Animal Alliance of Canada “The Double-crested Cormorant” by Polyester Studio
“The number one priority is getting the government to halt the cull before even more birds fall victim to it.” Posted on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 · Leave a Comment Client: Animal Alliance of Canada Creative director Jeremy…
Feeling Young Again in New ‘The Boss Baby: Family Business’ Trailer
Lisa Kudrow and Jimmy Kimmel also reprise their roles as Ted and Tim’s parents. Director Tom McGrath is also back at the helm, with Jeff Hermann (Kung Fu Panda 3) producing. [embedded content] We all know you can’t turn back time… or…
Director Mylene Cagnoli Joins Eddy Animation Roster
Posted on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 · Leave a Comment From the release: It’s only natural that Mylène has started to make a name for herself as a director. She recently collaborated with five other female directors on an…
New Chitose 2021 Issues Final Call for Entries
The New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, the one and only “Airport Festival,” is still accepting submissions for animated short and feature films. The deadline for shorts is June 30, July 31 for features. Films can be…
Art Loops Series by Clim Studio for Artgrid
Posted on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 · Leave a Comment “Firstly paying attention to textures, color, and composition. Secondly, creating visual contrast by mixing organic elements with glossy and glassy spherical objects. Those were our…
Cartoon Forum Announces Onsite Edition, Lineup Of 84 Projects
Images at top, left to right: “Acorn Elves,” “Hrafn Academy,” “Sacha and the Christmas Creatures” With Annecy having wrapped up its hybrid edition, the next major animation business get-together in the calendar, tv…
GKIDS Picks Up North American Rights To ‘The Deer King’
GKIDS has a strong track record in anime features. It has released Production I.G’s Miss Hokusai and A Letter to Momo, the Studio Ghibli library, Children of the Sea, Lupin III: The First, Lu over the Wall, Mary and the Witch’s Flower, and…
“Tribute to The Memphis Group” Short Film by Euisoo Lim
Posted on Monday, June 21, 2021 · Leave a Comment Motion designer Euisoo Lim in Seoul, South Korea: “This video is a personal tribute to the Memphis Group founded by Ettore Sottsass and his colleagues in the 1970’s to showcase…
‘Beast,’ ‘People in Motion’ Lead Annecy 2021 Special Award Winners
JUNIOR JURY AWARD FOR A GRADUATION FILMMy Friend Who Shines in the NightGrégoire De Bernouis, Jawed Boudaoud, Simon Cadilhac, Hélène LedevinFranceGOBELINS, L’ÉCOLE DE L’IMAGE CANAL+ JUNIOR JURY AWARDA Stone in the…
‘Flee’ and ‘Peel’ Take Top Cristal Awards at Annecy 2021
The 2021 edition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and the Mifa has just ended. A “battle” of an edition, according to CEO Mickaël Marin, that brought together more than 8,000 badge holders, half on-site. Despite the…
‘Masha and the Bear’s French TV Expansion Continues
Animaccord has secured a series of new French television deals for its flagship series, Masha and the Bear; existing spinoffs Masha’s Spooky Stories, Masha’s Tales, and the musical series Masha’s Songs; and new preschool spinoff,…
Annecy Pitches: The Most Promising Animation Projects From Nigeria
The plot was engagingly narrated by director Wilson, with the aid of stills. The character designs consciously evoke those of Cartoon Saloon, including in its Taliban drama The Breadwinner. Animated family films about war and refugees are common in…
How Animation Studios Are Combating Climate Change
Image at top: “Tobie Lolness” In fairness, the question of flying was brought up, alongside many other subjects. The studio reps spoke about their systems for measuring emissions and creating policies accordingly. Here are six topics on which…
“Dunes” Short Film by Simon Holmedal
“Each element is represented by a single strand with three-dimensional qualities, constraint to a two-dimensional grid, making us essentially multidimensional but at the same time grounded in our own reality. “Throughout our lives, we…
ArtClass Signs Lacey Uhlemeyer for US Representation
Posted on Friday, June 18, 2021 · Leave a Comment “Everything I do is about bringing the lens of empathy into my work and creating impact-driven content that combines poetic narratives with beautiful imagery,” concludes…
“Synced” Short Film by Fabian Aerts
“The film is also a tribute to Björk’s music video All is Full of Love released in the late 90s and directed by the talented Chris Cunningham, in which two robots devoid of humanity naturally end up loving each other.” …
Disney Channel Greenlights ‘Kiff’ Buddy Comedy
“‘Kiff,’ a slang word for ‘cool’ in South Africa, was inspired by the people and places we experienced when we were growing up in Cape Town, with many of the characters reflecting the personalities of our own family and…
Thom Blackburn Joins Caravan as Executive Producer
As Creative Director for Charlotte-based Wondersmith since 2014, Blackburn was a key ingredient in the company’s successful collaborations with BooneOakley, CCOM Group, CMD, Sigma Group, Tombras Group, and Trone Brand Energy, among many others.…
NVIDIA Omniverse Design Challenge Now Live
Like the first Marbles design challenge, Marvelous Machines is set in NVIDIA Omniverse, the innovative platform for virtual collaboration, creation, and simulation, and is based on the popular Marbles RTX demo, which showcased how complex physics can be…
Cats, Droughts, And Shadowy Millionaires: 3 Promising Feature Pitches At Annecy
For the second year running, the pitching platform at MIFA, the market counterpart to Annecy Festival, has taken up residence online. Filmmakers have pre-recorded short presentations of works they’re developing, in the hope of finding partners of…
Netflix Reveals ‘Arcane League of Legends’ First Look Images and Clip
— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) June 11, 2021 Watch the first clip from #Arcane, the @LeagueofLegends animated series coming fall 2021 to Netflix. #GeekedWeek pic.twitter.com/m25ciGHr9M Watch co-creators Christian Linke and Alex Yee sit with…