Agenda

Concept and Making of the flying and fire throwing dragon from Damsel Foundry Updates: What's new in Nuke, Mari and Katana

  • 09:00 AM to 10:30 AM

  • Lars Andersen

    VFX Supervisor, One of Us

  • Zameer Hussain

    Chief Operating Officer & Global EVP at Basilic Fly Studio

  • Martin Mayer

    Head of Creative Services, EMEA, Foundry

INAUGURATION

  • 10:35 am - 11:45 am

Keynote Talk - The Intelligent Next: New Realities in VFX & CGI

  • 12:30 pm to 1:15 pm

  • Biren Ghose

    Managing Director - APAC, Technicolor Group & President ABAI

Accelerate Your Creative Vision with AMD

  • 2:00 pm to 2:40 pm

  • Ramesh Babu Pyla

    National Sales Manager, AMD

Poacher | Bringing digital creatures to life.

  • 2:40 pm to 3:10 pm

  • Rajarajan Ramakrishnan

    Creative Director MPC, Technicolor Group National Sales Manager, AMD

Creation of the mystical city of Shambhala in Kalki 2898 AD

  • 3:10 pm to 3:45 pm

  • A.R. Sesha Prasad

    Head of Studio, DNEG India

  • Pranay Agarwal

    Head of Creative Operations, DNEG India

  • Soumen Das

    VFX Supervisor, ReDefine India

Linear Content Creation with Unreal Engine 5

  • 3:45 pm to 4:20 pm

  • Gaurav Mathur

    Solutions Architect, Epic Games

Technology and innovation in cloud virtual production

  • 4:20 pm to 5:05 pm

  • Eric Pinkel

    Virtual studio specialist, CenterGrid

  • Tarun Kripalani

    Chief Media and Entertainment Evangelist , Yotta

  • Ritesh Khobragade

    Associate Vice President - Product Management, Tata Communications

  • Yunus Bukhari

    CEO, K Sera Sera Virtual Productions

  • Prashant Buyyala

    CEO, RFX Virtual Infrastructure

  • Saraswathi B

    CEO, Creative director , Dancing Atoms

AWARDS CEREMONY

  • 5:10pm onwards

Opening Ceremony

  • 10:00 - 10:30 am

Special Address: Exploring live-action to animated magic with the ‘Kalki’ team

  • 10:45 - 11:30 am

  • Speakers:

    Priyanka Dutt | Producer
    Swapna Dutt | Producer

  • Moderator:

    Rajiv Chilaka | Founder & CEO, Green Gold Animation

Breakdown: Crafting the epic Kalki intro sequence

  • 11:30 - 12:15 pm

  • Speaker:

    E Suresh | Founder and Creative Director, Studio Eeksaurus

Exploring the next chapter of animation

  • 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm

  • Speakers:

    Shashi Prakash Singh | Head of Channel Operations, ETV Balbharat
    Sujoy Roy Bardhan | Head Marketing, OAP, Licensing and Merchandising, Sony YAY!
    Uttam Pal Singh | South Asia – Head of Kids Cluster, Warner Bros. Discovery
    Tejonidhi Bhandare | CEO, Reliance Animation Studio
    Arjun Madhavan | CEO, Assemblage Entertainment
    Ashish Thapar | CEO, Hi-Tech Animation

  • Moderator:

    Anil Wanvari | Founder, Chairman, Editor-in-Chief, AnimationXpress.com

Animating Culture: Young animator Kartik Mahajan’s award-winning ‘Phool Dei’ journey

  • 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm

  • Speaker:

    Kartik Mahajan | Independent Filmmaker, Animator, Concept Artist & Illustrator

Creative innovations: Global influences and local flavours

  • 2:20 pm - 3:10 pm

  • Speaker:

    Munjal Shroff | Founder, Graphiti Multimedia | Co-Chairman - AVGC Forum, FICCI
    Rajiv Chilaka | Founder & CEO, Green Gold Animation
    Vaibhav Kumaresh | Founder, Creative Director, Vaibhav Studios
    Anand Bhanushali | MD, Co-founder, philmCGI
    Suresh Eriyat | Founder and Creative Director, Studio Eeksaurus

  • Moderator:

    Manoj Mishra | CEO, Powerkids Entertainment

Masterclass: Creating an immersive experience for museums

  • 3:10 - 3:30 pm

  • Speaker:

    Upasana | Founder & Director, Switch Studio | Co-Founder & Partner, Roy Studio

Animated advertising: The power of animation in commercials

  • 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm

  • Speakers:

    Aashish Mall | Co-Founder/Director, Paperboat Design Studios & Occult VFX Studios
    Vaibhav More | Owner, Vaibhav More Films
    Jayant Hadke| Creative Head, Famous Studios
    Aditya Tawde | Co-Founder & CCO - Immersive & Creative Tech, Post Office Studios
    Bimal Poddar | Founder and Creative Head, Fairycows Animation Studio

  • Moderator:

    Chaitanya Chinchlikar | Vice President & CTO, Whistling Woods International

Masterclass: From idea to short film to feature: Making of Shirkoa with Ishan Shukla

  • 4:15 - 4:35 pm

  • Speaker:

    Ishan Shukla | Director, Red Cigarette Media

Masterclass: Mastering multi-platform storytelling and government partnerships

  • 4:35 - 5:00 pm

  • Speaker:

    Munjal Shroff | Founder, Graphiti Multimedia | Co-Chairman - AVGC Forum, FICCI

Hall -1
Inaguration

  • 10:00 am -11:00 am

Hall -1
Rebellion in Storytelling: Breaking Stereotypes & Boundaries

  • 11:15 am - 01:00 pm

  • Ram Gopal Varma and Sandeep Vanga Reddy (RGV & SVR)

Hall -2
Adapting Literature into Screenplays: The Challenges and Opportunities.

