Subject : BIT MOVIE '95 final press release and BIT MOVIE '96 poster image competition
Dear Editor,
I send to your attention the final press release of Bit.Movie '95 and information about the poster image competition of the ninth edition of the International Festival of Computer Graphics, Animation and Multimedia Bit.Movie '96, which will take place in Riccione, in the main hall of "Palazzo del Turismo", from 4 till 8 April 1996. Deadline for the poster image competition is November 15th 1995, while deadline for the Bit.Movie contest is January 15th 1996 (faithfully to the forwarding post-mark).I hope your review could publish the announce of the Festival.
For the last years BIT MOVIE's task has been that of giving animators and designers the opportunity to confront the creative tendencies, the ideas, the innovating techniques, the new narrative forms born out of those digital images created thanks to personal computers.
BITMOVIE is promoted by the City of Riccione in partnership with a no profit association of fans of computer graphics and multimedia. Riccione, the "Green Pearl" of the Adriatic is full of variety and offers a real kaleidoscope of holiday memories. Besides its beautiful beach, the elegant shopping centre with prestigious window displays and refined coffee shops, Riccione becomes for five days the meeting point of thousands of people interested in Computer Graphics and Computer Animation.
We beg you to advertise in your review the new of the Festival to inform your readers that are interested in the event. You can find enclosed with the present press release one disk HD 3 inch 1/2 MS/DOS format with files in ASCII format and JPG format:
- AM_ACQUA JPG "AMANTES: L'era dell'acqua" ╕ Eva Fontana - Still Image 3D Section
- AM_ARIA JPG "AMANTES: L'era dell'aria" ╕ Eva Fontana - Still Image 3D Section
- AM_FUOCO JPG "AMANTES: L'era del fuoco" ╕ Eva Fontana - Still Image 3D Section
- AM_TERRA JPG "AMANTES: L'era della terra" ╕ Eva Fontana - Still Image 3D Section
- ELECTRIC JPG "Electric Sunset" ╕ Marc R. Hoffman - Still Image 2D Section
- SFACCIO2 JPG "Sfaccio 2 - la vendetta" ╕ Renato Tarabella - Video Personal Computer Section
- TOWARDS JPG "Towards the end of this age ..." ╕ Toney Allen - Still Image 2D Section
- TWOBADBO JPG "Two Bad Boys" ╕ Pier Tommaso Bennati - Animation 3D Section
You can use the images enclosed only to promote the Bit.Movie Festival (always mentioning their source from Bit.Movie Festival, the name of the author, and the title of each published image).
We put at your attention the possibility to be in touch with Bit.Movie via World Wide Web at the address: http://www.cli.di.unipi.it/bitmovie.
Should you have any questions or require any further information please do not hesitate to contact us. You can indicate the following address for more information and to obtain the competition rules and entry forms:
Bit.Movie '96, Via Bergamo, 2 - 47036 Riccione (ITALY)
The Program Commission of Bit.Movie invite You to present one image which, if it will be selected, will be the poster image of BIT MOVIE '96. You have to send it within November 15th, 1995. The image must be in electronic format. You can send it on diskettes (backup of hard disk), on Syquest cartridge 44Mb or 88Mb, on magneto optical disk 230 Mb, on CD ROM optical disk, in TGA, TIFF, IFF format. It must be in its final version; it must not have inscriptions, for exemple that of the Festival, because it will be added separately in the poster, nor the author's signature, because this will be put as subtitle.
The minimal resolution demanded by the Program Commission for the scrutiny of the project is 1240 x 1771 pixel, 24 bit. The final image must be developed in 2480 x 3543 pixel format.
Among all the images, only one will be chosen, which will have to be of particular beauty and impressiveness, and will have to give the idea of what BIT MOVIE represents or be about the themes of the Festival.
If Your image will be chosen by the Commission, You will have a prize of Lire 1.000.000, and Your name will be on all the reviews using Your image. If Your image will not be chosen, it can participate to Bit Movie '96 Still Image Section competition; in this case You will have to send only the filled entry form enclosed in BIT MOVIE '96 competition rules.
Send the work to :
BIT MOVIE '96
Via Bergamo, 2
47036 RICCIONE ( ITALY )
Images must be received by the Program Commission no later than Wednesday, 15 November 1995. The deadline will be strictly enforced. Images received after this deadline will be not review, even if postmarked earlier.
Important Note to Authors outside Italy:
Plan your submission carefully to ensure that it will arrive on time. Customs delays of two weeks can occur. When time is short, consider using a private courier. Customs labels should bear the words: "Educational material with no commercial value." Bit.Movie 96 will not pay any customs fees, duties, or tariffs incurred by your submission.
