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Animaze 2019 curating animated film around the globe + talent!

    Spice Frontier playing at Animaze Montreal International Animation Festival August 29 - Sept 1 2019 Montreal Canada. Animaze festival has been curating animation all over the world non stop. From Moscow International Film Festival to Guadalajara to Yerevan, festivals and  embassies are seeking the expertise of Laurie Gordon Animaze director. New cutting edge indie animated shorts are what catches Gordon's attention Authentic groundreaking films and genres are alwa...

Animation Production Days 2019 – Notable Sense of Optimism in the Industry

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The 13th edition of Animation Production Days (APD) drew to a close in Stuttgart early May. During the last two days, around 800 one-on-one meetings between producers and potential production and financing partners for new animation projects have been held in Stuttgart’s L-Bank. APD is the most important business platform for animation projects in Germany and takes place every year as part of the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) and FMX – Conference on Animati...

Anima is calling for your films!

    For its next edition (21 February - 1 March 2020), Anima, the Brussels Animation Film Festival, is looking for stunning and unexpected animated films! Besides its national and international competitions, the Festival is qualified by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the short animated film category. European...

Animation made in Okinawa, Japan

By Emmanuel Itier Emmanuel with japanese actors friends.   The ultimate experience while at the Okinawa film festival was the visit of the CGCG animation studio which has the biggest motion-capture set up in Asia (http://www.cgcgstudio.co.jp/eng/ ). No only CGCG Studios is doing motion capture but they also are producing 3D computer graphics video using motion capture technology. The studio is now located in Tokyo and Okinawa in Japan as well as Taipei in Taiwan with just under 200 ...

The 2018 Emile Awards 90 Nominees revealed

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Peter Lord , President of the European Animation Awards (EAA) Association, Didier Brunner, General Secretary and Matie Haroutian, General Delegate, announced the 2018 Emile Awards 90 nominees today (November 8) live from the General Secretariat from the Greek Ministry of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media.   Nominees by categories:   - BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN A STUDENT FILM - ● A Love Letter to the One I Made up - Israel | Rachel Gutgarts (director) ...

Bridging the Gap is the theme of FMX 2019

FMX 2019 : Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media April 30 - May 3, 2019, Stuttgart/Germany, Haus der Wirtschaft Ludwigsburg/Germany, November 6, 2018. Bridging the Gap is the theme of FMX – Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media, which will open its doors at Haus der Wirtschaft in Stuttgart, Germany, from April 30 to May 03, 2019, to welcome professionals and students from the areas of film, technology, art, business and science. The cen...

ITFS 2019 is now open fur submissions

The 26th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film is going to take place from April 30 to May 05, 2019. It is one of the most outstanding events for animated film worldwide. Animated films produced after October 1, 2017 can be now submitted to the following competition categories:    •    International Competition (International short film competition) •    Young Animation (International student film competition) •  &n...

Registration open for Cartoons on the Bay 2019 – International Cross-media Animation and Children’s Television Festival

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Cartoons on the Bay 2019 – International Cross-media Animation and Children’s Television Festival Registrations are open! Registrations to Cartoons on the Bay are open! The 23rd Edition of Cartoons on the Bay – International Cross-media Animation and Children’s Television Festival will be held in Turin from April 11th to 13th, 2019. Visit our website www.cartoonsbay.rai.it under the section SUBMISSION and fill-out the online entry form to submit your work to the ...

30 international film awards for NENA & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel!

The music video hit starring NENA and Dave Stewart has won 30 international film awards. Thanks to all festivals on FilmFreeway who made this possible      Nena & Dave Stewart: "Be my Rebel" ...

CEE Animation Workshop Opens a CALL for Filmmakers from Low Production Capacity Countries

  WHO CAN PARTICIPATE:   -    Producers and their creative team members (film director or scriptwriter) with an animated project of any form and lengt...

Registration open for Cartoons on the Bay 2019 – International Cross-media Animation and Children’s Television Festival

Registrations are open! Registrations to Cartoons on the Bay are open! The 23rd Edition of Cartoons on the Bay – International Cross-media Animation and Children’s Television Festival will be held in Turin from April 11th to 13th, 2019. Visit our website www.cartoonsbay.rai.it under the section SUBMISSION and fill-out the online entry form to submit your work to the Festival. ...

Anima is calling for your films!

!!! Deadline: 1st October 2018 !!! No entry fee requested!       For its next edition (1-10 March 2019), Anima, the Brussels Animation Film Festival, is looking for stunning and unexpected animated films! Besides its national and international competitions,  the Festival is qualified by the Academy of Motion ...

