118 animated shorts to screen in competition; festival returns April 2-5.
Oscar-winning independent U.K. visual effects house secures investment from the Business Growth Fund to grow the company, with increased focus in the feature film market.
Second annual dedicated animation strand at the Cardiff Independent Film Festival includes three programs of animated short films in competition for the Best Animation Award, as well as an Animated Family Shorts program curated by renowned Cardiff-based studio Cloth Cat Animation, networking events, and more.
Series based on the popular Chinese character Luo Bao Bei will be a co-production between Cloth Cat Animation and the Beijing-based DaYe Transmedia Group’s Magic Mall.
Animation Grill’s first weekend event to be held on Saturday, September 3rd at KIN+ILK Coffee House in Cardiff’s Capital Quarter with presentations from stop-motion animator & director Ben Halliwell, DNeg’s Stephen Enticott, Animator & Director Jane E. Davies, and animator, filmmaker and author Ben Mitchell.
Monthly get-together for animators kicks off Thursday, February 25, at KIN+ILK in Cardiff, Wales.
London-based visual effects house to begin production on ITV’s 13-part warrior drama ‘Beowulf,’ FOX TV’s ‘The Bastard Executioner,’ BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’ series nine, and feature film ‘Poltergeist’ from 20th Century Fox and MGM.
