Bangalore: ABAI (Association of Bangalore Animation Industry) Fest 2013 is launching India’s first exclusive film and digital arts festival for Animation, VFX & Gaming in Mysore that will be held between 6th and 7th of December 2013.
This film festival will screen the best feature films; short films; game cinematics’ and visual effects highlights from across every many languages.
ABAI was formed in 2006, is a non-profit association formed to promote the Animation, visual effects, gaming and comic activities in India. ABAI is committed to develop the Film industry through collaboration between all constituencies both local and international.
It aims at professionals and enthusiast of cinema and TV, computer game developers to give them and the audience a taste of what it is to be part of this revolutionary new world of digital content creation.
Biren Ghose, President, ABAI and Country Head, Technicolor India said “Never before has such a plethora of outstanding films across different techniques, genres and platforms been presented in one location in Asia. The ABAI Fest 2013 is meant to inspire a new generation of Indians – to open their minds and hearts to this new media revolution of digital storytelling and to foster greater salience for the technology enabled creative industries.”
The program includes two outstanding international presentations by stalwarts: Ron Diamond will present ‘The Giants’ first steps and the 'ABAI special edition' of “show of shows” [now in its 15th year] where world leaders trace their journeys. This will be an inspiration to young aspirants. Ron is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures.
The ABAI festival is supported by the Government of Karnataka to propagate AVGC initiatives in the State. Mr. Srivatsa Krishna, Secretary, Department of IT, BT and S&T and e-governance, Government of Karnataka said “Karnataka aspires to become the ‘number one’ hub in Asia for digital content creation, storage and distribution. Our state policy for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics and the recent i4 (I to the power 4) policy is acting as a magnate for world leaders to establish their businesses in the state. There is no reason why a Paramount or a Disney or a Universal Studios or a Yash Raj or Rajkamalstudios should not be doing their entire VFX and other digital work out of Karnataka, he added."
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