and commitment to grooming top-class Animation talent. Dilsukhnagar Arena is India’s largest Digital Media Academy reputed for its world-class infrastructure and outcome-driven revolutionary paradigms that have afforded rewarding careers for scores of students till date.

About Bit film-12 Digital Film Festival

The Bitfilm Festival is organised by Bitfilm Networks GmbH, based in Hamburg (Germany). It was founded in 2000 as a festival for digital film in Hamburg. In 2011, the Bitfilm Festival will take place on the Internet, in Germany’s media capital Hamburg and in India’s hi-tech metropolis Bangalore.

Bitfilm Festival has been showing films that use digital technology in a creative and innovative way. The Bitfilm Festival takes place on the Internet and in two cities each year: Hamburg and Barcelona in 2007, Hamburg and Stuttgart in 2008, Hamburg and Tel Aviv in 2009. It had guest appearances in Paris, Barcelona, New York, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Berlin and Cologne.

The award categories at the festival include: 3D Space Award: All genres in 3D animation | FM Mix Award: All genres which mix techniques – 3D & 2D animation, live action and Machinima Award: All genres shot live inside a computer game or a virtual world.

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Pixel FX studs its VFX crown with a fourth jewel - Dookudu

2nd prize in the ‘Student Film Category’ (Best Animation Short) at the 4th India International Cinema Today Short Film Awards (CTSF) held at Chennai, Tamilnadu, India from 29 to 31, July, 2011.

‘Cecelia – The Balcony Girl’, a 3D Animation short film by DNA Inc. interns won the 2^nd prize in the ‘Student Film Category’ (Best Animation Short) at the 4^th India International Cinema Today Short Film Awards (CTSF) held at Chennai, Tamilnadu, India from 29 to 31, July, 2011.

This is the 11^th in a string of coveted awards for the numerous 3D Animation short films crafted by interns of DNA Inc. (The path-breaking CG internship program from Dilsukhnagar Arena, India’s Largest Digital Media Academy)

The film is already a rage on You Tube with its video registering a staggering 4.38 clicks till date. ‘Cecelia – The Balcony Girl’ is all about a youngster’s attempts to impress a beautiful girl next door, an act that leads to some seriously funny moments.

The coveted CTSF award for ‘Cecelia-The Balcony Girl’ acknowledges DNA Inc.’s devotion to and competence in grooming studio-ready CG Artists.

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Dilsukhnagar Arena, India’s Largest Digital Media Academy celebrated its 13th Anniversary at Hyderabad

Dilsukhnagar Arena, India’s Largest Digital Media Academy celebrated its 13^th Anniversary at Hyderabad on Sunday, the 17^th of July, 2011.

Mr. Srinivas Mohan, VFX Expert of ‘Indian Artists’ and three-time national award winner graced the event as the Chief Guest while Mr. Naveen Medaram, VFX expert from UK and a highly successful alumnus of Dilsukhnagar Arena along with Mr. Basireddy, CEO of ‘Digi Quest Studios’ attended the extravaganza as Guests of Honour.
The celebrations witnessed the launch of the 3D Animation Short Film ‘Twisted’ crafted by Animation interns of DNA Inc. (Dilsukhnagar Arena Incubation).

A string of entertainment programs added ample fun to the day while in-depth presentations on the ‘behind-the-scenes’ of the film ‘Robo’ and a few Hollywood films by Mr. Srinivas and Mr. Naveen proved truly enriching. The day ended on a high as Mr. Raja Sekhar Buggaveeti, CEO of Dilsukhnagar Arena personally presented the prestigious Prodigi Awards to winners.

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DNA Inc. (Dilsukhnagar Arena Incubation) is the revolutionary CG-internship initiative of Dilsukhnagar Arena, India’s Largest Digital Media Academy. It is an ‘India-first’ experience-enabling initiative aimed at grooming studio-ready CG Artists. DNA Inc. interns have crafted several highly successful 3D Animation Short Films till date, including ‘Feel the Punch’, ‘Hugo Vs Lino’, ‘Yugapurushudu’, ‘Cecelia-The Balcony Girl’ and ‘Bee in the Bonnet’. To watch these films, logon to: www.shortfilmsarena.com

The film ‘Twisted’ was crafted by Animation students of Dilsukhnagar Arena as part of their intensive CG-internship program at DNA Inc. The film has come in for effusive praise from respected quarters of the industry and its benchmark quality reflects the superlative training by industry-experienced mentors that DNA Inc. interns enjoy on their journey to a studio-ready career.

For more details on this film, click here: www.twisted.co.in