Hoping of hearing from You soon,
Bit.Movie Chair
Carlo MainardiFINAL PRESS RELEASE
Bit.Movie '95
International Festival of Computer Art
Riccione, Palazzo del Turismo
The eighth edition of the International Festival of Computer Art Bit.Movie '95 ended on monday 17th April with the awarding of prizes to the winners. About 6000 visitors came to Bit.Movie during the five days of Easter holidays. Moreover, thanks to cognitive questionnaires, we collected very encouraging data: the profile of the average visitor is that of a man/woman from 16 to 30 of age, having a certificate or a degree, having a computer, and considering the computer art as an hobby or as his/her job.
The advertising and information media gave a particular relevance to the Festival; particularly RAI TV, with TG Leonardo connections, RAI DUE, TMC and the Region Emilia Romagna News. Also the VIDEO MUSIC team came to the festival, and carried out shootings for a program.
Therefore, BIT MOVIE is confirmed as a great event of international interest, able to attract the attention of thousands of fans and of the television.
The interest in Computer Art and Computer Graphics continues to be in an expanding phase for many reasons. Besides being of great help to science and to other disciplines, the production of synthetic images has become a true art, using light as a palette, and imagination to create coloured and fantastic forms. The manipulation of reality made possible by Computer Art is giving life to an artistic "Renaissance" of our modern era. The growing number of the participant authors is demonstrating it. This year, 783 works arrived at the Festival secretary's office, 249 more than those of 1994. The authors were 333, 107 more if compared to the 226 ones of last year. 239 works belonged to the "2D Image" section, while 345 to the "3D Image". In "2D Real Time Animation" section there were 20 works, while in "3D Real Time Animation" 46. In "Video Personal Computer" there were 50 works, while in "Video Graphic Workstation" 56
Let's look at where the authors came from. Out of 333 authors, 208 of them are Italians and 125 foreigners. Immediately after Italy there are the USA with 52 authors, then France with 24, Canada and Germany with 8, the UK with 6, Finland, Grece, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia with 3, Japan, Australia and Greece with 3, Holand and Japan with 2.
The very numerous public following the Festival during the already mentioned five days was invited to give the animations and the images realized with computers by Italian and foreigner authors its preference.
For the last years BIT MOVIE's task has been that of giving animators and designers the opportunity to confront the creative tendencies, the ideas, the innovating techniques, the new narrative forms born out of those digital images created thanks to personal computers. BIT MOVIE is confirmed, with this eighth edition, as an artistic and cultural event more and more known and appreciated on the international scene, the more so because it has not lucrative interests and is conceived expecially for the young and for those productions based on low cost systems. It presents the actual condition of the art derived from the production of synthesis images, computer animation and musical composition on personal computers.
The seventh edition of the Festival hit the centre, being able to present the most interesting and qualified production in the field of synthetic images realized with personal computers.
Bit.Movie Chair
Carlo MainardiBIT MOVIE 95
International Festival of Computer Art
Riccione, Palazzo del Turismo
13 -17 aprile 1995
Eighth edition
THE JURY
The jury awarding the prizes to the works of the various sections of "BIT MOVIE" 1995 was formed by the following people:
Fabio Malagnini Critic and journalist
Antonio Caronia Critic and journalist
Luca Romoli Journalist of JCE
Antonio De Lorenzo Journalist of IHT
Alessandro Saponi Journalist of G.R. Edizioni
Carlo Santagostino Journalist of Amiga Magazine
Lorenzo Foschi Expert of Frame by Frame
BIT MOVIE 95
RESULTS OF THE JURY
Animation 3D Section
I° "Two Bad Boys"
by Pier Tommaso Bennati
"For the originality and the freshness of the direction and the tribute paid to the great tradition of the American cartoon, presented in the amusing characterization of the characters and in the use of the music."
II° "Entropy II"
by Woojin Chang
"For the care demonstrated in the narration of a story that combine complexity and wealth of visual references."
III° "From moon to eternity"
by Keitel Martin
"For the immediateness of the clip, not compromised by the brevity and by lack of technic-formal precision."
Honourable mention
- "Robo Jump"
by Marras Massimiliano
- "Drop"
by E. Perinelli, L. Fossato
Animation 2D Section
I° "N.O.L.W La notte dei rottami"
by Bernacchia Simone
"For the amusing reinvention of the cult movie 'The night of the living dead' by George A. Romero and the cannibalistic use of the horror-gore strip cartoon".
II° "L'apprendista"
by D'Orazio Ugo
"For the high quality of the animation and the ability to combine the teaching purpose with the parody of 'The apprentice wizard' by Disney."
III° "Please release me"
by McCaffrey Iain
"For the clear visual transposition of a literal translated metaphor."
Honourable mention
- "Patente V"
by D'Agostino Luigi
Video Personal Computer Section
Ex-equo
The Jury thought it right to point out two works given the noticed difference of technical and expressive approaches.
