The Academy’s 2nd annual Animated Feature Symposium celebrates the work of the 2009 Oscar nominees in the Animated Feature Film category.
THE LADY AND THE REAPER won the Goya Award (Spain's equivalent to the Oscars) for Best Animated Short over the weekend.
Walt Disney Studios Intl. Prods. has hired Jason Reed as its new EVP and GM, reports VARIETY.
DANTE'S INFERNO on Blu-ray and DVD, CURIOUS GEORGE MAKES NEW FRIENDS on DVD, DISNEY'S LITTLE EINSTEINS ANIMAL EXPEDITION on DVD, GAOGAIGAR SEASON ONE LITEBOX on DVD, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TIM: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON on DVD, MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE: MINNIE'S BOW-TIQUE on DVD, NARUTO SHIPPUDEN, VOL. 6 on DVD, PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR OPERATION on DVD, A SERIOUS MAN on Blu-ray and DVD, THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE on Blu-ray and DVD.
There are ten Best Picture Oscar nominees this year? Big deal, nobody cares about Best Picture... what's really important is the Best Animated Feature, everybody knows that. Who will win?
Only the second time in Oscar history, an animated feature has been nominated for Best Picture.
Family Guy creator and acclaimed writer-producer Seth MacFarlane is set to host the 2010 Writers Guild Awards’ West Coast ceremony on Saturday, February 20, at the Hyatt Regency Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
ASIFA-Hollywood is proud to announce the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor, director, producer and one of pop culture’s most recognizable figures, William Shatner, will host the 37th Annual Annie Awards on Saturday, February 6, 2010, at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, CA.
The 17th International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart / Germany (4.-9. May 2010) invites international advertising agencies, filmmakers and production companies to submit their films to our international competition Under Commission until January 29th 2010.
Rick DeMott takes a look back over the past 10 years and gives his picks for the best animated features of the 2000s.
Ricky Gervais is making a return to series television, teaming up with creative partner Stephen Merchant for an animated series that will air on HBO, CINEMA BLEND reports.
Animafest Zagreb dedicated to short animated films will be held from 01 – 06 June 2010 in Zagreb, Croatia.
Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) and 20th Century Fox Television and Aniboom, the world’s first virtual animation studio, announced today that FOX will award Jay Malone, creator of animated short “Santa Intervention,” a development deal. “Santa Intervention” was selected by a panel of FOX executives as the grand prize-winning entry in this year’s FOX-Aniboom Holiday Animation Challenge. Malone, of Los Angeles, CA, will receive cash prizes totaling $15,000 and a development deal.
For the first time on television, ABC Family will air a two-hour presentation of Walt Disney Pictures Presents "Pixar Short Films," featuring twenty animated Pixar shorts, as part of the network's annual *25 Days of Christmas* programming event (December 1-25).
The 11th edition of Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams will take place from 18th to 22th November 2009 in Tallinn, Estonia.
Beware, your dreams have been animated!
How to submit a film:
The website poff.ee/anima displays the regulations, the short film entry form. For any kind of information please write to anima@poff.ee.
When this year's Golden Globe Awards nominations are announced on Dec. 15 the selections will comprise an enlarged pool of five in the Best Animated Feature category, DEADLINE.COM reports.
In recognition of the exciting developments in European animated feature films in recent years, the British Animation Awards (BAA) 2010 will feature a special category for Best European Animated Feature.
Warner Bros. is in the final stages of acquiring an animated film centered on a peacock from writers Austin Winsberg and Heath Corson, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.
For a fifth time, FlickerLab has teamed with Academy Award-winning Director Michael Moore, and created a minute-long animated segment, Chicken Little, for his latest feature CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY.
Attention animators! The 10th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival 2009 will once again be showcasing animated short films produced by animators of Asian ethnicities in a 90-minute all-animation program. All forms of animation (traditional, claymation, stop-motion, flash, CGI, etc) will be accepted for consideration into this competitive festival. Films by all animators pertaining to Asian issues and themes will also be considered. Only DVD formats are accepted for consideration. A Best Animated Short Film Award will be awarded with prizes to be determined.
In celebration of International Animation Day and the National Film Board of Canada’s 70th anniversary, the NFB is launching a special edition of Get Animated! – a series of free public screenings, from October 23–31, 2009, in 13 communities across Canada.
FX Prods. has inked an agreement with Shine Int'l to license the forthcoming FX series ARCHER around the world, reports VARIETY.
On Sunday, Sept. 20th, the Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out.
Now for the first time in the history of animation ADA creates a professional league among animators, similar to those of NFL, NBA, and MLB.
ADA divided the planet into four divisions and each division will consist of 30 professional teams.
In order to select the best teams there will be held a 16-week Championship starting on October 7. The main prize is $100,000 but every week you will also have a chance to win $10,000.
Absolutely anybody who created an animated clip and uploaded it to www.adasport.com can take part in the Championship.
Now for the first time in the history of animation ADA creates a professional league among animators, similar to those of NFL, NBA, and MLB.
