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AEAF Welcomes Beautiful New Entries to the 2023 Awards – Deadline Soon

Check out the recent entries to the AEAF Awards - online now. The work is fantastic and more is arriving. Get inspired to enter your team’s work ahead of the deadline EXTENDED TO 15 JUNE

AEAF Awards 2023 – Call for Entries

AEAF Awards 2023 are now open for entries. Start 2023 by entering your team’s best work from the past year. AEAF Awards are given in 20 categories.

AEAF Awards 2022 Winners Full List - Watch AEAF Awards Reel

The winners in each category Gold - Silver - Bronze have been announced at the AEAF Awards Screening on 28 September The AEAF Awards Finalists and Winners have been announced in all categories. The work is beautiful. Please see the full listing below, and go…

AEAF Hall of Fame

AEAF Hall of Fame We have established the AEAF Hall of Fame to recognize some of the people who have contributed to the advancement of the arts of Animation and Visual Effects over the years. Here we have listed all the finalists and winners. Many of the…

AEAF Awards 2022 Winners

The winners in each category Gold - Silver - Bronze have been announced at the AEAF Awards Screening on 28 September The AEAF Awards Finalists and Winners have been announced in all categories. The work is beautiful. Please see the full listing below, and go…

AEAF Awards Entries Flowing in – Movies, TV Series, Spots and More

Entries for AEAF Awards have just about closed, an exciting moment every year as we look over all the terrific work that has been entered. Thanks very much to every team participating.

Final Closing Date for Awards is Approaching Fast, See Latest Entries

The final closing date for AEAF Awards entries is coming up fast on 30 June. Enter your work now – don’t miss out. Be sure to check out the latest beautiful entries.

Creatures and Environments from Our World and Beyond Enter AEAF 2022

Take a look at some of the newest projects submitted to AEAF. The Entry Deadline is now extended until 30 June – but don’t wait, get your projects organised and enter now.

AEAF Awards Entries Stream in as Entry Deadline Approaches

AEAF Awards are now well underway with great entries so far in several categories. More submissions are rolling in – don’t hesitate. The time to enter your team’s work is NOW.

AEAF Awards 2021 Winners

2021 has been a wonderful AEAF! Congratulations to everyone that has participated. We hope you enjoyed watching the Awards Showreel with us. See the list of winners and awards

MPC’s VFX Team Gets First In, Best Dressed for Disney’s Cruella

Production VFX Supervisor Max Wood talks about bringing Cruella’s early life to the screen, with 2D and 3D environments, complex set extensions, FX and seven animated photoreal dogs.

Animation from Around the World Takes Centre Stage in AEAF Awards

New projects are arriving at AEAF Awards from around the world featuring all kinds of beautiful animation. AEAF includes 14 categories - enter your team’s work before end of June.

FuseFX, DNEG, MADO XR Bring Beautiful New Effects to AEAF Awards

FuseFX has entered exciting television projects into AEAF Awards, DNEG entered work created for ‘Tenet’ and several TV series and MADO XR entered a film from their virtual production facility Studio-xR.

MPC Film Enters GODZILLA VS. KONG into AEAF Awards

MPC Film has entered three major feature films into AEAF Awards – ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’, ‘The One and Only Ivan’ and ‘Cruella’.

Framestore to Speak at AEAF 2021 on Jingle Jangle’s Storybook Sequences

Framestore created fascinating animated sequences for Netflix’s Jingle Jangle, populated with ‘hand-made’ 3D props, characters and sets. The team’s Supervisors will speak at AEAF 2021.

Meet the Expert VFX and Animation Storytellers at AEAF

AEAF’s virtual event is just a month away with speakers presenting on topics from VFX and animation in TV series and movies, to wrapping your pipeline around USD on a budget.

Weta Digital - VFX Supervisor Matt Aitkin - Avengers: Infinity War

Weta Digital's VFX Supervisor Matt Aitken presents his insights into the new techniques his team used in 'Avengers: Infinity War', including animation for Thanos and bespoke FX for Titan's environment. AEAF Speaker Program Network, Learn and Share at AEAF…

RSP - VFX Supervisor Tom Wood - 'Thor: Ragnarok'

Tom Wood from Rising Sun Pictures in Adelaide will speak at AEAF about his most recent work leading the team in creature, environment and FX work for 'Thor: Ragnarok'. AEAF Speaker Program Network, Learn and Share at AEAF 2018. AEAF is a celebration of VFX…

Animal Logic - Animation Supervisor Simon Pickard - Peter Rabbit

Simon will talk at AEAF about Animal Logic's most recent project, the hybrid/animation feature film 'Peter Rabbit'. Apart from nailing the animation and character FX of a cast of CG bunnies and creatures, one of the key aspects of this production was working…

Cutting Edge - VFX Supervisor Simon Maddison - The Electric Lens Company - Founder Matthew Hermans

Simon Maddison and Matthew Hermans will talk a about developing and creating the submarine 360° environment for Q-Ride Experience, a VR experience with action and detail to watch in all directions. Cutting Edge delivered a virtual reality theme park ride late…