Animahenasyon 2009

Animahenasyon 2009 opens in November

The biggest Philippine animation event of the year is on!

The Animation Council of the Philippines, Inc. (ACPI) is holding its 3rd Animahenasyon Pinoy animation festival on November 25-28 at the Gateway Mall, Araneta Center.

In an effort to build an audience, awareness and development of original contents, ACPI puts together its flagship project through an annual animation festival called Animahenasyon that showcases original animated works of both aspiring and professional animators in the country through a competition.

Animahenasyon serves as a venue for Filipino animators to present their world-class ideas, and opens doors of opportunities for them to meet with and be inspired by the finest names in the industry. It also aims to create greater awareness of the Philippine animation industry and its contributions to the global entertainment business, while tapping locally produced content for promotion in animation markets here and abroad.

The festival is composed of the professional and the student/amateur divisions that will have different running time categories: 1 to 5 minutes; 6 to 20 minutes, 21 to 60 minutes, and the full-animated feature (more than 60 minutes). There are also categories for music video, title sequence, public information, demo reel, and TV series. There will also be animated works in exhibition (full-length, special citation, and past Animahenasyon winners).

Last year’s grand prize winner of Animahenasyon was Love and Marriage, a jab at the folly of racial prejudice in marriage, as seen through the eyes of its Chinese-Filipino filmmaker Kenny Lyn Tai. Love and Marriage is a narrative musical cartoon that relates the story of Chinese-Filipino interracial marriage, and a comic take on this long-standing issue in the Chinese society captured in 7.5 minutes. Tai graduated from De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde with a degree in Multimedia Arts, and is now a freelance animator.

This year’s Animahenasyon will also have a symposium on learning and teaching animation, entrepreneurship in animation, and the future of the game development industry in the Philippines. Resource persons from Canada and France will be sharing their expertise, best practices, and insights on the global animation industry.

Also part of Animahenasyon 2009 is an exhibit of the life and works of this year’s lifetime achievement awardee Jose Zabala Santos, uncle of renowned artist Nonoy Marcelo.

Take part in

Animahenasyon 2009: 3rd Pinoy Animation Festival

from November 25-28, 2009, at the Gateway Mall, Araneta Center, Grab your tickets now and get ready to be animated!
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Opening ceremony: by invitation

Gallery exhibit: Open to the public (Free admission)

Closing ceremony: Open to the public (Free admission)

PhP 80.00, closing film: PhP 110.00

Symposium 1 & 2: PhP 530.00 each

Symposium 3: PhP 850.00 (a.m. & p.m. snacks included)

*Program and topics may change without prior notice.

**Tickets are available at all TicketNet outlets located at the SM department store customer service area and at the Araneta Coliseum ticket booths. For inquiries and reservations, please call 911-5555 or visit www.ticketnet.com.ph .

For more information about Animahenasyon 2009, please call 483-9501, 8172727 local 108 or email the secretariat at animationcouncil@gmail.com, or visit www.animationcouncil.org.