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‘Sultana’s Dream’ Kicks off Inaugural Edition of AniMela, Annecy-Backed Indian Animation Festival


Isabel Herguera's 'Sultana's Dream' will kickstart AniMela, India’s first international festival for animation, VFX, XR, gaming and comics.

A screening of Isabel Herguera ‘s San Sebastian winner “Sultana’s Dream” will kickstart the inaugural edition of AniMela, India’s first-ever international festival for animation, VFX, XR, gaming and comics, in Mumbai. Highlights include a behind the scenes look at Milind D. Shinde’s “Bandits of Golak” – a Star Wars story with an Indian twist; the VFX of blockbusters “RRR” and “Baahubali”; and an insight into publishing comics with Abhijeet Kini, Anand R.K. and Bharath Murthy. Events also include a panel on the potential of XR with Ashwin D. Silva (MD, Accenture), Rahat Kulshreshtha (CEO, Quidich Innovation Labs), Chaitanya Chinchlikar (VP, Whistling Woods International) and Neeraj Roy (founder, Hungama); another where NVIDIA experts Sasikumar R. and Sunil Patel discuss the impact of generative AI on content creation; and “Chhota Bheem” creator Rajiv Chilaka offering an insight into what a technical shift from animation to live action looks like.

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