AYACC Animation Festival in Guiyang, China

In August 2009, Ann was invited to AYACC animation festival in Guiyang, China, where she had given a presentation plus a screening on Scientific Practice in Animation.

It is three years since AYACC was first launched in China. Hosted by The People’s Government of Guiyang and Guizhou Committee of Economy & Information Technology, AYASS was held in Guiyang, with participants from over 26 countries and regions.

Invited by the kindest General Secretary of Jury of AYACC, Mr. Liuyi Wang, there were hundreds of animation professionals from all over the world have attended the 3 day programs of exhibitions, presentations, screenings and forums. 

International speaks were: 

Kexuan Ma, Chinese famous animation artist;  Wu Guanying, Chief designer of Fuwa, mascot of 2008 Olympic Games;  Junichi Kawamura, Producer of Japan CG-Arts Media Festival;  Jared Fong, Technical Director at Pixar Animation Studio; Ann Xiao, Animation Director in London and co-founder of CDR; Nigar Nazar, the first woman cartoonist of Pakistan; Ming Chen, Vice President of Crystal Film & Animation; David Bolinsky, Co-founder of XVIVO Scientific Animation, And many more.

One of the most memorable highlights of the festival was the amazing venue of Scientific Animation Forum. It was located at Xiaohe Diesel Factory in Guiyang. It was an abandoned factory built in 1946 communist Mao’s China. You could feel the history from the propaganda on the walls and the smell from the old-fashioned diesel machines. Guiyang government is aiming to develop the old factory site into a new exciting animation comic centre and add colors onto the identity of Xiaohe district. The enthusiastic international animators and professionals are looking forward to seeing Xiaohe Diesel Factory to be evolved into a “Guiyang Animation 798 Factory” in the soon future.