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Article written by Ahmad Yazid on Sunday 10th August 2008
(reposted with permission)

I was attending the Festival Filem Malaysia 21 at Putrajaya tonight. My documentary film, Making the Cut, which was produced with Finas funding got nominated for the Best Documentary category.

Ok, i got the ticket this morning and excited to go because my chance of winning is 1:5!

I got there at around 8:45pm and the show was about to start. I manage to seat at a good row and make sure that i was near to the stairs so if i win, i wouldn’t have to hassle myself through those Mak Datins with their tight Kebayas and nice cleavage.

Anyway, at around 9:02, i got this sms from the executive producer and ask me where i was. I told him where i was and he sms me back as fast as the flash from the newspaper photographers.

This was his sms: “urgent, Finas have just told us that only prod company ep(executive producer) and finas rep to go up if win”

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Here comes the Afro Samurai! Looks familiar doesn’t it?

You’ve seen the artworks, now see the game as it is. For those who went to the Film and Animation’s Career Week 2008, you guys would know what the fuss this game is all about. It’s supposed to be a PnC thing, but since it is already up in the internet, we should just admire and congratulate the guys working behind the scenes. Keep up the good work!

Source taken from here.

ArtSentral was at “Bringing Robots to Life”!

Event: Bringing Robots to Life
Venue: Hilton Kuala Lumpur
Date: Wednesday 17th April 2008

left to right: Ayman, Amy Quek (Manager), Aamir Ghani (Production Manager), Tad Leckman (Director of Training), Douglas Sutton (Senior Artist), and Lynn-Sze

Lucasfilm Animation Singapore was in town for the last couple of days. They made a stop in MMU for a talk on Tuesday, and then held the “Bringing Robots to Life” on Wednesday. Both events were great and we would like to thank Lucasfilm for their wonderful support and time given to both faculty and students who had the opportunity to meet them.

“Bringing Robots to Life” saw a large crowd of industry people and students, who were treated to an introduction of Lucasfilm Animation Singapore by Tad Leckman, followed by an insightful presentation by Douglas Sutton on the making of the Transformers movie. Since we are not allowed to disclose too much information about the presentation, lets just say, it was much more than what was promised prior to the event.

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Adobe TV was launched 9th April 2008.

Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced Adobe® TV, a free online video resource for expert instruction and inspiration about Adobe products, including the company’s Creative Suite 3 family of world-class creative tools.

With multiple channels, original series programming, and content from Adobe, leading training organizations and the world’s leading subject matter experts, Adobe TV delivers a virtual library of entertaining and instructional videos.

Designers, photographers, video professionals, and developers will find product deep-dives, innovative tips, techniques from luminaries, and behind-the-scenes tours of the hottest creative shops and Adobe product teams.

Come and learn more from Adobe Masters here on Adobe TV. Sweet.

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