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ANIMARKT 2022 OPENS SUBMISSIONS FOR WORKSHOPS AND PITCHING
___ This year, for the first time, applications for ANIMARKT Pitching have two formats. One of them is dedicated to short film projects in development (at least the first draft of the script and lasting less than 26 minutes). The second one is for…
Platige Marks 25 Years with US Expansion
As the Platige names gets out there, and its work becomes more familiar with US-based agencies and producers, Liddiard feels the industry will embrace them as an attractive alternative – smaller and more attuned to working collaboratively, whether…
“The Long Game” Short Film by Abraham E.
UK Motion designer Abraham E.: “With a greater focus on visual storytelling, I revisited one of my favorite videos on the realities of the creative journey, narrated by creative director Matthew Encina and produced by online education platform The…
‘Angry Birds: Summer Madness’ Season 2 Now Streaming on Netflix
[embedded content] After the first season of Angry Birds Summer Madness ended, people pondered, is this really a thing? Is it over? Will it return? And will they still be angry? Well, to all those anxious, yearning fans, the wait is over! Actually, it…
A History Of Queer Representation In American Animation (Video Essay)
“We have a long way to go, but we’re miles from where we’ve been,” the video finishes optimistically. Posted on the Tongal Youtube channel, The History of Queer Animation is an expansive, if not exhaustive, look at queer…
69 People Invited To Join Academy’s Animation And VFX Branches
But one group that’s conspicuously absent from the invitees to this year’s animation branch: Asian filmmakers and animation artists. Below is the complete list of invitees to the Short Films & Feature Animation and Visual Effects…
Apple TV+ Shares ‘Duck & Goose’ Trailer
Debbie Diamond Sarto is assistant news editor at Animation World Network. Apple TV+ has released a trailer for its upcoming 2D animated preschool series Duck & Goose, inspired by Tad Hills’ New York Times bestselling “Duck &…
Effe “Floating Girl” Music Video by Mozuya
Director/animator: Mozuya Posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 Label: Bunkai-KeiArtist: effeVocals: peЯoco Mozuya, the Japanese illustrator/animator who brought us this wholly unique video for Chroma, continues their singular interpretations of…
Ken Knowlton, A Founding Father Of Computer Art And Animation, Dies at 91
Knowlton was an engineer, computer scientist, and artist who’s groundbreaking work helped define the nascent art of computer animation and graphic design. Spending over two decades of his career in the Computing Techniques Research Department at…
GKIDS Drops Trailer for Masaaki Yuasa’s ‘Inu-Oh’
Featuring character creation by Taiyo Matsumoto (Tekkonkinkreet) and awe-inspiring vocals by Avu-chan (Queen Bee) and Mirai Moriyama, Inu-Oh is a glam-rock ode to the power of music and a forceful statement on artistic freedom from one of…
Film Premiere: ‘Annecy: First Time Perspective’ (Exclusive)
This year, however, I finally got to experience Annecy in person. Unfortunately, by the time I reached a point in my career where that trip looked possible, Covid tossed those dreams in the trash. So, for the past two years I did the next best thing and…
The Golden Age of Animated Cinema is Over
I don’t agree with /Film’s take on Pixar’s future, especially since it focuses on the box office, and argues that Disney shouldn’t shy away from a studio who’s delivered hits in the past. I think the larger discussion…
Circle “Circleverse” Brand Films by The Mill Design
Asked to demystify Circle’s crypto-based investment products, The Mill Design team creates a series of minimal but tactile films “pairing fluid and kinetic motion with the brand’s ‘Sundae’ color palette”. [embedded…
Cartoon Brew Podcast: ‘Sea Beast’ Director Chris Williams On Worldbuilding And The Pain Of Animating Rope
Listen to the full discussion here: The film draws heavily from adventure serials, a genre of storytelling that “has sort of fallen away a little bit,” according to director Chris Williams (director, Bolt, Big Hero 6; co-director, Moana).…
Sony’s Crunchyroll Acquires New Anime Series ‘Trigun Stampede’
There are a lot of things that we do not yet know about the series – for example, is it a reboot or a sequel – but here is what is currently known: Classic anime series Trigun will be back in 2023 in the form of a new show at Crunchyroll…
ManvsMachine Supercharges the New MacBook Air for Apple
From Apple: “Supercharged by the new M2 chip MacBook Air features a new, strikingly thin design in four beautiful finishes, larger 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display, 1080p HD camera, MagSafe charging, and more.” In sharp contrast to the…
GKIDS Releasing Final ‘Evangelion’ Film in North America
Here’s GKIDS’ official synopsis for the latest film: Max Weinstein is a writer and editor based in Los Angeles. He is the Editor-at-Large of ‘Dread Central’ and former Editorial Director of ‘MovieMaker.’ His work has…
Lupus Films Adapting ‘Storm Whale’ as a 3-Part Animated Special
“It’s a real pleasure to bring The Storm Whale Trilogy to life on screen,” added Lupus Films producer and joint managing director Ruth Fielding. “The books look so beautiful and perfectly suit Lupus’s trademark hand-drawn…
Boat Rocker to Develop ‘Bad Kitty’ Animated Series
Max Weinstein is a writer and editor based in Los Angeles. He is the Editor-at-Large of ‘Dread Central’ and former Editorial Director of ‘MovieMaker.’ His work has been featured in ‘Cineaste,’ ‘Fangoria,’…
Laundry Studios “Turn Up The Sunshine” with Illumination Entertainment
“Timeline was the challenge for sure. This is where working with the Illumination team really came into play. Instead of fighting a short schedule to very likely not reach the level of character animation of the film, we worked with their animation…
Podcast EP 166: Grahaeme Cowie and the Cost to Produce His Award-Winning Short Film
Debbie Diamond Sarto is assistant news editor at Animation World Network. Ibele, himself a stop-motion animator (see AWN’s Fresh Takes piece on his whimsical short, The Silly Duck Wizard, deftly digs into all manner of topics, encouraging…
