AWN Blogs
FMX 2024 Shares The Latest Program Confirmations
4-day event kicks off in Stuttgart on April 23, 2024; new program confirmations include ‘The Power of Collaboration’ a discussion of Global Inclusion, Community, and Connection and Feature VFX: A look behind the scenes of ‘The Creator;’ tickets are now on sale
Re-VIEW: ‘Oppenheimer’ – Clarity of the Fractured Lens
Christopher Nolan’s 7-time Oscar-winning biopic invites audiences to share the ‘father of the nuclear bomb’s insight and vision through extraordinary images of exploding stars, spinning atoms, and esoteric phenomena that depict his co-existence between earthly and cosmic realms and begs the question: ‘Is he blessed or cursed?’
Fredrikstad Animation Festival Submissions Are Now Open; Deadline for Short Films Is June 17th, for Features Is August 1st
CEE Animation Forum 2024: Call for entries is OPEN - Submission deadline: April 30, 2024
The CEE Animation Forum is the leading regional pitching, financing and co-production event. It aims to boost the projects´ international potential, visibility and access to a wider European market.
PBS Kids Announces All-New ‘Alma’s Way’ Episodes
Kicking off March 4, episodes will give young fans a window into Bronx culture with breakdancing and neighborhood drum circles; in ‘Alma the B Girl,’ Alma and her friends work to perfect their moves.
VIEW 2023 Award Winners Announced
Grand Prize awarded to ‘Return to Hairy Hill,’ with ‘Au 8ème Jour’ picking up the Jury Award; registration for View Conference 2024, running October 14-19, is now open.
The Only Time is Real-time
FMX 2024 Shares More Program Updates
New confirmations include a look at Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Poor Things’ VFX, and the crafting of animated features ‘Nimona’ and ‘Leo;’ 4-day conference returns in person April 23-26, and on demand April 27-May 31.
PreView Panel Set: ‘Oscar Contenders for Best Animated Feature’
Join the free February 21 online conversation and Q&A with the directors/creatives of ‘Nimona,’ ‘Elemental,’ ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,’ ‘Robot Dreams’ and ‘The Boy and the Heron,’ hosted by the VIEW Conference in partnership with the VFX Festival.
PreView Panel Set: ‘Oscar Contenders for Best Animated Short Film’
Join AWN’s own Dan Sarto on February 20 for a free online conversation and Q&A with the directors of the nominated films, ‘Letter to a Pig,’ ‘Ninety-Five Senses,’ ‘Our Uniform,’ ‘Pachyderme,’ and ‘WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko,’ hosted by the VIEW Conference in partnership with the VFX Festival.
Animafest Zagreb 2024 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Animation Studies Goes to Ingo Petzke
Throughout his long career at university institutions from Germany to Australia and New Zealand, the film and art expert has instilled generations of young people with a love for creative work and research, especially in the field of interactive media and avant-garde film art.
View Conference 2024 Early Bird Registration Now Open
Italy’s premiere animation and visual effects event will run in-person October 14-19 in Torino, Italy featuring a program of talks, presentations, workshops, and masterclasses presented by a stellar lineup of top industry professionals.
FMX 2024 Shares Conference Programming Updates
Attendees can explore ‘Loki’ Season 2 timeline mayhem and get insight into the making of the 60th anniversary ‘Doctor Who’ special episode; 4-day event kicks off in Stuttgart on April 23, 2024.
47th CINANIMA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL - 13 – 19 November 2023 Espinho, Portugal
Some festivals are such a pleasure to attend that I want to go back every year, and Cinanima is one of those festivals.
TBILISI INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL – TIAF: 2 – 5 November 2023 in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
The Impact of AI on Hollywood in 2024: 12 Predictions
FMX 2024 Shares First Program News
The 4-day event kicks off in Stuttgart on April 23, 2024 with a focus on ‘Connecting Ideas’ and the return of the ‘Lighting & Rendering” track; annual Animation Production Days is now accepting projects through February 6.
Call for Entries Animafest Zagreb 2024
Animafest Zagreb invites you to submit your film for the 34th edition of the Festival, taking place 3-8 June 2024 in Zagreb.