Testimony of ARTFX ‘Technical Director’ students
Technical Directors work on film production just as if they were part of a real production studio: they develop the pipeline, set up the renderfarm and work, in close collaboration […]
Interview of Rishikesh Nayudu, 4th year student at ARTFX
Rishikesh Nayudu, 4th year student at ARTFX, is the winner of a prestigious scholarship awarded by Aaron Blaise, a former American director at Walt Disney Animation Studios. American director, screenwriter […]
2 films from ARTFX class of 2020 nominated for a VES Awards
Time’s Down and Aral, 2 films from ARTFX class of 2020, are among the nominees, in the “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project” category, at the prestigious VES Awards
“Time’s Down” wins the GENIE Awards for Best Student Film at PIDS 2021
5 directors from ARTFX’s class of 2020, that of the school’s 15th anniversary, who won the GENIE Awards 2021 for Best Student Film for Time’s Down.
ARTFX opens its Master’s degree in Cinema: “Training that is unique in the world; training film director and technicians that are as skilled at real-life shooting as they are at visual effects and virtual production.”
The digital revolution has shaken film industry professions from production to distribution. Special effects, which are used in more recent productions, allow directors the freedom to be creative. In this context, ARTFX is opening a new master’s degree in film, which aims to provide students with dual skills- real-life shooting and visual effects.
Opera and video game travel to the moon
For the 5th consecutive year, the ARTFX school and the Opéra Orchestre National de Montpellier Occitanie combine video games and great classics. The objective? Attract a young audience, who rarely […]
ARTFX Virtual Open House, watch the Replay!
Due to containment, ARTFX held an “Virtual Open House” on November 28th. A first for the school, which attracted nearly 400 visitors from all over the world (France of course, […]
Online Open Doors at ARTFX Lille Plaine Images
The ARTFX school offers an Online Open Day on Saturday, January 23, 2021, from 11 am. ⚡ ON RESERVATION ⚡ ¿Ask all your questions to students and teachers?Go behind the […]
ARTFX and the CINEMED Festival 2020
The International Mediterranean Film Festival, founded in 1979, is held every year in the fall in Montpellier. For its 42nd edition, CINEMED offered the ARTFX school to participate in the […]
The Rookies – 2020 School Rankings
The Rookies released its 10th annual ranking lists naming the Top 50 schools offering programs in game design, animation and visual effects. This year ARTFX school is once again part […]
2020 Graduates: The promotion of the 15 years of ARTFX
15 years ago, ARTFX, the school of digital arts in Montpellier, celebrated its first graduates. Thursday, 10 September, in front of a professional jury of alumni, the 67 students of […]
Accessibility in the Video Game World
Damien Fargeout, in internship at ArtFX, is an Accessibility Consultant. He explains to us what is an Inclusive Design Sprint and why it is so crucial when developers think about […]
A Summer in a VFX Studio in London
An article written by Cedric Moens de Hase, student at ArtFX. Last summer I got the opportunity to go to the studio « One of Us » in London, to […]
Médiation Culturelle : Passion entre Opéra et Jeux vidéo
Du vendredi 07 au dimanche 09 mars 2019, dans les locaux d’ArtFX, s’est déroulée la traditionnelle “Opéra Game Jam”. Pour la 3e année consécutive, ArtFX et l’Opéra Orchestre de Montpellier s’associent […]
Los Angeles, QG du cinéma… et d’ArtFX !
Partis explorer le continent américain à l’occasion de leur nomination aux VES Awards, les 4 co-réalisateurs du court métrage Terra Nova, s’apprêtent à participer à l’une des cérémonies de remise des […]
ArtFX events: Open Doors day, Conferences and the end of year Graduation!
Throughout the year, ArtFX participates in various student fairs and professional events presenting the schools’ programs and answering your questions. The educational team, current students and even alumni working in […]
Les événements d’ArtFX : JPO, salons et jury !
Tout au long de l’année, ArtFX se rend dans de nombreux salons étudiants et événements professionnels pour vous présenter l’école, répondre à vos questions et vous accompagner dans votre orientation. […]
Des Frenchies à L.A. – ÉPISODE 3
Lundi 12 février – Un peu de niaiseries avant le D-Day Journée détente avant la grande soirée de cérémonie qui s’annonce énorme et un peu stressante pour nous ! Direction […]
ArtFX is jaming around the world!
En toute discrétion, l’école ArtFX a participé à la plus grosse game jam du monde réunissant 42 8000 jammers, répartis dans 803 lieux à travers 108 pays : la 10e Global […]
Des Frenchies à L.A.
Dimanche 11 février Mikel vous me recevez ? 5/5 ! La connexion France-L.A. est parfaite ! Voici la suite du périple, riche en sensations fortes, de nos 6 jeunes […]
Des Frenchies à L.A. – ÉPISODE 1
En direct du sud de la Californie avec Nicolas, Corentin, Édouard, Mikel, Clémentine et Benjamin ! Tous les 6 sont d’anciens artéfixiens et sortent de la promo 2017. Et […]
Bons baisers de Bangkok – ArtFX au Siggraph Asia !
