MONSTRA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 20 – 30 March 2025 Lisbon, Portugal
Tagged With: Stop-Motion
Call for submissions - stop motion and experimental animation art StopTrik IFF in Maribor, Slovenia
The 15th edition of the Festival is coming in autumn to Maribor, Slovenia (24. - 28. 9. 2025).
Aardman Announces Yearlong Partnership with Young BAFTA Program
The initiative will provide opportunities for young talent, including direct engagement with the studio’s creative team and a platform to explore creative careers; support for animation talent continues through the Aardman Academy.
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Binocular Briefs - April 2025
AWN’s latest survey highlights under-the-radar animated shorts that are currently making their way through the festival circuit - or are newly available for online viewing.
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ANIMAKOM FEST 9 - 15 December 2024 Bilbao, Spain
AnimaKom is the perfect way to end the animation festival year...
ANILOGUE INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 24 November – 1 December 2024 Budapest, Hungary
Budapest, a beautiful city any time of the year, takes on a special magic during the Christmas season
Binocular Briefs - March 2025
AWN’s latest survey highlights under-the-radar animated shorts that are currently making their way through the festival circuit—or are newly available for online viewing.
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9th Chainiartoon
Begins: September 18, 2025
The 2025 edition of the Internationl Comic & Animation Festival takes place September 18-28 in Chania-Crete, Greece.
In 2D, 3D, Art, Cartoons, CG, Comics, Digital Media, Event, Festival, Films, Short Films | Event Types: Competitive Festivals
Brighton International Animation Festival 2025
Begins: April 4, 2025
The 3-day international animation festival runs April 5-7 in Brighton, England; the 2025 edition will include a focus on East Asian Animation.
Anifilm 2025
Begins: May 6, 2025
The International Festival of Animated Films runs May 6-11 in Liberec, Czech Republic.
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48th Cinanima Animated Film Festival 8 – 17 November 2024 Espinho, Portugal
As the third oldest animation festival in the world, Cinanima honors the past while continuing to present the best of contemporary animation from throughout the world.
Animation Production Days 2025 Announces Project Selections
Out of a record 103 submissions, 50 works are chosen, including 28 TV series, 10 feature films, 4 TV specials, and 8 cross-media projects; conference runs May 6-8 in Stuttgart.
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Netflix Announces 4 New ‘Pokémon Concierge’ Episodes
The stop-motion series, which follows Haru as she learns valuable life lessons through her interactions with Pokémon guests, will return in September.
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Binocular Briefs - February 2025
AWN’s latest survey highlights under-the-radar animated shorts that are currently making their way through the festival circuit — or are newly available for online viewing.
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Open call for submissions of animated films
The main focus of this year's AnimaSyros, entitled Animated Cosmos, is dedicated to space
New ‘Robot Chicken’ Special Celebrates Show’s 20th Anniversary
Coming to Adult Swim this summer, ‘The Robot Chicken Self-Discovery Special’ stop-motion comedy from Stoopid Buddy Stoodios takes aim at iconic reality shows from across Warner Bros. Discovery networks.
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‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,’ ‘Dune: Part 2’ and ‘Wander to Wonder’ Nab BAFTA 2025 Wins
The stop-motion comedy and ‘Dune’ sequel each take home 2 awards, with ‘Wicked’ winning twice as well, including Best Production Design, at the yesterday’s 2025 EE British Academy Film Awards gala.
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Spotlight on Oscar-Nominated Shorts: ‘Beautiful Men’
Nicolas Keppens discusses his stop-motion film about the vulnerable journey of 3 balding brothers who travel to Istanbul for hair transplants.
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Spotlight on Oscar-Nominated Shorts: ‘Wander to Wonder’
Nina Gantz discusses her stop-motion film about 3 tiny humans, stars of a kids’ TV series, whose creator dies, leaving them alone in the studio to somehow survive and continue making episodes.
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‘The Wild Robot,’ ‘Arcane’ Dominate at 52nd Annual Annie Awards
Chris Sanders and DreamWorks’ blockbuster feature led the festivities with wins in 9 categories, while Netflix and Riot Games’ fan-favorite series took home 7, in a fun but emotional ceremony dedicated to victims of January’s tragic fires and highlighted by several tributes to LA’s firefighting finest, a real-time fundraiser, and 2 building-clearing false fire alarms.
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AWN’s Annie Awards Roundup: Top Contenders in Film and TV
Dig into the roster of animated feature films, TV shows, and shorts vying for wins in 36 different categories on February 8 at ASIFA-Hollywood’s 52nd annual ceremony recognizing the best in animation from the past year.
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ITFS and APD 2025 to Spotlight Stop-Motion, Swiss Artistry
Highlights for the upcoming festival include screenings of ‘Memory Hotel’ ‘Vengeance Most Fowl,’ with a masterclass hosted by Aardman’s Will Becher; ITFS runs from May 6-11.
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Signe Baumane’s ‘Karmic Knot’ Cast Announced
The Marriage Project and Studio Locomotive’s new animated feature reveals voice talent that includes Patrick Wilson, Dagmara Dominczyk, Emma Kenney, and Stephen Lang; releasing in 2028.
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Honoring Holocaust Victims Using Animation
A new essay from noted historian, author, and educator Karl Cohen discusses a wide selection of animated films, from harrowing survivor biographies to inspiring stories of people, and historic events - more than 50 in all, 40 made since 2010 - that bring needed awareness to one of the most disturbing subjects in world history.
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31st Etiuda&Anima International Animation Festival: 22 – 27 October 2024 inKrakow Poland
Etiuda&Anima was founded in 1994, making it the oldest and largest Polish Animation Festival
