CENTER FOR COMPUTATION & TECHNOLOGY

Baton Rouge – The LSU Center for Computation & Technology today announces the winners for the 2007 Red Stick International Animation Festival Awards. Winners were announced on April 20. The festival, which took place April 18-22, received 260 film submissions from 30 countries. This was the highest number of entries ever received for the festival. “While we applaud all the work we received, we gave special prizes in 10 categories to showcase the best films of the festival,” said CCT professor and Red Stick host Stephen David Beck. The winners of the 2007 Red Stick International Animation Festival are: • Best 2-D Student Animation: “Syncopation,” Sefi Giago – Israel • Best 2-D Professional Animation: “Look for me,” Laura Helt – United States • Best 3-D Student Animation: “Hallucii,” Goo-shun Wang – United States • Best 3-D Professional Animation: “Potapych, The Bear Who Loved Vodka,” Darren Price – United Kingdom • Best Student Stop Motion Animation: “Caution, The Doors Are Opening!” Anastasia Zhuravleva, Russia • Best Professional Stop Motion Animation: “La Lupe I en Bruno,” Anna Solanas – Spain • Best Student Experimental/Abstract Animation: “Circles,” Jonathan Shohet – Israel • Best Professional Experimental/Abstract Animation: “JA05 TBO,” Thierry Bonnaud – United Kingdom • Best Animation for Advertising: Miles Flanagan – United States • Best Animated Music Video: “Ce Que Je Suis,” Joris Clerte' and Virginie Glachino – France The award-winning films were screened in Red Stick film showings throughout the festival. Red Stick International Animation Festival will take place next year April 15-20, and the call for submissions for next year's festival will begin this summer. Please visit www.redstickfestival.org for updated festival entry information. For more information on the festival, please contact CCT Manager of Public Relations Kristen Sunde at 225-578-3469.