‘This Magnificent Cake!’ Wins Top National Prize at Clermont-Ferrand Festival
Stop-motion animated film set in the late 19th century in the bitter milieu of Belgium-occupied Congo opens theatrically in Los Angeles on March 1.
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Good Deed Entertainment Acquires ‘Loving Vincent’ Documentary
‘Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream’ opens in U.S. theaters March 2019 with double billings of the documentary and Academy Award and BAFTA-nominated independent animated feature.
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Renee Zhan’s ‘Reneepoptosis’ Takes Sundance 2019 Animated Short Prize
Story about three Renees who go on a quest to find God tops 14 other films for the juried animation award.
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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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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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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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The 20th Annual Animation Show of Shows Returns with a New Crop of Gems
This year’s provocative and inspiring program of 15 hand-picked films includes Oscar-winning director John Kahrs’ ‘Age of Sail’ and Student Academy Award winner ‘The Green Bird.’
Animated Spirits Film Festival Returns to NYC with 4th Edition
26 diverse European animated shorts, along with workshops and talks, coming to SVA campus November 4-9.
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‘KUAP’ and ‘Polska Warrior’ Take Honors at 2018 Cinekid Festival
Animated short films by Nils Hedinger and Camiel Schouwenaar among winners at Amsterdam’s annual awards for best youth and children’s films.
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Animation Nights New York Celebrates Third Annual ‘Best of the Fest’
AWN’s resident Miscweant shares his conference report on the cutting-edge XR Showcase and presentation by indie legend Bill Plympton.
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The Academy Presents ‘Women in Indie Animation’ at New York City’s Metrograph Theater
AWN’s resident Miscweant attends The Academy’s September New York City event honoring celebrated New York animators Signe Baumane, Emily Hubley, Candy Kugel and Debra Solomon.
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Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata’s ‘Negative Space’ Tops Montreal Stop Motion Festival
Sofia Carrillo’s ‘Cerulia’ awarded best independent film; Mark C. Smith’s ‘Two Balloons’ named best Youth Film.
ANNY Best of Fest 2018 Coming to NYC Seaport District October 6-7
Third annual Animation Nights New York conference offers animation screenings of top films, VR workshop presentations, industry panels and networking events.
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The Academy To Present ‘Women in Indie Animation’ September 21
Monthly Academy at Metrograph residency program in New York City to present groundbreaking independent filmmakers Signe Baumane, Emily Hubley, Candy Kugel and Debra Solomon.
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Dancing Goddesses: How Nina Paley Animated Stone Sculptures for ‘Seder-Masochism’
We’ve been grooving all summer with the Pointer Sisters and Paley’s animated stone goddesses dancing to the infectious “You Gotta Believe” by Norman Whitfield -- now let’s see how they were made.
Unleash Your Inner Goddess with Nina Paley’s Biblical Epic ‘Seder-Masochism’
Groove into summer with the Pointer Sisters and Paley’s animated stone goddesses dancing to the infectious “You Gotta Believe” by Norman Whitfield.
Plympton’s ‘Revengeance’ Screening in NY & LA
Latest animated feature from indie king Bill Plympton and Jim Lujan playing at the IFC Center in New York August 3-9 followed by a one-week engagement at the Laemmle Monica in Los Angeles.
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David Lewandowski’s Experimental CG Shorts Are Perfect for Summer
Watch Lewandowski’s surreal, rubbery, naked CG characters in the gloriously wacky trio of experimental CG-animated short films ‘going to the store,’ ‘late for meeting’ and ‘time for sushi.’
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Nikita Diakur’s ‘Ugly’ Now Online!
Experimental animation features “ugly characters, faulty dynamic animation, a new age spiritual soundtrack and an over-the-top metaphysical storyline.”
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Marc James Roels and Emma De Swaef Return with ‘This Magnificent Cake’
Complex, multi-layered 45-minute work is set in the late 19th century during Belgium’s colonization of the Congo Basin in West Africa.
Pictures from the Brainbox: Animators on Animation - Deer Flower'
Kangmin Kim takes us behind the scenes of his strange and true short film, Deer Flower (2016).
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Keep it in Motion - Classic Animation Revisited: 'Grace'
Lorelei Pepi's Grace (1998), a mesmerizing and mysterious poetic meditation on time, mortality, and the daily difficulty of just being.
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Pictures from the Brainbox: Animators on Animation - 'Big Surf'
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