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Toonz Founder and AMS Architect
Late Mr. Bill Dennis to be honoured at Animation Masters Summit 2023
Welcome to Animation Masters Summit 2023
THEME : Reimagining Entertainment Now and Beyond
About Us
Animation Masters Summit (AMS) is an annual event celebrated by Toonz Media Group, a leading name in animation and Kids & Family Entertainment. Established in 1999 as the first ever animation event in India called “Week with the Masters”, it was recently renamed as Animation Masters Summit (AMS).
Animation Masters Summit celebrates the beautiful art of animation, bringing talents and experts from around the global animation Industry to interact with aspiring young talents. The event also offers a platform for masters to offer inspirations and insights on what it takes to create, connect and drive engaging content in this invigorating new entertainment era.
Animation Masters Summit is Toonz’s way of giving back to the artistic community. The mission of the Summit is to create an ecosystem of knowledge sharing, which in turn builds a great environment for animation to grow in India and the world over. This prestigious event has hosted masters like Rob Coleman, Bill Plympton, Devdutt Patnaik, Resul Pookutty, Geetanjali Rao, Dhimant Vyas and celebrated Indian animation legends like Ram Mohan, Bhimsain Khurana and V G Samant, and many more.
Masters
Rajat Ojha
CEO, Gamitronics
Damián Perea
Film Director and Producer
Rupali Gatti
Visual Development Artist & Production Designer
Akhauri P Sinha
Managing Director of Framestore India
Dr. Milind Damle
Executive Head, CFOL, FTII
Siddharth Maskeri
Creator, Storyteller
Darrpan Mehta
Voice Artiste
Event Schedules
10:00 AM IST Inaugural Session
Welcome Speech
P. Jayakumar, CEO – Toonz Media Group
Keynote Address
Sanjay Gupta – Country Head & VP, Google India
Felicitation and AMS Awards Declaration
Ashish Kulkarni – FICCI Chairman for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics Forum
Legend of Indian Animation Award Acceptance Speech
Mr Aabid Surti – Renowned artist, cartoonist, writer,
painter and environmentalis
Special Contribution to the Indian Animation Industry Award Acceptance Speech
Biren Ghose – Country Head, Technicolor India
Vote of Thanks and Declaring the Summit Open
Anish Narayanankutty – Festival Director, Animation Masters Summit 2022
09:30 AM IST: Indian Panel Discussion
Biren Ghose
Music
Kireet Khurana
Filmmaker, Animator, Ad-film Director
Firdaus Kharas
Chairman, Chocolate Moose Media
11:00 AM IST: Sukesh Nayak
Sukesh Nayak
Advertising
08:30 AM IST: Wendell Hanes
Wendell Hanes
Music
11:00 AM IST: International Panel Discussion
Bruno Zarka
President Distribution and Feature Films Divisions, Toonz Media Group
Rich Magallanes
Content Creator, Development Consultant & Producer
Ron Gell
Vice President International Sales & Distribution at Pinnacle Peak Pictures
08:30 AM IST: Paul Demeyer
Paul Demeyer
Animation
11:00 AM IST: Ravishankar Venkateswaran
Ravishankar Venkateswaran
Animation
11:00 AM IST: Arjun Reddy
Arjun Reddy
NFTs
12:00 PM IST: Closing and Vote of Thanks
Anish Narayanankutty
Festival Director, Animation Masters Summit 2022
Gallery
Testimonials
I was quite honoured to be invited to the Week with the masters event, Jaya and his team were wonderful hosts, I met with some very cool people young and old. Best part was the tangible love I felt from the audience when I did my presentation I never knew my characters and stories were so much appreciated in this part of the world! India and Toonz love Oggy!! and Olivier loves Toonz.
OLIVIER JEAN-MARIE
Director – Oggy & The Cockroaches
The Week with the Masters that Toonz initiated shall always remain a memorable experience to me. Some of the best artists and filmmakers from across the globe were invited to share their works and participants could interact leisurely and informally with the Masters. Simply watching the Masters' journeys was a huge inspiration, and i shall always be grateful to Toonz for that. I am glad that Toonz has reignited the same spirit by hosting the Masters Summit over the past few years.
VAIBHAV KUMERESH
Founder, Director – Vaibhav Studios
It was a great summit with enthusiastic participation of young animators that I enjoyed
DEVDUTT PATTANAIK
Award Winning Author & Mythologist
The first time I went for the Week with the Masters was in 1999 when I was beginning my career and setting up Famous House of Animation in Mumbai. That was the first chapter ever of the Masters Summit. When I was invited as a master 16 years later, I was not sure whether I was worthy but the Toonz family was so warm and hospitable that they made it a wonderful experience for me. This also is an unbelievable platform for animation in India to submerge and interact. It is like a recharge that one needs periodically to keep oneself going. Keep at it Team Toonz with such a generous initiative!
SURESH ERIYAT
Director – Studio EEksaurus
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FAQ
Yes. You will need to register. Please send an email to ams2023@toonzanimationindia.com and we will help with you with the process.
No. The registration is free of charges.
There will be a Q&A session for the audience after each presentation.
Yes. You can attend as many sessions as you want.
No, the Flying Elephant Competition has been temporarily put on hold. For any further details please email us at ams2023@toonzanimationindia.com