3D "Sfaccio II la vendetta"
Tarabella Renato
"For the competence and the reliability showed in the tribute paid to the 3D animation inspired by the classic cartoon."
2D "A Walk in the Park"
by Eric W. Schwartz
"The confirmation of genius and skill."
Honourable mention
- "Get Out of My Mind !"
by Giorgio Sala
- "Myriam"
by Mirko Credito
- "Il Giocattolo"
by Mazzone Andrea
Video Graphic WorkStation Section
"Wheel of the time"
by Albert Bonnefous
"For the ironic transposition of the artistic point of view from man to machine. The story catches the possible evolution of the creativity in a technological future that concern us close up.The Jury underlines the skill in the creation of the atmosphere and in every aspect of the production."
Honourable mention
- "Johnny Be Good"
by Arnon Manor, Frederic Tretout
"For the breaking of the asexual and angelic vision of the man and of the woman that too often prevails in the technological imaginary and in the animation works in competition."
Prize for the Original Soundtrack
"Les models de Bockman"
by Francois Launet
Still Image 3D Section
I° "Amantes"
by Eva Cortese
"For the ability to articulate in four images the vital cicle of the alchemic elements in atmospheres of great photographic intensity, the Jury decided to award the tetralogy, not to disperse the organic unit of the story.
II° "Mamba"
by Graham Bill Jr
"For the strength evoking primordial archetypes and the great suggestion supplied by the artistic material that link the physical relief of the image to the emotion of the body."
III° "Neuropa"
by Tornisiello Fernando
"For the evocation of a rarefied and hanging in space atmosphere where the materiality of the industrial structures dissolves in the dream of a timeless frontier."
Still Image 2D Section
I° "Towards the end of this age a paranoic riddle will be unveiled"
by Toney Allen
"For the ability to recreate the baroque universe through the use of quotations and the exaggerated game of the symbolic manipulation".
II° "Through the Looking Glass"
by Brice Jeff
"For the original combination of two dimensions apparently incompatible - art and mathematics - that find their balance in the carrying on of the computer graphic tools used."
III° "Fantasy"
by Balestrini Massimo
"For the intense recall of pictorial and symbolic elements wisely merged in the oneiric dimension of the urban imaginary."
BIT MOVIE 95
RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC
RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC ANIMATION 3D SECTION
Title Author City State Points
1 Two bad boys Pier Tommaso Bennati CHIAVARI ITALIA 1370
2 L'antagonista Leonardo Fischiagrilli ROMA ITALIA 565
3 Entropy II Woojin Chang LONDON U.K. 555
4 Miracoli A.Angelici,M.Celestino PISA ITALIA 545
5 La stella di Twirl Matteo Vallini FINALE EMILIA ITALIA 490
6 Fuga dal punto Marco Campinoti VENTURINA ITALIA 435
7 Ricordi Paolo Seri NOVELLARA ITALIA 400
8 Robo Jump Massimiliano Marras ROMA ITALIA 265
9 Ombre e riflessioni Fischiagrilli,Baiocchi ROMA ITALIA 215
10 From moon to eternity Martin Keitel NAKKILA FINLAND 210
11 Blue sea dream Bill Jr. Graham PHOENIX U.S.A. 170
12 Children save Biagio Teseo ROSOLINI ITALIA 150
13 Drop Perinelli,Fossato,Farnea VERONA ITALIA 140
14 Giganti Franceschi,Bazzoli ROMA ITALIA 140
RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC ANIMATION 2D SECTION
Title Author City State Points
1 Patente V Luigi D'Agostino PESCARA ITALIA 1250
2 Sfigher man Claudio Lanzoni MASSALOMBARDA ITALIA 785
3 Tobia e gli invasori Massimo Poletti CASTELBOLOGNESE ITALIA 730
4 Please release me Iain McCaffrey BASINGSTOKE U.K. 570
5 L'apprendista Ugo D'Orazio TIVOLI ITALIA 540
6 N.O.L.W.:la notte dei rottami Simone Bernacchia MONDOLFO ITALIA 500
7 The loose end Martin Keitel NAKKILA FINLAND 270
8 017: fuga dal manicomio Claudio Lanzoni MASSALOMBARDA ITALIA 270
