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. Anurag Basu, director of  films like Murder, Life in a Metro, and the widely acclaimed Barfi, graced the event with his presence at the morning event-‘MAAC’s Got Talent’ and also felicitated the winners.

Other prominent faces at the event included Shilpa Ranade, renowned animation director; Merzin Tavaria, Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer, Prime Focus; Vaibhav Kumaresh of Vaibhav Studio; Cinematographer Vikas Sivaraman; Uttam Pal Singh, Director, Cartoon Network; Pradeep Nair, Managing Director, Autodesk India.

Director Anurag Basu graced the MAAC's Got Talent event at 24 FPS Awards and felicitated winners

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.

The winners of the first UNIC awards were:

Gold     – MAAC Girish Park
Silver    – MAAC  Vashi
Bronze -  MAAC  Andheri

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, 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.

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