IMAGINA (originally known as International Forum of New Images)
was the name of an annual
festival
A festival is an event celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, Melā, mela, or Muslim holidays, eid. A ...
on
computer graphics
Computer graphics deals with generating images and art with the aid of computers. Computer graphics is a core technology in digital photography, film, video games, digital art, cell phone and computer displays, and many specialized applications. ...
(CG) and
communications technology
Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computer ...
(CT)
that took place from 1986 to 2000 in
Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
It was created by the
Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (
INA). The conference was sometimes compared to the CG festival part of
SIGGRAPH
SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques) is an annual conference centered around computer graphics organized by ACM, starting in 1974 in Boulder, CO. The main conference has always been held in North ...
.
The first IMAGINA festival was held in 1981, while the actual name IMAGINA was only introduced in 1986.
In 1985, the Prix Pixel-INA awards were created within the framework of the IMAGINA festival. The categories have changed over the years.
In 2000, the festival was sold to the Monte-Carlo television festival, which decided to switch towards a meeting targeting professionals.
References
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External links
Official website
Imagina Awards 2010 - Nominees
Imagina 2012 - Industry And Virtual Technologies
Computer-related events
Recurring events established in 1986
Recurring events disestablished in 2000
2000 disestablishments in Monaco
1986 establishments in Monaco