On en rêvait depuis longtemps… Cette année, c’est pour de vrai, on y va. On s’envole pour Bangkok ! Non, on ne part pas à l’autre bout de la planète […]
Effets Stars – Compèt, conf et démo
On est présents sur tous les fronts ! Pour la 2e année consécutive, ArtFX participe au Festival International des Effets spéciaux, Effets Stars, du 15 au 19 novembre 2017 à […]
ArtFX crève l’écran à la Cité des Sciences !
Grande année pour ArtFX ! ArtFX, l’école française des effets spéciaux, de l’animation 3D et du jeu vidéo, a contribué à l’élaboration de la nouvelle l’exposition temporaire de l’année à […]
Journée Portes Ouvertes le 10 mars 2018
Envie de découvrir ArtFX et d’en savoir plus sur les enseignements ? Rendez-vous le samedi 10 mars 2018 pour rencontrer les professeurs, découvrir les plateaux de tournage et vous initier […]
S’inscrire à ArtFX
Les inscriptions pour l’année scolaire 2017-2018 ouvrent le 1er décembre 2017. Découvrez toutes les informations pratiques : le déroulement du cursus, les conditions d’admission et les étapes clés de votre […]
Rencontrez ArtFX dans les salons !
Tout au long de l’année, ArtFx est présent sur de nombreux salons étudiants et événements professionnels pour vous présenter l’école, répondre à vos questions et vous accompagner dans votre orientation.
Acting for animators – part II
The FMX 2016 theme was “blending realities” and focused specifically on virtual reality. There were some really great conferences about animation, notably about tomorrow’s tools and techniques to animate in […]
Virtual Reality in Film Making
Using virtual reality for film productions is becoming more efficient and widely used. It helped, for example, the production of the film The Walk which was developed on a budget […]
FMX 2016 : Blending Realities
Two weeks ago, Diana Nikitina (4VFX ), Jehiel Abel (4Anim) and Nicolas Lourme (4CG) headed to Stuttgart, Germany to represent ArtFx at the 2016 FMX conference.
Hellblade : Virtual Human Creating.
“Hellblade. Senua’s sacrifice” is a new game currently being produced and developed by Ninja Theory. Studios like Epic Game, 3Lateral and Cubic Motion are also contributing to it. The main […]
ArtFx Inauguration
Last Friday on March 11th, ArtFx’s inauguration of its new building was attended by a number of elected officials. During his speech, Gilbert Kiner, Director of ArtFx and President of […]
Graduation’s professional Jury : the 2015 edition !
On June 26th, the annual ArtFx Jury took place. This is a key moment underlining the 5th year students’ graduation.
FMX – Part II – Beyond booths, presentations and networking….
This year marked the 20th anniversary of FMX in Stuttgart, Germany. In attendance for this occasion were ArtFx students Estelle Lagarde (specializing in VFX ) and Franck Menigoz (specializing in […]
“Acting for Animators – Part I”
This workshop was specially dedicated to animators. It was presented by Ed Hooks, a professional actor who provides training programs for actors and animators alike. The complete ‘Acting for Animators’ […]
ArtFx at FMX 2015 Stuttgart, Germany // May 5-8, 2015 //
This year marked the 20th Anniversary of FMX in Stuttgart, Germany. Hosted by the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in cooperation with the Visual Effects Society, ACM SIGGRAPH and Eurographics, this conference celebrates […]
MPC visits ArtFx
Ben Owen and Mathew Ovens from MPC visited ArtFx in March 2015. This visit was inspired by the blossoming relationship they have been building with the school over the past […]
BANKSY: from Bristol to New York and Back Again
Last year at Pentecôte I visted Bristol England for the 2nd time in 6 months, taking advantage of super cheap Ryan Air flights from Béziers. An old Victorian industrial city […]
ArtFx vous donne rendez-vous à Cinémed
Dans le cadre du 36e festival Cinémed, ArtFx sera au rendez-vous lors de la 4e journée des métiers du cinéma et de l’audiovisuel du 25 octobre au 1er novembre prochain. Au […]
ArtFx demoreel showcased on CG Bros YouTube Channel
CG Bros mission is to bring you HD-quality professional content, insights and digital inspiration from around the world.
