PRESS REPORT, May 13., 2012

The Woodstock of Animated Film

The winners of the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film 2012 have been chosen

Stuttgart - On its 30th birthday, the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film has found its place at the centre of the city and the hearts of the local population. "On the one hand the Festival has become one of the most important meeting places for international animated film whilst on the other, it has brought life and international flair to Stuttgart's front room," said Ulrich Wegenast, Artistic Managing Director of the Film- und Medienfestival gGmbH, which has been organising the Festival of Animated Film since 2001. Just as the Festival's fan base continues to grow, the Festival has established itself further in the city of Stuttgart and thanks to its new event locations, the Mercedes-Benz Museum and the Breuninger fashion house, has grabbed the attention of Stuttgart's top names. "At the same time, the screenings are reaching new target groups", the Commercial Managing Director, Dittmar Lumpp declared. "We are delighted about this new partnership with such renowned companies which are suited to us and with which we can approach new topics such as animation and fashion."

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PRESS REPORT, May 11., 2012

Presentation of the Animated Com Award 2012 in Stuttgart

The world's best productions in the field of applied animation received their prizes this evening in the Mercedes-Benz Museum at the Animated Com Award held at the 19th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film. This year for the first time, the award ceremony was held in the presence of numerous national and international guests in this exclusive atmosphere. Fittingly a special award was presented for the first time – "Mercedes-Benz Classic: 60 years of the Mercedes-Benz SL". The existing categories, Advertising and Technology were also complemented this year for the first time by the "Communication in Space" category. Not just the films, but also the award ceremony was an event in itself.

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PRESS REPORT, April 16, 2012

Top class selection of international productions

The shortlist for the Animated Com Award 2012 has been decided

Stuttgart – The ANIMATED COM AWARD comprises prizes that the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film presents every year in the field of applied animation for the best advertising, communication in space and technology. This year the award is sponsored by the Fraunhofer Institut, Mackevision Medien Design GmbH, KSPG AG and Daimler AG. The ACA’s trendsetting concept attracts more top-class productions from these fields every year. The jury has now selected 15 first class films for this year’s shortlist from 100 international submissions.

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PRESS REPORT, March 6, 2012

30 years of the Festival of Animated Film – newest trends and fascinating films in Stuttgart

Stuttgart – In May animation fever will break out again in Stuttgart. From May 08 – May 13, 2012 1,000 of the best animated films worldwide will be shown for six whole days at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film. Renowned studios such as Laika and Pixomondo will be providing an insight into their productions. Over 70,000 Euros will be awarded this year in numerous competition categories. And the entries leave nothing to be desired: in the International Competition films from all over the world are competing against each other, including two short film Oscar-nominees; "A Morning Stroll" and "Wild Life". The feature film competition, AniMovie, is teeming with famous voice artists such as singer Vanessa Paradis ("A Monster in Paris") or musician Bryan Adams ("Jock of the Bushveld").
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PRESS REPORT, December 08, 2011

In 2012 the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film and Daimler AG will present a new special award

Stuttgart – The Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, in co-operation with Daimler AG, is to present a special award as part of the Animated Com competition. A call has gone out to filmmakers, students of film and animation schools and start-up companies asking them to use the potential of animated film in order to visualise "Mercedes-Benz Classic: 60 years of the SL". Entries can be submitted until February 15, 2012.

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PRESS REPORT, May 08., 2011

Award-winners at the 18th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film
Stuttgart – The 18th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, the FMX 2011 and the Animation Production day transformed Stuttgart into the capital of animation for an eventful six days. The extensive Festival programme was an impressive demonstration of how animation is a lot more than just light entertainment. The social relevance and the political topicality of the winning films and numerous other entries to this year’s Festival are further proof of this. In total, almost 1,000 films were shown at the Festival. An exciting selection of films and great weather attracted around 70.000 visitors to both the inner-city cinemas and the open air cinema which this year impressed its audiences with a large LED screen in the centre of Stuttgart’s Schlossplatz.

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PRESS REPORT, May 07., 2011

Presentation of the ANIMATED COM AWARD 2011 in Stuttgart:

The best advertising clips and applied animation 2011 are characterised by perfect illusions, humour and technical finesse

Stuttgart - For some it is advertising, for others the shortest feature films in the world. Despite being so apparent in everyday life, applied animation has established itself almost unnoticed as an independent genre somewhere between Hollywood blockbusters and artistic short films. The ANIMATED COM AWARD pays tribute to this development at the 18th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film. This evening the award was presented to the best productions worldwide in the field of applied animation at the Württemberg Kunstverein (art society).

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