Encounters Film Festival Announces Expanded Animation Lineup
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, Bristol’s largest international film festival, coming September 24-29, reveals an extensive program of animation-related activities.
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Funimation Acquires UK Anime Distributor Manga Entertainment
Acquisition sets the stage for Sony Pictures Television subsidiary’s anime distribution dominance in the UK and Ireland.
Winners Announced for 7th International Emmy Kids Awards
Seven winners span five countries: Brazil, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands & The United Kingdom.
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BFI Launches £57M Young Audiences Content Fund
Led by Jackie Edwards, newly-announced YACF team includes John Knowles as Production Executive, Harriet Williams as Development Executive and Hesham Sabry as Business Affairs Executive.
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Halo VFX Bankrupt with ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Visual Effects Artists Still Unpaid
Media and entertainment trade union BECTU calls for new industry code of practice to better protect freelance workers when companies go into administration.
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Outpost VFX Launches First International Facility in Montréal
VFX producer Becca Scott and VFX supervisor James Rustad to oversee new Montréal studio.
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Boat Rocker, BBC Enter Co-Production Deal for ‘Love Monster’ with China’s UYoung
Based on the ‘Love Monster’ series of books by British author and illustrator Rachel Bright, new 2D-animated preschool series will premiere on CBeebies and on major Chinese broadcasters and digital platforms.
Locksmith Animation Appoints Dónall Crehan Chief Business Officer
Former All3Media general counsel to oversee London animation studio’s legal and business affairs, business strategy and development, commercial operations and the implementation of its long and short-term strategic plans.
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24th Encounters Festival: September 25-30, 2018 – Bristol, England
Being both a live action and an animated short film festival, the Encounters Festival schedule was packed with film programs of every description.
Blue Zoo Opens New 2D Animation Studio in London
Creating more than 60 new jobs, Blue Zoo announces new dedicated 2D animation studio across the road from its central London head office.
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Manchester Animation Festival Announces 2018 Winners
‘Bloeistraat 11’ by Nienke Deutz and ‘Travelogue Tel Aviv’ By Samuel Patthey win awards at MAF2018.
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Aardman Employees To Receive 75% Ownership Stake
Aardman Animations founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton transfer ownership of the famed Bristol-U.K. stop-motion studio to employees in a bid to retain its independent status.
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MANIMATION Announces 2018 Lineup
One-day U.K. animation industry event kicks off ahead of the Manchester Animation Festival on Monday, November 12.
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Blue Spill Delivers 4K HDR Pop Art Treatment for Netflix’s ‘Take Your Pills’
U.K.-based boutique motion graphics and visual effects facility creates psychoactive graphics and a hallucinatory title sequence for feature documentary exploring the widespread adoption and dangerous effects of Adderall.
Manchester Animation Festival Announces Full 2018 Program
U.K.’S largest animation festival returns for fourth year at Manchester’s HOME.
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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.
Andrew Morley Named Head of VFX at Outpost VFX
Veteran visual effects supervisor, who worked on ‘Avatar’ and ‘Avengers: Infinity War,’ will oversee team at studio’s Bournemouth facility.
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Q&A: Encounters Festival’s Kieran Argo Presents Six Top Picks for 2018 Edition
Encounters animation programmer Kieran Argo delves into this year’s Oscar-qualifying international competition.
Blinkink Delivers New Gorillaz Video, ‘Tranz’
U.K. animation specialists team up with Gorillaz director & co-creator Jamie Hewlett and director Nicos Livesey to create the world’s most famous virtual band’s first-ever performance video.
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Emile Awards to Honor Clare Kitson with 2018 Lotte Reiniger Lifetime Achievement Award
Expanded two-day event including talks, master classes, workshops, exhibitions and screenings, runs December 7 & 8 in Lille, France.
Cinesite Acquires German VFX Powerhouse Trixter
Privately-owned digital entertainment studio acquires 100 percent of leading European provider of VFX and animation for an undisclosed amount.
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Outpost VFX Appoints Maurizio Giglioli Head of CG
Visual effects veteran has worked for some of the world’s biggest studios on major feature films including ‘Avengers: Infinity War,’ ‘Doctor Strange’ and ‘Star Trek.’
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Blue Zoo Set for Second Season of ‘Digby Dragon’
Magical CG-animated preschool series is poised for take-off on Channel 5’s Milkshake! and Nick, Jr.
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ASIFA-Hollywood, AEF Announce 2018-19 Student Scholarship Recipients
Ten graduate and undergraduate recipients selected for this year’s Animation Educators Forum scholarships.
Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival is Coming September 25 – 30, 2018
Begins: September 25, 2018
Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival celebrates the creativity, diversity and the impact of short film by connecting industry with audiences.
