The annual “Creative Minds” Competition witnessed another remarkable performance by students of Creative Multimedia. Amidst fierce competition from exceptionally talented participants, students of Dilsukhnagar held their own and put up a splendid performance. Their creative brilliance was on full display as they stole the show with a total of 5 prizes. Flashing the V-sign with an air of confidence, the proud winners from Creative Multimedia Academy accepted the awards from amidst rousing applause.
The 2015 edition of the Creative Minds Contest, Inter-Centre Competition organized by ARENA was held at Minerva Grand, Hyderabad on the 19th of January, 2016. Scores of talented students from Arena Animation centres across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh participated in this annual competition which attracted entries across categories including Graphic Design, 2D,3D and Stop-motionAnimation.
For over a decade now, students of Creative Multimedia have been consistently winning awards at this prestigious competition which has gradually evolved into an inspirational institution committed to celebrating outstanding creative talent and exceptional training.
Rajasekhar Buggaveeti,CEO of Creative Multimedia Group congratulated his students on their winning streak and reaffirmed Creative Multimedia’s commitment to empowering young digital media career aspirants with the finest training.
Proud winners from Creative Multimedia Academy
Digital Art Illustration – FIRST PRIZE Chittajallu Subrahmanya Srinivas
VFX Scene – FIRST PRIZE Jujjuri Suresh
3D Product Packshot – FIRST PRIZE Mandalaju Jagasidh Chary
Uncork the bottle and let the champagne flow! ‘Creative Multimedia Services’ (CMS) is in a partying mode and for a good reason!
The “Brands Academy Education Excellence Awards 2012” saw ‘CMS’ walk away with the prized trophy of the “BEST DIGITAL MEDIA ACADEMY IN INDIA – 2012”. This recognition bestowed on ‘CMS’ by “Big Brands Research”, New Delhi, a leading ‘market research and brand management’ organization is considered by many to be the final word on the subject.
At a star-studded awards ceremony, in Gurgaon, New Delhi, chief guest, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Honorable Member of Parliament gave away the award to RajaSekhar Buggaveeti, the MD & CEO of the ‘Creative Multimedia’ group. It is a matter of immense pride for the people of ‘Andhra Pradesh’ that this ‘Hyderabad’ based organization has emerged as the best in its field, in the entire country.
‘Creative Multimedia Services’ is the ‘Largest Digital Media Academy’ in the country. However, size alone does not matter. The quality of education is the key factor that differentiates one ‘Academy’ from the other. Hence, this acknowledgement by a premier ranking body makes us a behemoth in the field of ‘Digital Media Education’.
Speaking on the occasion, RajaSekhar Buggaveeti said he was delighted with the honor. He sincerely thanked the students, their parents; faculty and staff of his Academy. “But for their efforts, this award would not have been possible today. This award entrusts us with a new responsibility in terms of living up to standards. Expectations would obviously increase and we would strive to live up to them.”
The students of ‘Creative Multimedia’ have once again brought laurels to the academy by bagging the ‘Best Animation Film Award’ at the 2nd edition of the Hyderabad Short Film Festival (HSFF) 2011.
“Feel the Punch” is a hilarious 3D animation short film in which a beggar outsmarts a bystander. The climax especially leaves the audience in splits and is an indirect satirical reflection on the evolution of technology. Apart from the fact that it has bagged eight awards at reputed film festivals around the globe( excluding HSFF), “Feel the Punch” has another distinction : it is the only animation short film on you tube with nearly nine and a half lakh hits to its credit.
The 2nd edition of the Hyderabad Short Film Festival was a grand affair with a good turnout of fans and aspiring filmmakers. Prominent Tollywood personalities graced the occasion and spent some quality time with the budding filmmakers. In short, the festival which was held on the 17th and 18th of March at Prasad Labs in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad was a memorable occasion.
Mr. Relangi Narasimha Rao, famous film director of Tollywood, gave away the award for “Feel the Punch” to RajaSekhar Buggaveeti, the MD and CEO of ‘Creative Multimedia’.
Yet another award only goes to emphasize the quality of the training at ‘Creative Multimedia’ and stands testimony to their expertise in the field of Animation.
‘Best Animation Film Award’ at the 2nd edition of the Hyderabad Short Film Festival 2011.
‘Feel the Punch’, an Animation short film crafted by students of Creative Multimedia was declared winner of the ‘Best Film Award’ in the 3D Space (Animation) Awards Category of the Bit Film-12 Digital Film Festival on 25 November, 2011.
An extremely funny short film, ‘Feel the Punch’ was conceived and animated by students of Creative Multimedia as part of their industry-oriented Animation training program. The Academy offers revolutionary Animation training and has been setting the standards in Digital Media Education ever since inception in 1998.
