BANGALORE: Festival will take place in India and our very own namma bangalore is chosen to host the event.The bitfilm festival will be carried out by the Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan in collaboration with the Srishti school of art, design and technology, under the banner of ‘Germany and India 2011 -2012: Infinite Opportunities.’ This is the 12 year in a row, the Bitfilm Festival is going to present films that use digital technology in a creative and innovative way.Bitfilm in Bangalore will start with the award ceremony on December 2, where the most popular films of the following three categories will be screened, 3D SPACE: entirely computer-generated films made with 3D animation software, FX MIX Films which mix various techniques digitally, eg 3D animation, 2D animation and live action, MACHINIMA films which are shot live inside a computer game or a virtual world like second Life.This year it started with an opening event in Hamburg, Germany on October 17, and carried on with a global internet-based film competition.Its climax will be the closing event, which will take place for the first time in India’s hi-tech metropolis Bangalore.The winner films in each category have been chosen by Bitfilm’s worldwide audience in an online vote.“We are really happy to reach out to the wonderful indian audience, and we are looking forward to engage with young and creative indian minds”, says Aaron Koenig, director of the Bitfilm Festival.Bitfilm was the first festival worldwide with a Machinima competition for game-based films. Participants of this contest are required to produce a Machinima film over a span of 24 hours. Christoph Bertrams, Director, Goethe- Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan says:,“It’s a great privilege for us to premiere an innovative project like the Bitfilm Festival at Bangalore."
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