VFXRio brought to Brazil the head of the studios behind “Call of Duty: Black Ops III” and the person responsible for the Groot character in “Guardians of the Galaxy,” among others. Some of the most important names in visual effects from the world of film and games landed in Brazil in early December. They came for VFXRio, the first event exclusively dedicated to visual effects in the country, which took place on December 2nd and was sponsored by Telecine. It also featured a special appearance by Mike Sanders, Senior Director of Activision Central Studios, on December 3rd at CCXP in São Paulo. The guests represented the following organizations: Globo, O2, Conspiração, IMPA - Visgraf, VES, ACM Siggraph, MPC, and ACTIVISION.

VFXRio's main focus was on training and developing the workforce for the audiovisual market. Therefore, it partnered with ACM Siggraph (http://www.siggraph.org/), which focuses on research, development, and dissemination of information for professionals and companies in visual effects and is the world's largest computer graphics event.