Students of the Academy have been dominating the awards circuit and have brought home 37 prestigious awards so far at various national and international film festivals: the latest being ‘Feel the Punch’.
By far the most popular film in its category in India, ‘Feel the Punch’ is a rage on Youtube with its video having registered over 8.5 clicks (8,54,947 as on Nov 26, 2011). No other film in this category has been able to even come close to this extreme adulation on Youtube. What’s more, Creative Multimedia has won seven coveted awards so far: another impressive and unrivalled achievement. The coveted award at Bit Film-12 Digital Film Festival marks a glorious milestone for the ‘Feel the Punch’ as well as Creative Multimedia as it happens to be the first international award for the film as well as the Academy-https://bestmultimedia.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/best-film-award-for-dilsukhnagar-arenas-feel-the-punch-at-bit-film-12-digital-film-festival-germany-rajasekhar-buggaveeti.
ASIFA International Animation Day Celebrations
Asifa India Awards of Excellence-2011, Mumbai
Creative Multimedia students walked away with the ‘Best 3D Animation Short Film Award’in the ‘Student Category’ of the ASIFA India Awards of Excellence -2011 for their film ‘Twisted’ which was declared the winner at the awards night held on the evening of Sunday the 6th of November, 2011 at Mumbai.
The award marks the film’s debut at the awards circuit. ‘Twisted’ features a hilarious episode between a master and his pet. The film enjoyed a grand launch by three time national award winner and VFX Supervisor of the iconic Rajnikanth film ‘Robo’, Mr. Srinivas Mohan during Creative Multimedia’s 13th Anniversary Celebrations.
‘Twisted’ its way through competition to capture the ‘Best 3D Animation Short Film Award’.
About the festival ASIFA’s International Animation Day (IAD) is an annual global celebration aimed at recognizing the people involved in the art and technology of animation.
The festival is celebrated every year with great pomp. Since its start in 2002, IAD has been a film festival that has provided Indian animation artists, a platform to interact and build a community. Being amongst the first animation festivals in India, IAD has been actively supported by the artist’s community and the industry at large-RajaSekhar Buggaveeti
This year, IAD is being celebrated at various locations throughout the country (Mumbai, Indore, Hyderabad, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi, Calicut, Thrissur and Trivandrum) between November 6th and November 13th. Some of the cities will have day long events and in some cities, screening of animation content will take place. Several entertaining and enriching programs/session have been lined up for the celebrations. The festival moves to Hyderabad on November 13, 2011.
Creative Multimedia students once again demonstrated their class at the awards circuit by capturing two nominations in the Student Category of ASIFA’s IAD-2011 Awards of Excellence for their 3D Animation Short Films ‘Twisted’ and ‘Cecelia – The Balcony Girl’. The winners will be declared at a sparkling function to be held at Mumbai on November 6, 2011.
Out of a total of 12 nominations in the Student Category, Creative Multimedia captured two nominations, the highest by any Academy at these Awards.
Both films are comic thrillers with distinct themes. The films were crafted by Creative Multimedia studetns as part of the internship program at DNA Inc. (Dilsukhnagar Animation Incubation), the talent transformation initiative of the Academy which aims to groom studio-ready CG Artists.
‘Twisted’ and ‘Cecelia-The Balcony Girl’ vie for the top honour at ASIFA IAD-2011 ‘Awards of Excellence’
About the festival
ASIFA’s International Animation Day (IAD) is an annual global celebration aimed at recognizing the people involved in the art and technology of animation.
The festival is celebrated every year with great pomp. Since its start in 2002, IAD has been a film festival that has provided Indian animation artists, a platform to interact and build a community. Being amongst the first animation festivals in India, IAD has been actively supported by the artist’s community and the industry at large.
This year’s celebrations, IAD 11, in India will be celebrated at various locations throughout the country (Mumbai, Indore, Hyderabad, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi, Calicut, Thrissur and Trivandrum) between November 6th and November 13th. Some of the cities will have day long events and in some cities, screening of animation content will take place. Several entertaining and enriching programs/session have been lined up for the celebrations. The festival moves to Hyderabad on November 13, 2011-RajaSekhar Buggaveeti
It is a matter of great pride for all of us at Dilsukhnagar Arena that the enchanting 3D character ‘Mona’ in our immensely popular and successful Student Short Film ‘Feel the punch’ was featured prominently as a poster at the inaugural of the Bitfilm-12 festival in Germany. Amidst a starry array of entries from across the world, it is indeed a great honour and a tribute to our training standards that our film/character was chosen for the official poster at the launch venue. It may be recalled that ‘Feel the punch’ has already won a coveted nomination at this prestigious international film festival along with our other student short film ‘Hugo Vs Lino’.
