CATDOLL: China Jilin International Animation and Game Forum held with many international celebrities

From September 14 to September 16, 2015, the world's attention was focused on Jilin, China. Cultural elites from home and abroad gathered at Jilin Animation Academy to participate in the 2015 China-Korea Film and Television Media Summit Forum - China Jilin International Animation and Game Forum and the Jilin Animation Academy's 15th Anniversary Review and Outlook series of activities.

More than 50 internationally renowned experts and scholars in the fields of film, television media, animation and games from nearly 20 countries and regions including China, South Korea, the United States and Italy will gather together to celebrate the cultural industry event. A feast of education and culture, creativity and art will kick off perfectly.

Film and TV media giants debate on the future of China-ROK cooperation

September 15, 2015 is the 15th anniversary of the founding of Jilin Animation Academy. The school held a three-day series of activities from September 14 to 16 with the theme of "Culture Leads the Future". The "2015 China-Korea Film and Television Media Summit Forum" held from September 15 to 16 is the highlight of the series of activities. The forum is hosted by the China Private Cultural Industry Chamber of Commerce, the Busan International Film and Television Program Exhibition Organizing Committee, and Jilin Animation Academy. The theme is "New Thinking and New Power for the Development of China-Korea Film and Television Media".

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According to the organizer, Jilin Animation Academy, the forum invited more than 10 experts and scholars from the field of film and television media in China and South Korea, such as Jiang Ping, general manager of China Film Co., Ltd., Wang Danyan, deputy director and secretary-general of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television and China Television Art Committee, Miodrag Colombo, special effects supervisor of the Oscar-winning special effects films "Inception" and "Hugo" from Italy, Kim Se-hoon, chairman of the Korean Film Council, Gu Jong-sang, executive chairman of the Busan International Film and Television Program Exhibition Organizing Committee, Hong Sang-pyo, former president of the Korea Cultural Industry Promotion Agency, and Zheng Yongzhuo, honorary professor of the Department of Drama and Film at Hanyang University, etc. They focused on current hot issues and conducted extensive discussions on the current situation and future of China-South Korea film and television media, film and television content marketing, and other contents, and talked about the new future of China-South Korea film and television media cooperation and development.

At the same time, the unveiling ceremony of the Film School of Jilin Animation Academy was held during the forum. At a time when the Chinese film industry is rising strongly, Jilin Animation Academy has joined this mighty industry trend and will play its own advantages to dance with the industry. By leveraging the power of education to break through the industry's predicament, it will play a role in cultivating outstanding film talents, creating more original animation films and excellent films, and realizing China's transformation from a major film country to a powerful film country.

Animation and gaming elites "diagnose" new trends in the industry

The "2015 China Jilin International Animation and Game Forum" held at the same time is also an important part of this series of activities. The forum consists of three forums: animation, comics, and games. Nearly 20 industry experts from China, the United States, South Korea and other countries were invited to discuss the themes of "Cultural collision of the times and experience exchange of the industry", "The path of comic creation of imagination and dreams", and "Digital entertainment and digital life", and share the cutting-edge dynamics of the animation and game industry.

The guests attending the forum were also big names. There were Miodrag Colombo, the special effects director of excellent films such as "Inception" and "Hugo", and Alex Weight, the chief animator of the animated film "Happy Feet", as well as Park Se-hyung, professor of the School of Image at the Korea National University of Arts, Peter Vesterbacka, the founder of the "Angry Birds" game and chief marketing officer of Rovio Entertainment Co., Ltd., and Kim Il, CEO of South Korea's Fanatic Heart Games... These internationally renowned scholars and experts in the animation and game industry gathered in Spring City for two days to diagnose the advantages and bottlenecks of the development of animation in Jilin Province and discuss new phenomena and development trends on the world's animation and game platforms. Through high-standard, high-level, and in-depth discussions and exchanges among international professionals, a "chemical effect" higher than the forum itself was produced - that is, to strengthen the ability to connect animation and game talent training with industry needs, convey the artistic charm of the world's excellent animation and game works, further strengthen cultural exchanges and cooperation between Jilin and the world, and promote the rapid development of China's animation and game education and industry.

The 7th "Snow Wolf Cup" Animation Competition Creates the "Oscar" of Chinese Animation

The award ceremony of the 7th "Snow Wolf Cup" animation competition was also held during this period.

The competition is hosted by China Chamber of Commerce of Private Cultural Industries and Jilin Animation Academy, and co-organized by Jilin Animation Academy, iQiyi, Manyu.com, Jilin Jiyuan Space-Time Animation and Game Technology Group Co., Ltd. and other organizations. The competition is themed "Running with Chinese Animation" and aims to discover outstanding domestic animation works and talents through exchanges and evaluations of Chinese and foreign animation works, promote the development of the animation industry, and build an exchange platform for animation companies, animation studios, and artistic creators.

