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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

The Visual Effects Society Vancouver Chapter presents:

The 4th Annual Celebration of Animation and Visual Effects

Saturday, November 20, 2010
@ District 319 -  319 Main Street
Vancouver, BC V6A 2S9
(604) 899-1077

5:30 to 7:00 pm cocktail reception
Food provided
Cash bar
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Vancouver Animation Domination

BC Business Magazine
By: Peter Severinson | Image: Lindsay Siu | Aaron White | Published: November 03, 2010


Vancouver’s 
animation sector is fighting for the one thing that will end its dependence on 
foreign masters: 
a hit all its own
.

Aaron White’s guinea...

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25th Gemini Awards - Visual Effects Winners Announced

Congratulations to the Visual Effects team on Ben Hur, including nominees Mario Rachiele, Marie-Ève Bédard-Tremblay, Benoît Brière, Raphaël Hubert and Pierre-Simon Lebrun-Chaput for their 2010 Gemini Award win for Best Visual Effects, received at the Industry Gala on November 3, 2010, hosted by The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television[/ur...

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Presidents' Lecture Series | Dylan Brown, Creative Director of Pixar Canada
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 11:30am
Emily Carr University, Granville Island

The Presidents' Lecture Series is proud to welcome back Dylan Brown, Creative Director, Pixar Canada.

Dylan joined Pixar Animation Studios in 1995 to work on the image compression and color mapping for the Toy Story Animated Story Book and the Toy Story Acti...

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RED - CIS Vancouver goes Badass
Posted on Oct 24, 2010 by Ian Failes
From FXGuide http://www.fxguide.com/article653.html


Director Robert Schwentke's Red tells the story of ex-CIA agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) recruiting his former team to help him defeat a hi-tech assassin. CIS Vancouver contributed 220 shots to the film ranging from detailed composites, CG bullets, an exploding RPG and plentiful destruction. We talk to CIS vfx supe Randy Goux....