The Golden Cursor Animation Awards

Golden Cursor awards saw a turnout of over 300 students and professionals. The day saw many big names of the Animation Industry under one roof. The special guests for the evening were Ian Livingstone, Co-founder of Games Workshop and Anthony Christov, Art Director. Golden Cursor Awards 2009 was presented by Cell18 and Arena Animation in association with Aptech and CNBC-TV 18 and powered by AnimationXpress.com

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SRIJAN 2009, the country’s only multi-city animation fair, kicked off its Mumbai edition with an inspiring display of 3D Animation and Visual Effects by animation students and major studios. The two-day event, being held at Nehru Center, Worli, was inaugurated by veteran film maker Ketan Mehta. SRIJAN was attended by reputed professionals and prominent personalities from the world of animation, media and Bollywood.

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Treassureboxx’09 got an overwhelming response with a huge audience, majority of them being VFX aspirants. The event started with Mr. Prabhanjan Chappar from Frameboxx giving an insight into the animation industry & how frameboxx forms a part of it. He also spoke about the Incubation Centre started by Frameboxx to give their students an industry experience before they enter the mainstream.

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CGTantrik Interview - Harshvardhan Kadam

A Master of Design in Visual Communication,from IDC, IIT Mumbai Harshvardhan Kadam is a free lance concept artist and illustrator. A true artist Harsh has has many acredited works winning at many Art and illustration competitions, With many of his works being displayed at Kala Ghoda Film festival he is also the CGTantra showcase award winner. An Artist with an attitude, he believes esthetics hold him strong. We caught up with him for an Interview.

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Interview with Adam Thomas - VFX - The Hunt for Gollum

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