MAAC felicitates talented animators with festive celebration of ‘24 FPS 2014’

                               
                                                                                      Uncovers the victors of the '11th 24 FPS Annual International Animation Awards’

Anurag Basu at 'MAAC's got talent'

Kubra Sait hosted MAAC's 11th 24 FPS International Animation Awards

MAAC felicitates talented animators with festive celebration of ‘24 FPS 2014’

Mr. Ram Warrier, Mr. Ninad Karpe, Mrs. Kiran Mehra Kerpelman and Mr. Anuj Kacker at the lighting of lamp at MAAC's 24 FPS Awards

Mrs. Kiran Mehra-Kerpelman at MAAC's 11th 24 FPS International Animation Awards 2014

Mumbai, November 29, 2014: Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC) – leader in 3D Animation and VFX training hosted the 11th 24 FPS Awards 2014 in association with United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) on November 28th, 2014, at the Lalit Intercontinental in Mumbai. 

Kubra Sait conducted the fun-filled event, which witnessed prominent faces. Famous director, actor, producer, and screenwriter, Anurag Basu graced the event through his presence at the ‘MAAC’s got Talent’. Other prominent faces at the event included Kamal Sadanah, actor, producer, director who boasts of films such as "Roar - Tigers of the Sundarbans" to his credit and famous people from the animation and VFX industry such as Shilpa Ranade and Jesh Krishna Murthy of Anibrain Studios, Merzin Tavaria of Prime Focus and Viral Thakkar Creative Director Riva Animation & VFX Pvt Ltd.

The winners of the grand competition were:

3D Animation Challenge:

• Gold-MAAC Malad
• Silver-MAAC Chowringhee
• Bronze- MAAC Andheri

VFX Challenge Award:

• Gold-MAAC Koramangala
• Silver- MAAC Thane
• Bronze- MAAC Chowringhee

Animated Short Film:

• Gold-Rajouri
• Silver-MAAC Thane
• Bronze-MAAC Borivili

With a substantial number of global and Indian entries and several animation enthusiasts who attended the awards, the scale of the event was substantially bigger this year. 

The categories for 2014 awards were: 

NATIONAL
•         Best VFX Short Film 2014 - Student (OPEN)
•         Best Animated Short Film 2014 - Student (OPEN)
•         Best Game Design 2014 - Studio/Professional Category
•         Best Visual Effects Feature Film 2014 - Studio/Professional Category
•         Best TVC 2014 - Studio/Professional Category
•         Best TV Series 2014 - Studio/Professional Category
•         Best Animated Feature Film 2014 - Studio/Professional Category
•         Best Animated Short Film 2014 - Studio/Professional

INTERNATIONAL
•         Best Animated Short Film 2014 - Student (OPEN)
•         Best Visual Effects Short Film 2014 - Student (OPEN)
•         Best Visual Effects Feature Film 2014 - Studio/Professional Category
•         Best Animated Feature Film 2014 - Studio/Professional Category
•         Best Animated Short Film 2014 - Studio/Professional 

MAAC-UNIC collaboration has provided a platform to the students to promote the 8 Millennium Development Goals based on the theme – The Future We Want, through their animated movies, creating a sense of inspiration amongst the audience, to come forward and help bring a positive change in the society.

Over the past eleven years, this event has gained momentous support from the global animation fraternity and has been a key driver and promoter of fresh animation talent in the country. At the event, Mr. Ninad Karpe, MD & CEO, Aptech Ltd said, “With animation movies like Frozen, Chota Bheem, Roar, Chaar Sahibzaade being created, we believe animation is here to stay and it has become a preferred career choice amongst the youngsters today. Awards like 24 FPS bring the best talent forward and motivate them to do better. Strengthening our partnership with UNIC, we hope to contribute positively towards accomplishment of the millennium development goals.”

Delighted at watching the winning entries, Mrs. Kiran Mehra-Kerpelman, Director, UN Information Centre for India and Bhutan said, “We hope to contribute tremendously towards the social causes UNIC believes in and animation is such a fun and engaging way of achieving this. We are excited to use the brilliant films produced this year are throughout the world and help spread social messages in the form of relatable and comprehensible animation films”.

About UNIC:
UNIC is the information hub of the United Nations in India. It serves as a focal point for news and information about the UN for audiences in India and Bhutan. It provides information on the United Nations to media, governmental and non-governmental organizations and educational institutions, academic and other research centres and think-tanks, educators and students, among others.

Its activities also include publicizing UN initiatives and programmes, organizing briefings on the work of the United Nations, assisting UN agencies in India with their communication strategies and information needs, partnering with national and state government ministries and departments in the observance of International days, and partnering with civil society to organize seminars, colloquiums, conferences and dialogues on diverse UN themes and priorities.

For more information, please visit www.unic.org.in

About MAAC:

Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC) is India’s leading educator in high-end 3D Animation and Visual Effects. Founded in 2001 & a major brand of Aptech Ltd, MAAC has trained over 30000 students across the country. It has over 80 centers with cutting-edge infrastructure in over 40 cities.
MAAC offers industry relevant Career courses on 3D Animation & Visual Effects. It offers Real-life training environment to the students backed by an excellent faculty, infrastructure, and the latest technical educational tools.

MAAC’s students are placed as Modeling Artists, Lighting Artist, Render Artist, Character Animator, Layout Artist , Digital Sculptor, Rigging Artist, FX Artist, Roto Artist, Match Mover, Video Editor, Motion Graphics Artist, Compositors, Visualizes, Content Developers and Pre and Post Production executives in blue chip animation studios and entertainment companies like Prime Focus, Rhythm & Hues Studios, Crest Animation Studios, BIG Animation, Cornershop, EFX, Toonz Animation, DQ Entertainment, Paprikaas Animation Studios,  NDTV, Studio 9, Redchillies.VFX, Vaibhav Studios, IBN7, Animax, Pixion and Tata Elxsi Ltd. to name a few.

For further information please visit http://www.maacindia.com/Default.aspx