9 Il portiere imbattuto Massimo Poletti CASTELBOLOGNESE ITALIA 250
10 Blocked up reservation... Gerd Struwe KÖLN 1 DEUTSCHLAND 165
11 A zonzo con Pillo Canale,Casotto,Schiavone TORINO ITALIA 115
RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC DEMO-INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA SECTION
Title Author City State Points
1 Tempesta Philip Hoyer SPOLETO ITALIA 780
2 The adventures of Asterix Indastria Entertainment C. LA CALIFORNIA ITALIA 525
3 Progetto per progettare Marco Dufour MILANO ITALIA 390
4 Slow Pasca,Paolantoni,Zav.,Toml. ROMA ITALIA 325
5 Sistema Informativo Leonardo Marco Dufour MILANO ITALIA 295
6 Body image Duane D. Bray GAINESVILLE U.S.A. 220
7 NEW AGE INTERACTIVE Marco Fullone MONZA ITALIA 195
8 Talking to the sun Robin Petterd SANDY BAY AUSTRALIA 150
9 Six Questions Erwin Redl NEW YORK U.S.A. 145
10 Interactive Painting 1 James K - M VANCOUVER CANADA 90
11 Ausint Scott Becker CHICAGO U.S.A. 50
RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC STILL IMAGE 3D SECTION
Title Author City State Points
1 Spazio A. Angelici & M. Celestino PISA ITALIA 828
2 Neuropa Fernando Tornisiello ROMA ITALIA 656
3 Cecile dancing in my dream Seiji Yoshimoto HACHIOJI-SHI JAPAN 527
4 Miracolo A. Angelici & M. Celestino PISA ITALIA 449
5 AMANTES: L'era dell'acqua Eva Fontana BORGO VALSUGANA ITALIA 410
6 Megalopolis Benno Strauch BERLIN DEUTSCHLAND 319
7 AMANTES: L'era dell'aria Eva Fontana BORGO VALSUGANA ITALIA 309
8 Il mimo Francesco Franceschi ROMA ITALIA 279
9 AMANTES: L'era del fuoco Eva Fontana BORGO VALSUGANA ITALIA 249
10 Il mondo sospeso Stefano Lacchin S. ELENA ITALIA 222
14 Hippo Griff A. Angelici & M. Celestino PISA ITALIA 130
15 Myriam Mirko Credito GENOVA ITALIA 130
16 C'era una porta Marco Varrone MILANO ITALIA 115
17 Telebit Istituto Europeo di Design MILANO ITALIA 50
RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC VIDEO WORKSTATION SECTION
Title Author City State Points
1 Sirena Albert Bonnefous ANGOULEME FRANCE 880
2 Card Trick Robert Herrick Russ SAN DIEGO U.S.A. 785
3 Zzzoe - the sea Ernesto Paganoni BERGAMO ITALIA 675
4 Rondo' Veneziano Adriano Merigo MILANO ITALIA 605
5 Lavis 2501 A. Bonnefous & F. Launet ANGOULEME FRANCE 445
6 Johnny be good A. Manor & F. Tretout PARIS FRANCE 370
7 SHELL CAMPAIGN"ROCK-N-ROLL".. Lisa Smith NEW YORK U.S.A. 365
8 The Shadow(visual effects...) Lisa Smith NEW YORK U.S.A. 190
9 Alien Invasion Cindy E. Brolsma OSSINING U.S.A. 185
10 Wheel of the time Albert Bonnefous ANGOULEME FRANCE 155
11 Demonico interruptus Francois Launet ANGOULEME FRANCE 140
12 Mr. Sticky Bubble Gum Alex Tysowsky WEST CHESTER U.S.A. 130
13 Discovery Marco Fullone MONZA ITALIA 120
14 Les models de Böckman Francois Launet ANGOULEME FRANCE 105
15 Reebok "Shaq vs. Shaq"... Lisa Smith NEW YORK U.S.A. 100
16 Levi's - "Woman Getting..." Kori Rae RICHMOND U.S.A. 95
17 Uncle Louie's Obedience... Jeff Pratt SARASOTA U.S.A. 90
18 The dream maker Hassan El Youbi ANGOULEME FRANCE 90
19 Mistaken Identity Tim Keon & Brian Steiner SARASOTA U.S.A. 75
20 Hellraising Highjinks Tim Harrington SARASOTA U.S.A. 65
21 Foot blob Olivier Rigaud PARIS FRANCE 50
22 Gasping for air Leslie Bishko BURNABY CANADA 45
23 David Hale story Oliver Van Zeveren ANGOULEME FRANCE 30
24 Window Verses Shine Fitzner SANTA MONICA U.S.A. 25
BIT MUSIC 95
International Contest of Music Composition
(Sezione del Bit.Movie '95 - Concorso Internazionale di Animazione Grafica ed Immagine Statica su Computer)
Riccione - Palazzo del Turismo - 13, 14, 15, 16 e 17 Aprile 1995
Il concorso appena conclusosi ha visto classificarsi al primo posto sia per la Giuria sia per il pubblico il brano "Third Planet" di Giovanni Amelotti, il quale ha vinto i premi in denaro già previsti ed inoltre il pacchetto MicroLogic per PC, messo in palio dalla società DIGIMEDIA di Milano per il brano classificatosi al primo posto per la Giuria.
