Anim18, a celebration of British Animation, will be presented at the 4th Animation Day in Cannes networking event on May 16th.  Sally Griffith is the Director of Cinema at Chapter (Cardiff) and BFI Film Hub Wales.  She is also leading on Anim18: A Celebration of British Animation which is taking place across the UK between April – November 2018 supported by the British Film Institute, Arts Council England and British Council.  Anim18 (#Anim18, @Anim18UK) aims to celebra...

  The second Animation Day in Cannes took place on May 18th at the Salon La Renaissance, the Palais des Festivals and the UAE pavilion at the Marche du film, putting for a second year animation on the map of Cannes screenings and events and generating audiences from the animation industry and beyond, along with animation cinephiles and festival professionals.    The two panel discussions, one on Virtual Reality and the impact that it has in the animation world of filmmaking a...

Animation Takes on Cannes Film Festival Today, filmgoers, writers, directors and producers alike gathered at the Horyou Village on the Croisette, to attend the Film Festival's Animation Day. There was a panel to discuss the ups and downs of the animation film industry, the passion it takes to create such work and tips all about the writing, up to the promotion.  Afterwards, a short question/comment section was held in which the panelists did their best to guide other filmmakers in t...

  Sketch by Nesta Morgan www.art4film.com/ By Martin I. Petrov, Montreal Intl Animation FF Coordinator  The first Animation Day at the Cannes Film Festival, that took place today at the Horyou Village, located at the grounds of Le Grand Hotel Cannes created a fertile ground for animation producers, filmmakers and animation lovers to share news around their work, while attending a panel discussion and a screening of Best Of films from MIAFF 2015. Among the films screened were T...