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Filipino animation students reach finals of Disney-Netflix global contest
iAcademy students achieved 12th place out of over 760 teams in the global 24 Hours Animation Contest, sponsored by Disney, Netflix, Toon Boom, Lucasfilm, and DreamWorks.
The winning entry, a 30-second short film titled "Love and War," was created by iAcademy's BS Animation students Alexa Lising, Charlie Ann Luspo, Marianne Faith Amaro, and Mario Oliver Abano Bete, comprising Team Dead Horse.
Team Dead Horse impressed judges with their visually poetic interpretation of the theme "Flip Your Perspective," conceived by Pixar's Pete Docter.
iAcademy was the sole institution from the Philippines to be recognized in the Top 20, competing against renowned international schools like CalArts, Ringling College of Art and Design, and Sheridan College.
Hamill Buyco, Dean of iACADEMY's School of Design and the Arts, stated that this achievement demonstrates that Filipino creativity meets international standards of excellence.
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