Wednesday, 24 February 2021

VFX Festival is Back in March 2021

Escape Studios’ Ninth Annual VFX Festival is back in March; this year as an online event

The theme of the festival in 2021 is "Limitless Creativity" and, as always, the festival features talks, presentations, and career advice aimed at students, emerging talent, and industry professionals. 
 
The VFX Festival
The VFX Festival 2021 returns this year in an all-virtual format, celebrating the theme of "limitless creativity" in the visual effects, animation, games, and motion graphics industries. 

Online Festival
Hosted online by Escape Studios, the virtual festival will begin in March and will feature insight into award-winning productions, expert-led presentations, careers advice, as well as the latest trends, technology, and innovation from around the world.

Creative Community
The festival brings together the creative community, allowing emerging talent to explore creative industries and professionals the opportunity to expand their knowledge. 

This year’s event will feature speakers from leading studios such as BlueBolt; Bluezoo; Framestore; Jellyfish Pictures; MPC; NVIZ; Rodeo FX; and The Focus.

Robot bug by Edoardo Sartori
VFX Festival 2021

The VFX Festival 2021 has three areas of focus:

The VFX Festival EDU 
This part of the festival is free to attend and will feature talks and presentations with industry professionals, helping to inspire the new generation of creative artists. The program is designed for students who are excited to learn about the world of visual effects, animation, games, and motion graphics.

The VFX Festival Emerging Talent 
Zombie animation by Eilin Berio Pena
Aimed at students currently studying within higher or further education, as well as young professionals who are looking to kick start a career, this part of the event will be filled with inspiring talks, panel discussions, bite-size presentations, careers and recruitment opportunities. The ‘Marketplace,’ which runs alongside The VFX Festival Emerging Talent, will provide great opportunity for attendees to meet studios and hear about their work, as well as open or upcoming vacancies.

The VFX Festival Virtual Series 
This is a series of monthly events focusing on award-winning projects, trends, technology, development, and innovation from around the world. This part of the festival consists of talks, presentations, and workshops for everyone looking to increase their knowledge of VFX, animation, games, and motion graphics.

You can read more about the VFX Festival 2021 here at AWN, and also at the official site.

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To find out more about our BA/MArt, now recruiting for September 2021, follow this link.   To apply, visit the official page here

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