Nominations for Animahenasyon 2012 Lifetime Achievement and Outstanding Emerging Artist in Animation Awards now open
The Animation Council of the Philippines, Inc. (ACPI) is calling all animation studios, government and non-government organizations, academic institutions and the like to nominate their choice for the Animahenasyon 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award and Animahenasyon 2012 Outstanding Emerging Artist in Animation Award. The guidelines and nomination form can be downloaded from Animahenasyon’s web site at www.animahenasyon.com. Deadline for submission of entries for the lifetime achievement is on June 15, while for the outstanding emerging artist is on July 16. Nominations can be delivered personally to the ACPI secretariat or sent via courier mail.
The nominee must be a Filipino citizen, has at least five years (outstanding emerging artist) or 10 years (lifetime achievement) of industry practice, and has produced an outstanding body of work that has contributed to the development of the Filipino identity and cultivated a sense of nationhood. The nominee will undergo strict and heavy deliberations from esteemed board members of ACPI and luminaries in the Philippine animation industry.
The Animahenasyon Lifetime Achievement Award was established during the first Animahenasyon in 2007, while the Animahenasyon Outstanding Emerging Artist in Animation Award was launched last year. The awards srecognize Filipino animators and exceptional individuals that have made invaluable contributions to the growth and development of the Philippine animation industry. They are the individuals who have dedicated their lives in pioneering and elevating the country’s creative, technical, and industry standards through their unique works and achievements.
This year’s recipient of the Animahenasyon lifetime achievement award will have his or her name rise up to the ranks of Larry Alcala, Nonoy Marcelo, Jose Zabala Santos, Roxlee and Geirry Garccia; while the recipient of the outstanding emerging artist award can rub elbows with Ramon del Prado, last year’s awardee. The awardees will be honored and recognized during the awarding ceremonies of the 6th Animahenasyon Philippine Animation Festival, which will be held at the De La Salle-College of St. Benilde, School of Design and Arts Campus on November 29.
It has always been one of ACPI’s main goals to promote and recognize individuals who develop and upgrade the standards of the Philippine animation industry. ACPI’s vision is to make the Philippines as the prime provider of content creation services and the preferred outsourcing destination of animation in Asia for the global market. Its mission is to be the Philippines’ lead organization for promoting and facilitating animation industry development for outsourcing, education and content creation to serve the global market.
ACPI is a non-stock and non-profit organization whose member companies specialize mainly in, but not limited to, 2D, Flash or 3D animation. It aims to promote the animation industry globally with the intention of creating an identity for the Philippines to be considered amongst the preferred countries that service the animation industry.
For more information, please contact the ACPI secretariat at telephone numbers (632) 817-2727 local 108, or e-mail: animahenasyon@gmail.com.
