SCAD Savannah Film Festival Announces 2021 Winners
The list of winners is as follows: Global Shorts Forum The Savannah College of Art and Design has announced the award winners for the 24th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival. The festival screened more than 150 films, including 45 narrative films, 15…
Amazon Studios Signs First-Look Deals With ‘Fairfax’ Creators
Amazon Studios, the conglomerate’s tv and film production arm, has been slower than many rivals to strike deals with animation figures. Details of the deal: But that may be changing: the studio has signed first-look pacts with the creators of new…
‘My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission’: A Diverse ‘Feast for the Senses’
He continues, “It’s nice to see that relationship grow with Rody in this movie. Deku has always been a very compassionate person, a very empathetic person. He leads with kindness and to see him and Rody, someone on the fringes of society who…
Facebook Rebrands As Meta, Creates New Opportunities For Animation With Metaverse
Why is Meta pivoting now? On the one hand, tech is developing to the point where the metaverse is becoming viable. The pandemic has also boosted the case for virtual social platforms. When will the metaverse be here? It already is: Horizon is available…
First Of 14 ‘South Park’ Made-For-Streaming Specials Will Drop On November 25
“With Viacom, we realized we could make [the projects] as long or as short as we needed,” franchise co-creator Trey Parker told The Hollywood Reporter. “And they then went and called them movies. They are the ones who said we are giving…
Paul Rand Retrospective Film by Imaginary Forces for The One Club
Posted on Friday, October 29, 2021 · Leave a Comment Production: Imaginary ForcesDirector: Mark GardenerProducer: Cara McKenneyDesigner/animator: Jeremy Cox, Joey Salim, Liz CentolellaAnimator: Andrew Chung, Sean Eno and Chase…
Izabela Plucińska: Changing Fate with Your Own Hands
Plucińska spoke with the author about her latest, and most challenging, production. Lawrence Thomas Martinelli: Since your first shorts as a student in Lodz to your more recent works there has been a constant growth in poetics, style and…
‘Rosie’s Rules’ Coming to PBS KIDS
“Preschool is that amazing stage when children start noticing the mechanisms of how a community operates, and naturally, they have a lot of questions,” explained PBS Children’s Media and Education senior vice president and general…
“Rest in Peace” GOBELINS 2021 Graduation Short Film
Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 · Leave a Comment Category: Animation, Character Animation, Featured, Short Films, Student Work · Tags: Anne d’Anterroches, Aparna Hegde, Arthur Dairaine, Deborah Balboa, Gobelins, Kai-Hsun…
‘Lightyear’: Fan Service For Pixar Buffs Or A True Sci-Fi Film?
Lightyear is currently scheduled for release on June 17, 2022. The film is directed by veteran Pixar animator Angus MacLane, who also co-directed Finding Dory. He sent out this message upon the release of today’s teaser: — Angus MacLane…
How Mollie Ong Animated Her First Toon Boom Harmony Short in 6 Weeks
Yeah, and it was hard to find what parts of the process to include in the story because I only had ten seconds. The first scene was boiling the spices, and then we go into kneading the dough and steaming — and then eating, of course. It was…
Arkadiy Demchenko Releases Full Trailer for CG Short Film “Relicts”
Watch the breakdown reel: “For an atmospheric movie like this, it’s very important to explore and develop a mood, characters and surroundings they dwell in, as well as tiny little details that reveal the background and lore of this…
Mamoru Hosada’s ‘Belle’ Coming to North American Theaters
GKIDS is bringing acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda’s Belle to North America theaters on January 14, 2022 and has released two new teaser trailers and images from Studio Chizu’s critically acclaimed animated feature to further wet…
‘Flee’ Selected As Denmark’s Submission To The Oscars
The film could theoretically also compete in the documentary feature and animated feature categories. It has done very well on the festival circuit, winning awards like the Cristal for a feature at Annecy and the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize:…
Registration Open for the “Show Me Your Project” at the ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum
More info: bit.ly/ANIMARKT2021workshops The pitch deck workshop will develop your skills on how to present your project in front of a potential producer and how the cooperation between producer and creator can be built from scratch. During the…
“Iota” Spec Product Film by Piotr Rudkowski and Michael Zawol
Director/animator: Piotr Rudkowski, Michael Zawół Director/designer Piotr Rudkowski in Warsaw, Poland:”‘Iota’ is a personal project with the creative exploration of different worlds from nature and technology, set…
Sequin Releases Sequin.App Unreal Engine Metaverse Solution
“I’m excited to help Sequin connect with SaaS industry leaders and build momentum in this exciting market segment,” commented Breckenridge. “Empowering AR professionals to collaborate efficiently and cost effectively will be a key…
Maluma Joins Disney’s ‘Encanto’ Voice Cast
Source: Walt Disney Animation Studios Juan Luis Londoño Arias, known to his fans as Maluma, was born and raised in Medellín, Colombia; the singing/songwriting/acting artist has crossed over into the American, Asian, Latin American,…
L.A. Animation Studio Owner Who Swindled Artists Is Indicted By Feds Over Fraud Charges
These misrepresentations are alleged to have begun as early as April 2010 and continued until May 2019. The indictment claims that “Anderson created fraudulent income statements and profit and loss statements and misrepresented the companies’…
WWF “Eurythenes Plasticus” by Hans-Christoph Schultheiss and Sehsucht
Watch the making-of video: Case Film: BBDO CraftWorkAudio Production: Studio Funk, Düsseldorf “Together with BBDO Germany, we helped to create a global campaign for the WWF to support their efforts to combat plastic pollution of…
Juni Learning Brand Film by Guto Terni and ROOF Studio
According to Terni, pacing was everything as ROOF needed to ensure the viewer had enough time to absorb every word and image while keeping the energy up. Within that challenge, the team also needed to be conscious of maintaining visual cohesion…