NFB Online Short Film Contest – Cannes 2010 Launched
From May 4 to 17, you can vote online for your favourite short among the finalists of the 6th NFB Short Film Contest – Cannes 2010: Just go to .
Category: Short Films
Best of DOK Leipzig Screens at Shanghai EXPO
DOK Leipzig is one of four international film festivals offered the opportunity to present a “Best of” programme at the Shanghai EXPO.
Dark Toons Accompany Academy's Summer Noir Film Series
This summer the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will offer "Oscar Noir: 1940s Writing Nominees from Hollywood's Dark Side" at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
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Frenzer Foreman Animation Forum (podcast) x 05
On FFAF's big 5-week anniversary celespectaculation, Joel expunges another special circuitous grievance about inconsequential matters pertaining to his favorite subject, Animation, with no real concluding statement. Alan's face reacts quizzically. Later, Director and Animator Dan Abdo enters The Forum to discuss comics, commercials, censuses, corporate identities, and exactly why Vermont is for lovers.
NFB Hires Cordell Barker as Creative Consultant
The National Film Board of Canada is taking its long-time relationship with animation filmmaker Cordell Barker in an exciting new direction.
In Business, Films, People, Short Films, Business, Films, People, Short Films | Headline News | Geographic Region: North America
Here I am hip deep in GACKS and MIMIS. The dark side of the force has tried to lure me to its side. “Go ahead…just start ..."
Larry Lauria highlights the thumbnail process that precedes the animation process.
San Diego's New Move to Keep Comic-Con
VARIETY reports that San Diego's Tourism Marketing District board is offering Comic-Con hotel tax revenue as an incentive to stay in the city.
In Acting, Anime, Awards, Books, Business, Cartoons, CG, Event, Films, Games, Home Entertainment, Illustration, Interactive, Licensing, Machinima, Mobile and Wireless, Short Films, Stop-Motion, Television, Visual Effects, Voice Acting, Writing, Acting, Anime, Awards, Books, Business, Cartoons, CG, Event, Films, Games, Home Entertainment, Illustration, Interactive, Licensing, Machinima, Mobile and Wireless, Short Films, Stop-Motion, Television, Visual Effects, Voice Acting, Writing, 3D | Art, Headline News | Special Events: Comic-Con | Geographic Region: North America
The Crocodiles Wins Sprockets
Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children announced today the award winners from the 13th annual festival.
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Frenzer Foreman Animation Forum (podcast) x 04
This week on the Forum, Joel attempts to summon the wisdom of ghosts while Alan has an identity crisis of historical proportions and unwittingly reveals one of Hollywood's best-kept summer blockbuster secrets. Then, Dave "David B." Levy stops by to talk about how to juggle animation multitasking, authoring books on pitching and job-getting, Ben Franklin, industry infestation, Mad Men, and popping one's bubble. And, you actually can rewind a clock, not that hard.
Slightly Fishy Student Short Makes It To Festival Circuit
The 3D live action/cg integration short Slightly Fishy made by students from Auckland's Media Design School has been selected for screening at both the London and Melbourne International Animation Festivals.
Animated Films from Germany Coming to Turkey
“Animated Films from Germany”, a new touring exhibition and film show has opened its world tour in Israel. After a month at The Israel Cartoon Museum, Holon, the exhibition is about to move on to Ankara, Turkey, where it will open on May 26.
Animated Doc Compilation Available From A Million Movies a Minute
A Million Movies a Minute, an independent distributor specializing in short documentaries, has announced its newest release, ANIMATING REALITY.
Reading Between The Lines: Select Words, Vivid Interpretations & The Online Community Unite In Philips' Campaign
Philips and ad agency DDB approached RSA Films to commission five films under the banner Parallel Lines. 45 RSA Directors submitted concepts surrounding a single script supplied by the agency. From those, five diverse concepts were chosen for production; the result is a testament to both directorial interpretation and social media promotion.
Frenzer Foreman Animation Forum (podcast) x 03
Author, animator, and 80's cartoon voice reenactor, The Definitive Tim Finn, stops by to discuss coffee-table books, animation based on colors, and 3D Chess. Joel and Alan then engage Tim in a very brief but colossal battle of capitalism in FFAF's newest radio game, "Two Minute Monopoly". All is then put classier when the beautiful, the insightful, and the ever effervescent Lorelei Pepi reveals her unorthodox recipe for Italian Wedding Soup, her thoughts on animation and art, and why FFAF's other newest radio game, "Brain Cloning", is a good excuse to beat up on Joel's face.
Egypt’s 'Honayn’s Shoe' crowned Best Animation at African Movie Academy Awards
Honayn's Shoe, an animated tale about a lost nomad’s search in the desert, with his camel, for his lost shoe, was named Best Animation at this year’s African Movie Academy Awards.
Barker’s 'Runaway' Wins 2010 Genie Award
Runaway, Cordell Barker’s tale about a driverless train filled with happy passengers careening towards an unknown fate, picked up the prize for Best Animated Short at the 2010 Genie Awards.
Desperate Dan: Studio Joho's Dan the Man
How hard will you work to get the Princess? Dan the Man goes as far as his pixels will carry him, destroying robots, even getting a day job. But is fantasy better than reality, what do you do with a rescued Princess?
213 Films in Competition Headline Annecy’s 50th Anniversary
Featuring an announced program packed with conferences, presentations, exhibitions and 6 days filled with screenings of the world’s best animation, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival celebrates its 50th Anniversary from June 7-12 in Annecy, France.
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Rare Gene Deitch Films Coming to the Web
Beginning next week, Cartoon Brew TV will be showing a film series celebrating the “Modern Art of Gene Deitch.”
Comic-Con Closer to Staying in San Diego
Every year fans and industry insiders alike wonder whether Comic-Con’s days in San Diego are numbered. VARIETY reports that San Diego has made a big move to keep the Con right where it is.
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BAA 2010 Winners Announced
Multi award-winning studio Aardman Animations has scooped up a brace of awards at the eighth British Animation Awards held tonight at the BFI Southbank.
In Awards, Cartoons, CG, Commercials, Films, Short Films, Television, Awards, Cartoons, CG, Commercials, Films, Short Films, Television | Headline News | Geographic Region: Europe
Ottawa International Animation Festival: Call for Entries
North America's largest animation event, the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) is now accepting film submissions for the 2010 edition.
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Jacques Drouin Box Set Launched in Paris
The Forum des images, in Paris, in partnership with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), will celebrate the work and artistic contribution of animation filmmaker Jacques Drouin on April 13 and 14.
All Good Things Converge at FMX
The best of everything our industry has to offer, and then some, comes together every May at this powerhouse event in Stuttgart.
All Good Things Converge at FMX
The best of everything our industry has to offer, and then some, comes together every May at this powerhouse event in Stuttgart.