Filming Workshop – 1st Level
Filming Workshop – 1st Level / 3rd Years // First approach to filming
Open-Air Art Exhibition
Since 2004, artists from around the world have been coming to present their works of art under the sun for the occasion of a unique event: Syro d’Arts, Exposition Internationale […]
Live workshop: DSLR beauty shoot workflow
Saturday 5th of April was the open door day at ArtFX. It’s the perfect moment for our students and team to show all the hard work of the previous year. […]
ArtFx studio at Clermont Ferrand
Arriving Sunday in order to prepare for the following day, we discovered a place just next to the notable Louis Lumière School where we were could set up an ArtFx […]
Game designer, professional gamer profile
Playing is a natural activity. Animals and humans, regardless of age, religion, sex or country, play. We play principally for pleasure, either alone or in groups. However, the type of […]
Photo Exhibit : Composed Sportive Gestures
Montpellier department of sports Free Entry // Monday-Saturday // 10am-6pm // until March 22nd
Kick Ass 3 : return of the Revenge
Everybody has dreamed of being a Superhero at least once in his life. Flying, reading minds, shooting spider webs, or understanding a David Lynch movie… there are tons of super […]
Teleportation in the VFX
Have you ever dreamed of passing, in the blink of an eye, from your kitchen to your office without dealing with traffic or crowed public transportation options ? No ?? Well, from […]
2013 graduation class: Featured in Thinkbox Software!
Thinkbox Software publisher is featuring four films from the 2013 graduation class : Initium, Catch a Lot, Runaway and Atome. The common point for these films : their film team used one […]
Gilbert Kiner RECA president !
Gilbert Kiner has been elected to the post of presidency for RECA, the Network of French Film Animation Schools, for 2014. He is accompanied by vice president Moïra Marguin (Gobelins, […]
The Foundry congratulates 2013 graduates
As a recent ArtFX partner, The Foundry sent Jordan Thistlewood to attend our graduation event on June 21st. It’s only natural that The Foundry shows interest in what our students […]
Operation ARCHIVES: Back to the future
Operation ARCHIVES // Classification Level 5: discover all of the ArtFx archives!!
2013 Graduation Films (8/8): La Grotte dans l’île avec le trésor à l’intérieur
***The official release of the 2013 graduation films*** Discover La Grotte dans l’île avec le trésor à l’intérieur, one of the eight films from ArtFx’s 2013 graduation class!
2013 Graduation Films (7/8): Atome
***The official release of the 2013 graduation films*** Discover Atome, one of the eight films from ArtFx’s 2013 graduation class!
2013 Graduation Films (6/8): Meet The Myth
***The official release of the 2013 graduation films*** Discover Meet the Myth, one of the eight films from ArtFx’s 2013 graduation class!
2013 Graduation Films (5/8): Runaway
***The official release of the 2013 graduation films*** Discover Runaway, one of the eight films from ArtFx’s 2013 graduation class!
Golaem Crowd: Crowd Control in Maya
We are taking advantage of the official release of Amasia to present Golaem Crowd, the crowd simulator from publishers of the same name. Golaem Crowd publishers is an ArtFx partner. […]
2013 Graduation Films (4/8): Catch a Lot
***The official release of the 2013 graduation films*** Discover Catch a Lot, one of the eight films from ArtFx’s 2013 graduation class!
2013 Graduation Films (3/8): Initium
***The official release of the 2013 graduation films*** Discover Initium, one of the eight films from ArtFx’s 2013 graduation class!
2013 Graduation Films (2/8): Thousandth Street
***The official release of the 2013 graduation films*** Discover Thousandth Street, one of the eight films from ArtFx ’s 2013 graduation class!
2013 Graduation Films (1/8): Amasia
***The official release of the 2013 graduation films*** Discover Amasia, one of the eight films from ArtFx‘s 2013 graduation class!
Films – 2013 graduation class: official release!
Students in their last year at ArtFx split their time between classes and the creation of short films. July marked the official release of the 2013 graduation films.
3D Texturing with Mari software
Mari is a 3D texturing software developed by Weta Digital for the productions of King Kong and Avatar. Several years later, the software was acquired by The Foundry (Nuke, Hiero, […]
Krakatoa: The particle render engine
Within the series of render engines used by the students creating their graduation films, is Krakatoa. The publisher, Thinkbox Software (ArtFx partner by the way) launched a new version of […]
Optical Flare plug-in
In April the Video Copilot publisher launched the the Nuke version of the famous Optical Flares plugin. This is great news for everyone since this plugin was previously only available […]
Angoulême 2013: souvenirs, souvenirs…
For several years, the ArtFx 3rd year students have devored a Motion Comics workshop with me, surrounding the December holidays, just to prove once again that I can be Santa […]
The rendering engineer Arnold
This is an important tool for our 4th year students who have been working on their films for several months. Two film teams are using Arnold, the rendering engine from […]
Special Effects: “Clones” exercise
In the framework of our compositing course and development of critical thinking around the creation of special effects, we developed an exercise which requires students to make three characters interact […]
Survival Guide for the Angoulême Festival
** International Comic Book Festival in Angoulême ** The 40th edition of the International Comic Book Festival in Angoulême was held from January 31 to February 3, 2013. An […]
The Foundry visit to ArtFx
We had the pleasure of welcoming Jordan Thistlewood, a representative from The Foundry. This was the first visit for ArtFx and were particularly honored by it. Below are highlights from […]
Atelier at Clermont: ArtFx gives you the inside scoop!
ArtFx students are greeting attendees at the experimental Atelier at the International Short Film Festival of Clermont-Ferrand. On the program: a very special interactive experience based on the photo booth […]
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