Stoke Your Fires 2011
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The Festival
19th Feb to 4th March 2011
Stoke Your Fires has been animating Stoke-on-Trent for the past three years, but it’s changing. Stoke Your Fires the Festival of Moving Image is expanding and will be bringing an array of exciting film, animation and digital media events to the Midlands in 2011.
Events will include a four day convention with amazing international speakers, 3 major exhibitions, premieres from local new talent and established artists, a 48-hour film challenge, exciting activities for all ages and the prestigious Stoke Your Fires Awards.
The Awards
For more information on how to submit to the Stoke Your Fires Awards download the guidelines and application form here.
Deadline 10th December 2010.
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The 2010 Festival Highlights
Stoke Your Fires 2010 included two main festival days 26 & 27 February, featuring lectures, seminars and networking opportunities, aimed at professionals and students.
Speakers Included
Scott Tom, Character Fabrication Lead on Coraline
Paul Wells, Director of The Animation Academy
Curtis Jobling, Author and Illustrator
Christian DeVita, Lead Story Board Artist on Fantastic Mr Fox
and Marc Silk, Voice Actor on Roary the Racing Car and Fifi and the Flowertots
The festival culminated in an awards ceremony giving local, national and international animators the opportunity to showcase their work.
In addition in 2010, there was a one day master class on 25 February, giving attendees the chance to develop their skills with the support of Lee Danskin, from Escape Studios, leading CG Academy.
The festival also featured a strong community element with a series of workshops, drop in activities for children, adult education workshops and subsidised animated feature films. An exhibition involving puppets, models and maquettes from award winning animation studios was also on display at the museums throughout February. Including figures from Coraline, Pingu, Fifi and the Flowertots, Roary the Racing Car and examples of the work of local students.
2010 Award Winners
Best Professional Regional Animation ‘Made in the Midlands’ The Moon Bird, The Brothers Mcleod
Best International Animation No Corras Tanto, Cesar Diaz Melendez
Best Fine Art/Experimental Animation No Corras Tanto, Cesar Diaz Melendez
Best Animated Commercial Scrabble Campaign, Irina Dakeva & Clement Dozier
Best Animated Short Mei Ling, Stephanie Lansaque & Francois Leroy
Best Student: Undergraduate Individual Heartstrings, Rhiannon Evans
Best Student: Undergraduate Group Reap What You Sew, Alex Collier
Best Student: Postgraduate Individual I am Simon, Tunde Molnar
Best Student Heartsrings, Rhiannon Evans
Best of the Fest No Corras Tanto, Cesar Diaz Melendez
Outstanding Contribution Barry Purves
Congratulations!