The competition is divided into two categories: animation and comics. Since July 1 this year, the competition has collected 1,316 works, including 173 international works, of which 560 are animation works and 756 are comics. After the strict preliminary evaluation organized by the organizing committee, these works were then evaluated by a review team composed of domestic and foreign animation experts such as Chang Guangxi, Jin Guoping, Huang Xinyuan, Park Se-hyung, Hugo Martel, Jin Cheng, Wang Ze, Chen Weidong, Zhu Wanzhu, and Arima Keitaro. After three days of fair and standardized evaluation, 8 animation awards such as Best Animated Film, Best Animated TV Series, and Best Animated Short Film were finally selected, and 9 comic awards such as Best Single Comic, Best Four-Frame Comic, and Best Multi-Frame Comic were selected. The winning works were announced one by one at the award ceremony.

The "Snow Wolf Cup" animation competition, which has been successfully held for six sessions, has become an international, professional and authoritative event. This award ceremony will also build a new bridge for world animation cultural exchanges and cooperation.

2015 Youth Art Quality Education Forum opens up a "big channel" for art education

In addition, the 2015 Youth Art Quality Education Forum held during the school anniversary celebration was also a highlight. The forum invited principals and teachers from high schools and art schools in nearly 20 provinces, cities and districts across the country to attend the forum, and the guests discussed topics such as the connection between higher art education and basic education, and the cultivation of professional art talents.

At the meeting, Jilin Animation Academy and representatives of participating schools signed the "Jilin Animation Academy Art Quality Education Co-construction Agreement", reaching a consensus on the joint construction, joint training, active selection and delivery of outstanding students in art quality education.

This forum is not only a special seminar on the development of youth art education, but also an exchange meeting to explore the effective connection between basic education and higher art education. The signing of the agreement will give full play to the disciplinary advantages of art colleges and universities, help art high schools to carry out quality education and aesthetic education, achieve seamless connection between basic education and higher education in the cultivation of art talents, create the most unimpeded "big channel" for the export of cultural and artistic talents, and promote the great development and prosperity of education.

Signed a strategic agreement with Communication University of China and Beijing Film Academy to jointly build a Chinese animation film brand

During the school anniversary event, Jilin Animation Academy signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Communication University of China and Beijing Film Academy.

According to the agreement, in the future, the three parties will jointly discuss and establish projects around animation series, animated films, and films combining real people and animation, organize teachers and students to jointly produce; jointly develop new technologies, hold seminars and academic conferences, and exchange academic materials and information. Through strong cooperation, students are encouraged to jointly create in the field of practical teaching, and their creative awareness, innovative thinking, artistic accomplishment, and practical hands-on ability are improved. While paying attention to the development of students' connotation, commercial thinking, corporate concepts, and brand awareness are strengthened; through technological innovation, the core competitiveness of cultural products is enhanced, art, technology, and market are organically integrated, and the development of Chinese animation education and animation industry is promoted, and the grand goal of "Chinese animation film brands stand tall in the world" is achieved!

The school provides a stage for cultural dramas to help the national cultural industry keep pace with the world

Elites from the industry took turns to attend the three-day forum, which was full of excitement. This cultural feast not only allowed the world to see the vision and courage of Jilin Animation Academy to "lead the future", but also paid attention to the extraordinary achievements accumulated by this art college in just 15 years.

Since its establishment in 2000, Jilin Animation College has established a distinctive development path for private colleges and universities. Guided by the distinctive school-running characteristics of "open internationalization, integration of learning, research and production, and high-tech creative products", the college has been successively rated as a national animation teaching and research base, a national animation industry base, and a national cultural industry demonstration base. It has established important research institutions such as the Jilin Higher Education Animation Engineering Center and the Game and Interactive Media Engineering Center. It has jointly established the Jilin Province Animation Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance with 21 universities and enterprises. It is a demonstration base for industry-university-research cooperation in Jilin Province and a Jilin animation culture research base.

After 15 years of hard work, Jilin Animation College, which now stands at the forefront of animation education and industrial development, has entered a period of rising and connotation development. It is at the leading level in the field of higher education in animation and games in my country and is known as the "cradle of Chinese animation and game talents." It is evaluated by industry experts as "a university with great ideas, outstanding characteristics and full of potential, and a successful example of private universities in my country." The school, with students as the main body, has co-created animated films, 4D special films and animated series such as "The Frog Kingdom", "Changbai Elf" and "No. 1 Happy Street" with Epoch Spacetime Group; 201 excellent animated short films such as "Who Will Be Buried Between Tom and Jerry"; and 2 large-scale online games such as "Guan Gong". It has made great contributions to the development of cultural industries in Jilin Province, especially the development of animation and game industries.

Fifteen years of ups and downs, but the songs never stop; several generations of people have worked hard to create brilliance. With its fifteen years of struggle, Jilin Animation Academy has set up a banner for innovating Chinese animation education, contributing to the take-off of Jilin's cultural industry and the rise of the national cultural industry!