  • 02:00 pm - 03:00 pm

  • Indraganti Mohana Krishna

Hall -2
The Making of Major – A Journey through Action, Emotion, and Patriotism

  • 03:00 pm - 04:00 pm

  • CV Rao (Moderator)/Sashi Kiran Tikka/ Vamsi Patchipulusu/Avanish Kolla/Venkateshwar Allagadda

Hall -2
The Evolving Eye of Cinematography (Rapid Fire Chat Session)

  • 04:00 pm - 05:00 pm

  • M.V. Raghu(Moderator)/Shivendra Dhasharathi/Nagesh Banell /Raj Thota/Anith Madadi /Daniel Viswa,Sateesh Reddy Masam

Award Function

  • 05:00pm - 10:00pm

  • (VFX/Cineamtica and Digital Influencer Award)

Hall - 3 (MR 1.3 &1.4)
The Power of Visuals: Exploring the The World of Film Art Direction

  • 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm

  • Ramana Vanka (Moderator), Rajeevan, A.S Prakesh, Nagendra Tangala,Rajeev Nayar,Tirumala M

Hall - 3 (MR 1.3 &1.4)
Master Class on Screen Writing

  • 02:00 pm - 03:00 pm
  • 03:00 pm - 04:00 pm
  • 04:00 pm - 05:00 pm

  • Satyanshu Singh

    (Master Classes)

Hall- 4 (MR 1.5 & 1.6)
Virtual Production : On set scenario

  • 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm

  • Jagdeesh Bommisetti

Hall- 4 (MR 1.5 & 1.6)
Sony Master Class

  • 02:00 pm - 03:00 pm

  • SANDHEEV NAIR (Product Marketing Incharge) & M. SUNDARESAN (Technical Consultant)

Hall- 4 (MR 1.5 & 1.6)
Zeiss Seminar

  • 03:00 pm - 04:00 pm

  • Zeiss

Hall- 4 (MR 1.5 & 1.6)
pretti vyas, sanjay gupta, ajitesh sharma, ajay krishna

  • 04:00 pm - 05:00 pm

  • Comic Street Session

Awards
Life Time Achivement

  • 06:00pm - 06:30 pm

Awards
Honorary Award

  • 06:30pm - 06:40 Pm

Awards
Technical Awards

  • 06:40pm - 06:45 Pm

Awards
Excellence awards

  • 06:45pm - 07:05 pm

Awards
Golden Sparkle Award

  • 07:05pm : 07:17 pm

Venue : HICC, Hyderabad. Hall : Keynote 1 & Keynote 2

  • 5:00-5:30pm

  • Student Awards - Short Films
    Student Awards -Insta Reels

Venue : HICC, Hyderabad. Hall : Keynote 1 & Keynote 2

  • 5:30-6:00pm

  • Professional Awards- Films
    Asifa India- Awards of Excellence (Outstanding Achievements)

Venue : HICC, Hyderabad.... Workshop (MR first Floor 1.02 for ASIFA india Workshops)
Story Telling with Images (GIF) using mobile

  • 12:30pm-4:00pm

  • BN Vichar

Indiajoy Screenings

  • 10:00 am - 11:00 am

The Invisible Art of Animation

  • 11:00 am - 11:45 am

  • Akhauri P Sinha

    Managing Director
    Framestore India

Fury is born | The VFX of ‘FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA’

  • 11:45 am to 12:30 pm

  • Shailendra Swarnkar

    VFX Supervisor, DNEG India

  • Michael D’sa

    Executive Producer, DNEG India

Bringing the fantastic to life

  • 12:30 pm to 1:15 pm

  • Prashant Nair

    CG Supervisor - Film and Episodic, Framestore India

Panel Discussion -Future Challenges in the VFX Industry & potential solutions

  • 2:15 pm to 3:00 pm

  • Mike (Madhav Reddy Yatham)

    Founder, Rotomaker Biren Ghose, Managing Director - APAC, Technicolor Group & President ABAI

  • Biren Ghose

    Managing Director - APAC, Technicolor Group & President ABAI

  • Anant Roongta

    Director, Famous Studios

  • Maria Elena

    CEO and Executive Director of VIEW Conference

Digital Humans and generative Al: exploring the future of interactive entertainment

