Twenty years ago, John Munro was awarded a scholarship in college. Now the CEO of Chromacolour, a leading manufacturer of animation supplies, he remembered how much it meant to him to be acknowledged for hard work and talent. Wanting to continue this custom, Chromacolour and the Classical Animation department named José Luis Osorio winner of the first annual Because We Care scholarship .
“We were looking at ways we could contribute back to the animation community,” says Mr Munro “and we wanted to have an immediate impact on people who need help the most. Students were the perfect candidates because they are just starting their careers in the animation sector.”
To set the scholarship in motion, Munro, who has a long-standing relationship with VFS, contacted Classical Animation Program Manager, Anne Denman Wilde. Given hectic student work schedules, Munro wanted to make sure the scholarship program would not be so restrictive as to deter student involvement. After determining that judging would be based on student portfolios, Munro awarded a prize worth seven hundred and fifty dollars in Chromacolour supplies.
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To an outsider, the culture of festivals and awards in the movie business is a little perplexing. These occasions for tongue wagging, hand shaking, and picture taking recall Woody Allen’s bitter criticism of Hollywood, “Awards, all they do is give out awards here. Greatest fascist dictator: Adolph Hitler!”Indeed, as Allen likes to point out, the triumphs of some of the greatest filmmakers, including Fellini, were never acknowledged by the awards community. The same has long been true in literary communities. Books that are shunned by mainstream critics become instant classics after their authors’ lie six feet under, when a sudden inexplicable urge emerges to devour their prose or poetry.