17 Aug 2008
1:00 pm


Tasi Viewers Choice Awards rocks the house
 
BY MRIGANK DHANIWALA
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"Can we have the house lights off," says TASI's Tony Singh and the magic unfurls as frame after frame of brilliant animation - amateur, professional and commissioned - is lapped up by an applauding, whistling and jostling audience.

Every evening during the three day Anifest India '08 the Convocation Hall of IIT Bombay turned into a theatre of animation; ushers, corner seats and all! A unique initiative of giving the audience the power to choose their favorite films, the TVCA received an unprecedented 224 entries this year, of which 24 made it to the final screening, selected by a panel of eminent industry experts.

Ajay Singh's Arjun took away the trophy in the students' category while foreign entry Dance with the Devil was declared runners-up. Ajay, a student of IDC thanked his mentor Shilpa Ranade and mentioned that he had missed out a lot by not being there for Anifest '07 but had made up this year by winning at the TVCA.

In the professional category, Passion of Cricket by Shyam Salunke won while the Bengali short-film Kay Tumi by Kunal Sen was declared runners-up. A visibly excited Salunke told AnimationXpress.com, "We worked very hard on the film, finding time between our jobs… I worked on the live action shots while Vikrant Shitole worked on the animation." Salunke's film warrants special mention as it was very well-appreciated by all in the audience. The film showed common people living their lives through cricket mannerisms and conventions, imagining themselves under the spotlight all the while.

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The 10-minute corporate film Milkateer by Sharp Image with its milk-drinking kid superhero duo and its matrix-style of action sequences turned out to be the audiences' choice in the commissioned films category. On the other side of spectrum, a Sulekha.com promo by Famous House of Animation, which used traditional tribal art to weave an interesting story around what the internet could do for you, emerged the runners-up.


All winners were awarded with goodies which included widescreen monitors, software licenses and packs, workstations, cash money and TASI t-shirts and caps!

13-year-old Yash was given a tablet as a special prize. Bringing the festival to a close, Ranjit Singh thanked all the volunteers, sponsors and supporters and the audience for making the three days a grand success… and announced that Anifest '09 would be even grander.

Indeed; for the animators, by the animators.

mrigank.dhaniwala@animationxpress.com

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