Call for Entries: School in Motion Festival Launches in Italy
Submit up to three short films with educational and scholastic themes of any length or technique to compete for four cash prizes up to €4,500.
Geographical Region: Europe
PGS Secures New Presale Partners for ‘Tall Tales’ Series
CG-animated series from ‘The Little Prince’ producers ON kids & family and Method Animation is based on Antoon Krings’ publishing masterwork.
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Fest Anča International Animation Festival Announces Call for Entries
2019 edition, taking place June 27-30 in Slovakia, is now accepting submissions for animated short films, student films, music videos and films for children.
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‘Asterix,’ ‘Dilili’ & ‘Pachamama’ Nominated for 2019 César Awards
Three animated features and five shorts selected to complete for France’s highest honor.
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Pictoplasma Berlin Announces 2019 Speakers, Issues Call for Entries
Fifteenth international conference and festival of contemporary character design and art runs May 8-12.
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Lighthouse Studios Names Claire Finn Managing Director
Experienced media creative combines decades of content development and advertising experience in driving expansion for full-service animation studio formed by Canada’s Mercury Filmworks and Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon.
ANIMA 2019 Unveils New VR Competition
Festival programmers announce eight projects selected for their first animated virtual reality film competition, being held in Brussels March 1-10.
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ILM’s Rob Bredow to Present ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ at FMX 2019
Studio’s head and executive creative director will share inner workings of their visual and physical effects work on Disney's BAFTA and VES-nominated sci-fi adventure.
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TRAILER: GKIDS Acquires NorAm Rights to ‘This Magnificent Cake!’
Marc James Roels and Emma de Swaef’s Annie Award-nominated stop-motion animated feature to be released theatrically in Los Angeles on March 1.
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TRAILER: Michael Frei’s ‘KIDS’ to Screen at 69th Berlinale
Second collaboration between director and animator Michael Frei and game designer Mario von Rickenbach is from the publishers of David OReilly’s critically-acclaimed ‘Everything.’
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Motor Away: Špela Čadež’s ‘Nighthawk’ Makes Online Debut
Award-winning stop-motion short co-produced by Croatia’s Finta Film and Slovenia’s Bonobostudio takes traditional multiplane cut-out animation to a new level in a tale of a drunken badger set loose on the roads.
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New Making-of Video Goes Behind the Scenes of Louise Bagnall’s ‘Late Afternoon’
Oscar-shortlisted short film produced by Cartoon Saloon uses hand-drawn digital animation to poignantly explore the internal landscape of a woman with memory loss.
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WATCH: Boris Labbé’s ‘La Chute’ Makes Limited Online Debut
Produced in collaboration with Sacrebleu Productions, experimental animated short is in the running for France’s César Award.
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24th Encounters Festival: September 25-30, 2018 – Bristol, England
Being both a live action and an animated short film festival, the Encounters Festival schedule was packed with film programs of every description.
Nominations Announced for 2019 BAFTA Awards
‘Incredibles 2,’ ‘Isle of Dogs’ and ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ receive nominations in the Animated Film category; ‘Avengers: Infinity War,’ ‘Black Panther,’ ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,’ ‘First Man,’ and ‘Ready Player One’ nominated for Special Visual Effects.
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Call for Entries to the 3rd Bilbao International Animation Community Festival ANIMAKOM FEST
Call for Entries to the 3rd Bilbao International Animation Community Festival ANIMAKOM FEST is open until 31st January 2019.
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Sony Pictures Classics Releases New Trailer for ‘Ruben Brandt, Collector’
Sony Pictures Classics to distribute Milorad Krstić’s stylish animated heist thriller with an Oscar-qualifying run in 2019.
Eva Cvijanović’s Stop-Motion Short ‘Hedgehog’s Home’ Now Available Online!
Multi-award-winning short film co-produced by Croatia’s Bonobostudio and the National Film Board of Canada released online as a Vimeo Staff Pick.
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Disneyland Paris Warms Hearts with Adorable Ad, ‘The Little Duck’
Donald Duck’s biggest fan steals the show in new ad campaign from agency BETC Paris.
WATCH: Louise Bagnall’s Oscar-Shortlisted ‘Late Afternoon’ Now Available Online
Oscar-shortlisted short film produced by Cartoon Saloon uses hand-drawn digital animation to poignantly explore the internal landscape of a woman with memory loss.
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FMX 2019 Releases First Trailer and Program Confirmations
Keynote by Oscar-winner and Google Spotlight Stories creative director Jan Pinkava one of initial set of events confirmed for upcoming animation and VFX conference.
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Tuna Bora Directs Modern-Day AR Fairy Tale ‘Little Red the Inventor’ for Wonderscope
Produced by Nexus Studios, new twist on the classic fairy tale combines interactive characters, voice recognition and Augmented Reality.
Audiomotion Creates Ice-Free Skating Rink for ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’
Vicon motion capture system helps add life to crowd scenes, ice skating sequences and attacking Polichinelle clowns in Disney’s new live-action fantasy feature.
Blue Zoo Opens New 2D Animation Studio in London
Creating more than 60 new jobs, Blue Zoo announces new dedicated 2D animation studio across the road from its central London head office.
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Second Annual Animation First Festival Puts France in the Spotlight
Legendary director Michel Ocelot the guest of honor at the second annual edition of the only U.S. festival dedicated to French animation.
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