The fourth annual ABAI fest and KAVGC Summit is all set to take place between 5 February and 8 February. The first time that both the events will be held together under one roof in Bengaluru at Hotel Taj West End.
A new feature to the event is the extension of the ‘clinics’ format that was introduced last year and taken forward this year. Some of the clinics that attendees can look forward to are the IP Clinic in animation by P Jayakumar, Pitching Clinics by Jyotirmoy Saha, Krishna Desai, Rajiv Chilaka, outsourcing clinic by Biren Ghose and Srikanth Pottekula, IP Clinics for comics (graphic novels, digital storytelling) by Rudra Matsa and Suresh Seetharaman.
It will also have a gaming clinic by Rajat Ojha and Hanif Mohammed, a webinar by Erin Li, a session on the hurdles and pitfalls of running an animation studio by Prakash Cavale, a co-production clinic by Biren Ghose and Jyotirmoy Saha, a technology session on VFX.
From the international slate, the screening and making of Penguins of Madagascar will be shown as well as the best from the Annecy Film Fest, best of animation content from Animation Torrent in USA and O!PLA in Poland and the screening of How to Train Your Dragon 2. From the domestic slate, screenings of Arjun: The Warrior Prince, making of Rise of the valiant Indrajeeth, Mighty Raju Rio Calling, making and premiere of Swami Ayyappan are expected and ending the four day summit with a fashion show and awards nights.
The clinics are aimed to make the four day event more business friendly than just have seminars and sessions. Participants get to pitch their products and people get to see and buy it.
In an earlier interview with AnimationXpress.com, ABAI president and Technicolor India country head Biren Ghose said that the idea of the summit was to get people to learn from both local and international mentors that will address their queries as artists or entrepreneurs.
Last year the festival saw over 2,000 people attending as well as 250 people in the summit with the expectation for this edition rising to 5,000.