New Delhi: <\/strong>ASIFA India, a UNESCO-recognized global NGO promoting animation, is hosting WAVES Awards of Excellence<\/strong>\u00a0as part of the Create in India Challenge, in collaboration with the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, to celebrate exceptional achievements in Animation, Visual Effects, and XR, reinforcing India\u2019s creative leadership on the global stage.<\/p>\n Entries<\/strong>\u00a0are\u00a0open<\/strong>\u00a0till\u00a015th<\/sup> December 2024<\/strong>\u00a0for these prestigious awards and the\u00a0awards will culminate at the World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.<\/p>\n WAVES Awards of Excellence<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n The Awards, for students and professionals, include categories such as\u00a0Best Character Animation, Best Visual Effects,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Best Short Film<\/strong>. Winners will receive\u00a0mentorship, networking opportunities with industry leaders<\/strong>, and\u00a0recognition<\/strong>\u00a0as part of India\u2019s creative revolution, aligning with the Government\u2019s \u2018Create in India\u2019 initiative.<\/p>\n International Animation Day festival is being organised across various cities in India to inspire creators to participation in the upcoming WAVES Awards of Excellence. In the coming weeks, it will be celebrated at Pune, Indore, Nashik, Mumbai, Noida, Bengaluru and several other sub-chapters to encourage participation from students and professionals.<\/p>\n Earlier, ASIFA India organized a successful International Animation Day in\u00a0Hyderabad<\/strong> from 16-17 November 2024 & participated in the Bhopal<\/strong>\u00a0Design Festival on 21st<\/sup> November to inspire creators to participation in the upcoming WAVES Awards of Excellence.<\/p>\n Panel discussion with Industry experts during Hyderabad IAD\u201924<\/p>\n Founded in 1960 in Annecy, France, and actively building community in India for 24 years, ASIFA is renowned for its contributions to fostering talent and innovation through events like workshops, CG Meetup, and its International Animation Day (IAD) festival, which spans across 15 Indian cities this year.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Maria Elena Gutierrez, recognized by Sanjay Khimesara, President, Asifa India during Hyderabad- International Animation Day [ad_2] [ad_1] New Delhi: ASIFA India, a UNESCO-recognized global NGO promoting animation, is hosting WAVES Awards of Excellence\u00a0as part of the Create in India Challenge, in collaboration with the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, to celebrate exceptional achievements in Animation, Visual Effects, and XR, reinforcing India\u2019s creative leadership on the global stage. Entries\u00a0are\u00a0open\u00a0till\u00a015th December 2024\u00a0for these […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/images.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51928,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51926\/revisions\/51928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image00108ZH.jpg\")
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Here is the Asifa India IAD Schedule for the coming days:<\/p>\n\n\n
\n City<\/strong><\/td>\n Date(s)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Bengaluru<\/strong><\/td>\n 6th December 2024<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Mumbai (AGIF)<\/strong><\/td>\n 6th & 7th December 2024<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Pune<\/strong><\/td>\n 29th December 2024<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Indore<\/strong><\/td>\n 14th December 2024<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Nashik<\/strong><\/td>\n 3rd January 2025<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Bilaspur<\/strong><\/td>\n 18th January 2025<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Mohali<\/strong><\/td>\n 24th January 2025<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Kolkata<\/strong><\/td>\n 31st January 2025<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
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