?Always? wins best short film award at Anime

New Delhi : Students from Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC), India?s leading educator in high-end 3D Animation and Visual Effects won the best film award at Anime Cine Experience, 2010, a 3-day film festival organized by Cine Darbaar, in collaboration with the Embassy of Japan, Directorate of Film Festivals, Japan Foundation.

The festival was recently held at Siri Fort auditorium II, Delhi and was for the first time that a festival celebrated the Japanese-Anime, Manga (Comics) and Pop-culture in India.

The jury at the festival awarded ?Always? a short film made by the students of MAAC as the best short film in the Short Anime Corner. The film also bagged the 2st runner up position in 24FPS animation awards organized by MAAC.

Ram Warrier, Business Head, MAAC said, ?Winning an award has always been an honour and it?s our constant endeavor at MAAC to produce work which would give MAAC, its students a global recognition.?

The festival brought the great anime works created in Japan like The Girl who leapt through time, Grave of the fireflies, 5cm per second, Voices of Distant Star, The Place Promised in Our Early Days. In its inaugural edition the festival showcased Japanese comics, anime serial, short film competitions, pop-culture exhibitions.

Along with the short film competition, various workshops and special discussions forums on various topics by industry experts were organized at the festival.

The festival also brought with it an exhibition of Manga (Japanese comics in English) along with a photography exhibition on Japan.