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24/02/2003

Framestore CFC win big in L.A.

Framestore CFC dominated the television categories at the first annual Visual Effects Society Awards, held recently in Los Angeles.
Of the twenty awards for VFX work in film and television, five went to Framestore CFC teams. Work by teams from Framestore CFC in 'Dinotopia', the internationally successful TV mini-series, won four effects awards, and 'Mosquito', a TV commercial for the Xbox games console, won one.
'Dinotopia's' awards - all in global competition with TV programmes, music videos and commercials - were for Best Visual Effects, Best Character Animation, Best Compositing and Best Matte Painting. 'Mosquito' won Best Visual Effects in competition with commercials from around the world.
The Visual Effects Society represents a major international initiative by VFX professionals to come together and recognise the achievements within the effects industry that have revolutionised film and television in the last 20 years.
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