SVA Computer Art, Animation & VFX

The official feed of SVA's BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation, and VFX program. Bringing festival news and student activities.

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One SVA Computer Art 2018 Film Awarded at Queen Palm International FIlm Festival

Awarded Films:

Yuanfen by Amanda Sparso

~Class 2018

The Annual Screening will take place in Palm Springs FL July 14-19

Queen Palm International Film Festival is a bi-monthly film, music, & screenwriting competition with a live Annual Screening and Awards Show Event in Palm Springs, California. QPIFF honors films from around the world with a vast array of awards in different categories and genres. Each month, Filmmakers can submit their projects to have them judged by award winning industry professionals and compete with other filmmakers across the globe. - https://www.queenpalmfilmfest.org

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One SVA Computer Art Awarded at  The Halloween Horror Picture Show

Awarded Films:

InBetween by Scarlett Thiele

~Class 2017

The Festival took place : Sept 21-23 2018 Tampa, Florida

Tampa Florida's original Horror Film Festival! Started in 2002 The Halloween Horror Picture Show has screened 100's of Short and Feature Films giving Independent Filmmakers and opportunity to screen their films to the fans and also to introduce their workMore can be found information at http://thehalloweenhorrorpictureshow.com

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Help support Computer Art senior Keyonna Hicks’s thesis project : https://www.gofundme.com/vfx-dp-thesis

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SVA Computer Art is holding its 2nd annual Inktober competition!🎃

Submit your drawings by email to [email protected] & posting to Instagram with #svacomputerart and #inktober

We will have a raffle with prizes for participants at the end of the month!

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1 SVA Computer Art film award winner at International Monthly Film Festival Copenhagen

Award Winner:

Swift by Byeori Kim, Haedeun Woo and Yebin Ahn 

~class 2018

“This 2-day film festival will take place at the beautiful Husets Biograf in the heart of Copenhagen, Denmark on 2-3 October 2018. Monthly-selected films will be up for competition for the yearly category prizes and to be screened at our film festival. “ -https://www.internationalmff.com/info

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2 SVA 2017 Films at Katra in Downtown Brooklyn 9/14

2 SVA 2017 Films "Somnia" by Zavier Monica and "Wonder Dog" by Meg Pangiochi and Janice Lee will be screening at the Katra Festival on Sept 14th in Downtown Brooklyn 

“Join us for the Inaugural Launch of the 2018 Katra Film Series Sidebar Edition on Friday, September 14th at Wine Legend in Downtown Brooklyn featuring works by underrepresented communities and focusing on issues, topics and stories by Women of Color, African-American, Asian-American, Latinx, LGBTQ+ and Female Filmmakers from all walks of life.”-www.katrafilmseries.com

Friday, September 14, 2018 - 6:30pm Wine Legend - Side Entrance 166 myrtle ave. corner of Fleet Place Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tickets available online only: $10

You can find the line up of films and where to buy tickets o their site.

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Watch animation projects by SVA's Pre-College Summer Program in Computer Art

Over the course of this three-week long program, high school students created projects in animation, motion graphics, visual effects and games.

Students screened their final projects on July 27, 2018 at the End of Program Exhibition at SVA Theatre.

For more information on SVA's Pre-College Summer Program, visit www.sva.edu/special-prog…/pre-college-program/summer-program.

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Congrats to Sang Hyoun “Domcake” Han Finalist at the Student Academy Awards

Congrats to Computer Art 2018 graduate Sang Hyoun “Domcake” Han for his film Emunah moving on as a finalist for the Student Academy Awards! A list of the finalists wa posted yesterday to the festival’s website. Judging for the final round will be held later this month.

Student Academy Awards Week will run from October 6-11.  

All Student Academy Award winning films qualify to be submitted for the upcoming Oscar race assuming the film meets all other eligibility requirements in their respective category.

