TyFlow “Fish Schools” R&D Compilation by Krzysztof Hrycak
Director/animator: Krzysztof Hrycak Posted on Monday, March 28, 2022 · Leave a Comment Director/animator Krzysztof Hrycak in Kraków, Poland: “[These are the] R&D results of a PhysX-based crowd system with full dynamics…
During The Biggest Oscar Trainwreck In History, ‘Encanto’ And ‘The Windshield Wiper’ Won Oscars (Commentary)
— Alex Hernandez (@alhernandezart) March 28, 2022 Even as animation was repeatedly denigrated throughout the evening, Mielgo’s classy acceptance speech serves as a reminder for the animation community to not give up, even in the face of mass…
Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Špela Čadež
Where to start: Nighthawk (2016). This black comedy follows a boozy badger on a blurry drive through darkened streets. A cross between Charles Bukowski, Bullitt, and a surreal nature documentary, at its core, Nighthawk is a raw and emotional portrait of…
DreamWorks Drops ‘The Bad Guys’ Featurettes
[embedded content] [embedded content] Debbie Diamond Sarto is assistant news editor at Animation World Network. DreamWorks Animation has dropped a new set of featurettes for its upcoming 3DCG animated comedy, The Bad Guys, set to hit theaters April 22,…
90s Nick Jr. Mascot ‘Face’ Returns in New Preschool Show
90s Nick Jr. mascot “Face” is coming back for a new generation of preschoolers with Face’s Music Party, a new musical variety show that combines animation and live-action. The interactive series (13 episodes) features a reimagined Face…
Air Max Day CG Billboard by Kota Iguchi and CEKAI
Production: CEKAIDirector/Motion Design: Kota IguchiProducer: Taro MikamiArt Director: Rei IshiiVFX Director: Kim SangyomLead CG Designer: Masahiro OkinoCG Designer” Atsuya YagiEffect Artist: Kim SingyomCG Modeler: Takahiro Shinoda, Miki Masamoto,…
Sébastien Bergeron Named The Fuse Group CEO
The Fuse Group, parent organization of leading visual effects studios FuseFX, FOLKS, and Rising Sun Pictures, has named Sébastien Bergeron its next CEO, effective May 1, 2022. Bergeron will succeed David Altenau, co-founder of FuseFX, who will…
2022 Motion Motion Festival Trailer by Melina Poire
Music: 20syl “Kodama” “The brief was straightforward: “You can do whatever you want, we have complete trust in you! Well, I was pretty hyped, but then I had NO IDEA what I would do. “When they contacted me to create the…
Ingenuity Studios Delivers More Than Anxiety with ‘Dollface’ VFX
A minute and a half comedic parody of Disney animated fairy tales was done as cel-style animation. “The biggest challenge working in a cel-animated style is that, like building a house, it gets harder and costlier to change things once construction…
This Instagram Account Makes A Strong Case For Why Unionization Is Needed In Stop Motion
Over the past few months, the Instagram account Stop Motion Industry Stories has attempted to shed light on salaries and labor conditions by inviting stop-mo workers to anonymously share information about the issues that affect them. The stories being…
Minima Blockchain “Manifesto” by Ordinary Folk
Music/sound design: Ambrose YuVoice Over: John Light Client: Minima Production: Ordinary FolkCreative Director: Jorge R. Canedo E.Producer: Stefan GreenScript: Julie RybarczykArt Director: Grace PedersenAnimation Director: Greg StewartDesigner:…
Untold Studios Signs Artist/Director Annie Nguyen
Her creative versatility means she’s able to bring depth and variety to every project, providing the best possible creative solution for collaborators. Posted on Thursday, March 24, 2022 · Leave a Comment Prior to joining Untold…
Toonz Teams with Tunche on ‘Kayara’ CG Animated Feature
CMG has already pre-sold Kayara to 15 international distributors including Le Pacte (France); WW Entertainment (Benelux); Praesens (Switzerland); Front Row (Middle East); Rialto Distribution (Australia/New Zealand); and CDC (Latin America). The CG…
Explore Our Coverage Of The Oscar-Nominated Animated Features And Shorts
Read the interview with film editor Janus Billeskov Jansen. Below, we’ve rounded up our profiles of all ten Oscar-nominated films, as covered by site contributors Alex Dudok de Wit, Jen Hurler, Carlos Aguilar, Cole Delaney, and Chris Robinson. This…
How To Dominate The Animation Industry In 2022
Vancouver Film School (VFS) is ranked the #1 Canadian and #1 International animation program, according to Animation Career Review. In fact, VFS has topped ACR’s Canadian list for the past five years and their international list for the past three.…
Faith In Nature “What Would Nature Say?” by Odd Bleat and NOMINT
Animation/design: Odd BleatCD/director: Manos Gerogiannis, Yannis Zoumakis Posted on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 · Leave a Comment “The proudly independent family company collaborated with Simeon Rose and Anne Hopkins of Dream Quickly to…
Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards Finalists Announced
Submissions were received from 12 countries including Brazil; Chile; Mexico; Spain; Argentina; Peru; Colombia; Uruguay; Ecuador; Portugal; and for the first time the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. Bob Spit – We Do Not Like People –…
“Keys” Short Film by 99C Works
Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 · Leave a Comment 99C Works CD KyeongHong Kim: “The tap-tap sound (doggak-doggak in Korean) of a capacitive keyboard sounds like the footsteps of busy people going somewhere. Based on this idea, we…
Animation Guild Draws Hundreds Of Attendees At Spirited Rally For A New Contract
— T L S (@tomsmithcartoon) March 21, 2022 The Animation Guild Rally today was inspiring ✊thank you to our incredible organizers and committee members for all that you’re doing! It’s time for #NewDeal4Animation 😤👏…
An Open Letter from the Russian Animated Film Association
Open letter from the Board of the Russian Animated Film Association to the global cultural community: Throughout history, Russian artists, musicians, writers, directors, and animators have created works that support and affirm humanistic values. Such…
Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Chintis Lundgren
In this series, we profile the most interesting independent animation filmmakers working today — the artists who, through short films and other projects, change our ideas of what the medium can do. Currently working on: Manivald and the Absinthe…