  • 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm

  • David Bennett

    Founder, Mimic Productions

Presentation : Making of Ayalaan

  • 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

  • Asif Bhushan

    Sr. Creative Head , PhantomFX

  • Chandrashekhar Thanvi

    Creative Head, PhantomFX

Making of Hanuman

  • 4:30 pm to 4:50 pm

  • Prasanth Varma

    Film director and screenwriter

  • Ram Venkat Srikar

    film journalist

Hall - 2
The powe of words : Crafting timeless lyrics in cinema

  • 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  • (Moderator) Dr. Mamidi HariKrishana/ K. M. Radha Krishnan/Chandra Bose /Suddala Ashok Teja/Ramajogayya Sastry, Kasarala Shyam

Hall - 2
"EXCLUSIVE CLAPBACK" Crafting Cinematic Epics: Visual Storytelling with Legends

  • 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm

  • Sudeep Chatterjee (Indian cinematographer) moderated by MV Raghu

Hall - 2
Timeless Tales in a Tech-Driven World: How Cinema Adapts

  • 02:00 pm - 03:00 pm

  • KL Prasad Garu(Moderator)/Marthand K. Venkatesh/G.Neelakanta Reddy/Raam Bhimana

Hall - 2
Bridging Generations: Visionaries of the New Age

  • 03:00 pm - 04:00 pm

  • Veera Shanker (Moderator) /Yadhu Vamsi/Nanda Kishore/Srikanth Odela/Sujith Maddela & Sandeep Maddela

Hall - 2
"EXCLUSIVE CLAPBACK" Crafting Cinematic Epics: Visual Storytelling with Legends

  • 04:00 pm - 05:00 pm

  • K. K. Senthil Kumar (Indian cinematographer) Moderated by MV Raghu

Hall-3 (MR 1.3 &1.4)
Redefining Storytelling – How OTT is Shaping Entertainment’s Future

  • 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  • Sheetal Kiran Peta(Moderator) /Niharika Konidela/Naveen Medaram /Pavan Sadineni /C. Chandra Mohan

Hall-3 (MR 1.3 &1.4)
Acting from Within: Journeying Through Method Techniques.

  • 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm

  • Dr. Rathna Shekar Reddy(Theater Actor)

Hall-3 (MR 1.3 &1.4)
Building Cinematic Universes: The Art of Epic Storytelling

  • 02:00 pm - 03:00 pm

  • Sheetal Kiran Peta(Moderator) /VENKAT SIDDAREDDY/Manasa Sharma/Shourya/Aditya Hasan

Hall-3 (MR 1.3 &1.4)
Role of Unreal engine in virtual production

  • 03:00 pm - 04:00 pm

  • Rohit Kapoor - VPS Supervisor, Annapurna Studios

Hall-3 (MR 1.3 &1.4)
AI tools for filmmakers

  • 04:00 pm - 05:00 pm

  • Jagadeesh Bommisetti

Hall- 4 (MR 1.5 & 1.6)
Sony Master Class

  • 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  • Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti

Hall- 4 (MR 1.5 & 1.6)
Sony Master Class

  • 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • 12:00 pm - 01:30 pm

  • Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti

Hall- 4 (MR 1.5 & 1.6)
Growth of 3D Printing in Film Making

  • 02:00 pm - 03:00 pm

  • Kraveenthar Kamal

Hall- 4 (MR 1.5 & 1.6)
Fuji films MasterClass

  • 03:00 pm - 03:30 pm

  • Sathya B (Product evangelist- Fujifilm India) by Large format filmmaking with fujifilm

Venue : HICC, Hyderabad Keynote area - 10:30am onwards (MRG Ground Floor1234)
Make FOR India

  • 10:45am-11:45am

  • Session by Vaibhav Kumaresh

Venue : HICC, Hyderabad Keynote area - 10:30am onwards (MRG Ground Floor1234)
AI-Driven Animation: Opportunities, Challenges, and Industry Skills Gap

  • 11:45am-12.45pm

  • Panel Discussion -

    Munjal Shroff
    Vaibhav Kumaresh
    Prateek Sethi
    Sachitha Kalingamudali
    Rajasekhar Buggaveeti
    Vinita Bachani

Venue : HICC, Hyderabad Keynote area - 10:30am onwards (MRG Ground Floor1234)
Folktales of India animated series and cars: love at first sight (about car shoots and car animations)

  • 12:30pm-1:15pm

  • Session by Prateek Sethi

Venue : HICC, Hyderabad Keynote area - 10:30am onwards (MRG Ground Floor1234)
Bringing the Garfield Movie to Life: A deep Dive into feature animation

  • 2:00pm-3:00pm

  • Session by Anand Baid, & Arun P A

Venue : HICC, Hyderabad Keynote area - 10:30am onwards (MRG Ground Floor1234)
Learn storytelling with spiral compositions

  • 3:00pm-3:30pm

  • Session by BN Vichar

Venue : HICC, Hyderabad Keynote area - 10:30am onwards (MRG Ground Floor1234)
A sneak Peek into the secrets of the Sri Lankan Animated feature

  • 3:30pm-4:00pm

  • Session by Sachitha Kalingamudali

Venue : HICC, Hyderabad.... Workshop (MR first Floor 1.02 for ASIFA india Workshops)
Figure Drawing from Life

  • 10;00am-12:30pm,

  • Anandha Sai