Bitfilm’s opening event took place in Hamburg, Germany’s media capital and Bitfilm’s hometown on Monday, the 17th of October, 2011. Ms. M. Subashini, Consule General of India in Hamburg lit the “lamp of the festival” to commence the celebrations. The opening program featured highlights from the three competitions-RajaSekhar Buggaveeti
‘Feel the punch’, a hilarious short film crafted by students of Creative Multimedia Animation Academy was honoured with a prestigious nomination at the Annual Bit Film Digital Film Festival, Hamburg, Germany.
After Monstra-2011 Lisbon Animated Film Festival in Portugal, this is the second international nomination for ‘Feel the punch’. The film has already created a record of sorts by capturing seven coveted awards till date apart from emerging a rage on You Tube with its video registering well over 8 lakh clicks (8,23,401) till date (13 Oct, 2011).
Feel the punch is a 3D Animation Short Film which presents a funny encounter between a youngster, a girl and a beggar.
The prestigious nomination is a testament to Creative Multimedia’s capabilities in and commitment to grooming top-class Animation talent. Creative Multimedia is India’s largest Digital Media Academy reputed for its world-class infrastructure and outcome-driven revolutionary paradigms that have afforded rewarding careers for scores of students till date-RajaSekhar Buggaveeti
About Bit film-12 Digital Film Festival
The Bitfilm Festival is organised by Bitfilm Networks GmbH, based in Hamburg (Germany).It was founded in 2000 as a festival for digital film in Hamburg. In 2011, the Bitfilm Festival will take place on the Internet, in Germany’s media capital Hamburg and in India’s hi-tech metropolis Bangalore.
Bitfilm Festival has been showing films that use digital technology in a creative and innovative way. The Bitfilm Festival takes place on the Internet and in two cities each year: Hamburg and Barcelona in 2007, Hamburg and Stuttgart in 2008, Hamburg and Tel Aviv in 2009. It had guest appearances in Paris, Barcelona, New York, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Berlin and Cologne.
The award categories at the festival include: 3D Space Award: All genres in 3D animation | FM Mix Award: All genres which mix techniques – 3D & 2D animation, live action and Machinima Award: All genres shot live inside a computer game or a virtual world-RajaSekhar Buggaveeti
Cecelia – The Balcony Girl, a 3D Animation short film by DNA Inc. interns won the 2nd prize in the ‘Student Film Category’ (Best Animation Short).
‘Cecelia – The Balcony Girl’, a 3D Animation short film by DNA Inc. interns won the 2nd prize in the ‘Student Film Category’ (Best Animation Short) at the 4th India International Cinema Today Short Film Awards (CTSF) held at Chennai, Tamilnadu, India from 29 to 31, July, 2011.
This is the 11th in a string of coveted awards for the numerous 3D Animation short films crafted by interns of DNA Inc. (The path-breaking CG internship program from Creative Multimedia India’s Largest Digital Media Academy)
The film is already a rage on You Tube with its video registering a staggering 4.38 clicks till date. ‘Cecelia – The Balcony Girl’ is all about a youngster’s attempts to impress a beautiful girl next door, an act that leads to some seriously funny moments.
The coveted CTSF award for ‘Cecelia-The Balcony Girl’ acknowledges DNA Inc.’s devotion to and competence in grooming studio-ready CG Artists-RajaSekhar Buggaveeti
‘Twisted’, the new 3D Animation Short Film crafted by DNA Inc. interns was launched by Mr. Srinivas Mohan, three-time national award winner & VFX Expert of Indian Artists at Creative Multimedia’s 13th Anniversary Celebrations amidst a 3000-strong gathering of students and industry veterans on Sunday, the 17th of July, 2011 at Hyderabad.
DNA Inc. (Dilsukhnagar Animation Incubation) is the revolutionary CG-internship initiative of Creative Multimedia, India’s Largest Digital Media Academy. It is an ‘India-first’ experience-enabling initiative aimed at grooming studio-ready CG Artists. DNA Inc. interns have crafted several highly successful 3D Animation Short Films till date, including ‘Feel the Punch’, ‘Hugo Vs Lino’, ‘Yugapurushudu’, ‘Cecelia-The Balcony Girl’ and ‘Bee in the Bonnet’. To watch these films, logon to: www.shortfilmsarena.com
The film ‘Twisted’ was crafted by Animation students of Creative Multimedia as part of their intensive CG-internship program at DNA Inc. The film has come in for effusive praise from respected quarters of the industry and its benchmark qualityreflects the superlative training by industry-experienced mentors that DNA Inc. interns enjoy on their journey to a studio-ready career-RajaSekhar Buggaveeti
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