List of Student Academy Finalists

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Two SVA Computer Art 17’ Film Award Winners at FAM Fest International Film Fest

Selected Films:

Illuminosity by Jeffery Mecham and Michael Rootare

Spring by Yuanzhi Chen

The festival was held Aug8-9 2018 in South Carolina

“Encouraging independent filmmakers and artists to use their talents to fill the void in mainstream media by allowing them to share their great journeys of faith that might otherwise go untold.” -http://www.redsamuraientertainment.com/FAMFest/

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Four SVA Film Winners at CINE MIAMI FEST Latino

Festival WInners:

Don't Talk to Strangers by Dae Yeon Cho, Jiahui Guo and Kira Yu

Pas D’yeux by Thao Dan Nguyen Phan

The Novice by Alejandra Alvarez and Courtney Scriven

Raven by Wonsuk Choi

The Festival took place August 3-5 in Miami, Florida

It has a main objective the promotion and dissemination of short films that will contribute to the development of filmmakers in the seventh art. Likewise motivate production through its competitions and awards, and finally to provide a meeting place for all those lovers of short films and animations from around the world. -https://www.facebook.com/cinemiamifest/

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One SVA Computer Art Film Award Winner at Garden-in-Movies/Short Film Fest

Accepted Films:

Our Horizon by Nikki Conero and Jack Syznacka

The festival took place August 3-5 in Italy

The Film Festival Garden-in-Movies was born in 2017 as part of the International Festival of Landscape Radicepura Garden Festival (Giarre, Catania, Italia) . The Festival launched the Garden-in-Movies/ShortFilmFest, international short film competition, targeted at works that enhance nature, environment, landscape, ecology and environmental sustainability.

https://www.radicepurafestival.com/garden-in-movies/

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Two SVA Computer Art Film Finalists at Los Angeles CineFest

Films Selected:

Pharoah by Mitchell Jao and Derrrik Forkel 

Swift by Byeori Kim, Haedeun Woo , Yebin Ahn

The festival will be held in Los Angeles,CA January 20

Los Angeles CineFest is an online and live international event. Each month film industry specialists vote on submitted filmss and announce semi-finalists, finalists, and winners. There is a screening event held later this year for those that make it to this level of the judging.- https://www.lacinefest.org/June2018.html

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2 SVA Computer Art Award Winners to Independent Shorts Awards

2 SVA Computer Art films

Award winners to Independent Shorts Awards

Films:

Pharoah by Mitchell Jao and Derrik Forkel

A Long Way From Home by Andy Tai and Eduardo Enriquez

Festival takes place monthly in Los Angeles California  

“Each month, the submitted projects are privately screened and judged by a random team of invited experts from academia and film industry, against a high standard of merit. The monthly winners are automatically qualified to compete and be screened at ISA annual event.”

- https://independentshortsawards.com/about/

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One SVA Computer Art Film Semi Finalist at Student Academy Awards

Congrats to SVA BFA Computer Art ‘18 grad Sang Hyoun Han "Domcake” for his film making Semi Finalist at Student Academy Awards!

Film:

Emunah by Sang Hyoun Han "Domcake"

Event Date: October 7 – 11, 2018 Hollywood, CA

“The Academy established the Student Academy Awards in 1972 to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level. Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive 46 Oscar nominations and have won or shared eight awards. “ - http://www.oscars.org/saa

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One BFA Computer Art 2017 Film at Athens Video Art Fest

One BFA Computer Art 2017 Film at Athens Video Art Fest!!

Accepted Films:

Illuminosity by  Michael Rootare and Jeffrey Meacham

Festival is held in Athens, Greece may 2018

Athens Video Art Festival founded in 2005, offers a platform to video art, installations and live performances. Through its multidisciplinary program Athens Digital Arts Festival offers Exhibitions, Screenings, Live Performances, Workshops and International Tributes showcasing artworks that reflect its cutting edge aesthetics.

For more info: http://2018.adaf.gr/?lang=el