Rai Ragazzi, the Rai kids’ division launches initiative for young animators

   July 12 the deadline to send the applications to "It’s time to dive"   Are you young Italian animation authors, or foreigners living in Italy, with an age between 18 and 26, and you want to make known your original and new project? This is an opportunity to try out your ideas and skills!   Rai Ragazzi, the kids’ division of the Italian national broadcaster, launches the "L’ora di tuffarsi" (It’s time to dive) initiative aime...

Annecy 2018 – the summary

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Michel Ocelot, Mark Osborne and many more to attend Annecy

    They’re coming to Annecy!     Once again, the Festival is welcoming big names to Annecy: directors, producers and actors are all coming to have their voices heard.​     Personalities This year’s Festival include the following, in "order of appearance": Michel Ocelot, for the screening event of Dilili in Paris with the young actress XXX who performed the voice of Dilili (Monday, 8:30 pm, Bonlieu Grande salle – invitation o...

Simple Animation, the first cloud-based virtual studio focused animation and VFX studios will be revealed at Annecy.

SIMPLE ANIMATION WILL BE UNVEILED AT MIFA 2018 ANNECY     MIFA 2018 is coming up this year as one of the biggest edition ever and SummuS Render will unveil the first release of Simple Animation, the first cloud-based virtual studio focused animation and VFX studios. Along these four days,  all who visit our booth 2.011 (New Technologies Area), will be able to attend live demo sessions where we will showcase the full potential of our cloud-...

FMX 2018 Animation – The Art of Animation and From Indie to IP

The contents of the The Art of Animation track are now fixed . Lisa Allen and Scott Carroll (both Blue Sky) will talk about creating dynamic character relationships for the movie Ferdinand. Directors Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer and Bin-Han To (all alumni of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg) will give an insight into the making of the Oscar-nominated Roald Dahl adaptation Revolting Rhymes. Visual Development Artist Manu Arenas and Visual Effects Supervisor Kyle Odermatt (both Walt Disney Anim...

Visegrad Animation Forum Gives Space to Projects of Animated Feature Films in Development

First Time in the Central and Eastern European Region – Visegrad Animation Forum Gives Space to Projects of Animated Feature Films in Development   The sixth year of the international Visegrad Animation Forum for film professionals will take place on 1st – 3rd May. As a tradition, it will be centred on a pitching competition of animated projects now in development in two categories – short films and series / TV specials. This year's novelty is a pitching competition ...

DreamWorks Lineup @ Annecy

  DreamWorks Animation unveiled its programming lineup for this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival. A sneak-peek Attendees to the 42nd Annecy Film Festival will be given a sneak-peek into the making of the studio’s 2019 release, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, the highly-anticipated culmination of the Academy Award® nominated trilogy, directed by Dean DeBlois and produced by Brad Lewis and Bonnie Arnold. The presentation will take place on Thu...

The new animation productions from Rai Ragazzi revealed

    The best-loved characters on black and white TV, side by side with the advancement of virtual reality. Brand new characters alongside the protagonists of stories in already successful books or other formats, to satisfy the youngest viewers’ constant appetite for new productions. The output of Rai Ragazzi, presented today at Cartoons on the Bay, occupies a boundless territory of innovative productions and new developments for enormously popular brands, with the occasional ...

The Quirino Awards Celebrate Ibero-American Animation in Tenerife

    - The first edition of the event gathers together in Tenerif...

PSIAFF 2018 Palm Springs Intl. Animation Festival & Expo Calling for Entries

  Palm Springs Intl. Animation Festival & Expo Submit Your Film ( www.psiaf.org ) PSIAF 2018 Palm Springs Intl. Animation Festival & Expo is a global competition in animation and exhibition of the worlds most talented artists in the world. Each year there are awards going to 37 categories including Best Animated Feature and Best Animated Short in over 20 different styles of animation from 2D, 3D, Hand Drawin, Painted, Watercolor, Sand, Paper, Experimental, ...

3rd Detroit International Festival of Animation is live

APRIL 6TH AND 7TH       Detroit International Festival of Animation 3 On April 6th and 7th 2018 at Detroit's Tangent Gallery/Hastings Ballroom, the 3rd annual Detroit ...

Restored 4K Yellow Submarine to be released across North America this July in celebration of its 50th anniversary

            THE BEATLES’ YELLOW SUBMARINE IN THEATERS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA THIS JULY TO CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY   ...

Christina Miller, president of Turner’s Cartoon Network...will keynote in Annecy

       Keynotes, Work in Progress and Studio Focus… discover the big names in the animation industry at the 2018 Annecy Festival. An overview of the programme…     Keynotes Hear from animation VIPs who have made names for themselves through their careers, hits and visions. This year, the Festival will...

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