Monday, January 12, 2009

SPARK FX '09- January 21-26 @ Vancity Theatre...

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The Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH, and the Vancouver International Film Centre present SPARK FX '09, Vancouver's second annual visual effects film festival, January 21 -26, 2009.

This year’s lineup includes a full slate of 10 visual effects films and 18 speaker/ panel events with some of the most talented FX artists and researchers locally, nationally and internationally.

SPARK FX ’09 brings back to the big screen classic effects laden films such as "Alien", "Forbidden Planet", "T2: Judgment Day" and Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers". In addition, audiences can look forward to many of these films being introduced by historians/filmmakers, providing added insight into the making of these high-tech features.

The SPARK FX team will host eight-time Academy Award winner/VFX legend, Dennis Muren as a Feature Speaker, as well as Jeff Barnes, CEO of CafeFX, Past Chairman of the Board of the Visual Effects Society (VES); Harrison Ellenshaw, renowned VFX Artist/Designer; Paul Debevec, Associate Director, Graphic Research at USC and a whole lot more...

More info and tickets are available at spark.siggraph.ca/