Agenda and Speakers Set for ACM SIGGRAPH Diversity and Inclusion Summit
Join SIGGRAPH for their day-long July 28 workshop that will educate and inform about Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Leadership (I.D.E.A.L.S).
DNEG Promotes Aaron Gilman to Vancouver Studio Head of Animation
High-profile creative hires Emile Ghorayeb, Keith Roberts and Spencer Cook join Gilman to bolster studio’s global expansion plans.
The Academy Announces Newly Elected Board of Governors
SIGGRAPH 2019 Announces Exclusive ‘Making Of’ VFX Production Sessions
Oscar winners ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ and ‘First Man,’ ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ ‘Toy Story 4’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ among expansive slate of planned feature film, streaming, games and VR presentations.
‘Girl in the Hallway,’ ‘Mémorable’ and ‘Daughter’ Win Annecy Special Prizes
14 regional, sponsored and junior jury awards were handed out Friday evening for a number of exemplary animated shorts and feature films.
‘I Lost My Body,’ ‘Mémorable’ and ‘Daughter’ Win Cristal Awards at Annecy 2019
Films by Jérémy Clapin, Bruno Collet and Daria Kashcheeva take top honors among 20 works awarded prizes at 43rd festival edition.
Disney Premieres 3 New Experimental Animated Shorts at Annecy
Festival presentation spotlights Short Circuit program’s ‘Just A Thought,’ ’Exchange Student,’ and ‘Jing Hua’ along with special inside look at ‘Frozen 2,’ the highly anticipated upcoming ‘Frozen’ sequel.
WATCH: Sophie Koko Gates Talks ‘Slug Life’ and Ugly Filmmaking at FMX 2019
Filmmaker discusses design and production on her thoughtful and provocative 2D animated short, and how she hopes audiences will respond to her self-described “ugly” style.
DreamWorks Animation Announces 2 New Netflix Series at Annecy 2019
‘Fast & Furious: Spy Racers’ will launch in late 2019, while ‘Kipo & the Age of Wonderbeasts’ is coming in 2020.
New Images Revealed for Netflix’s ‘Klaus’ and ‘The Willoughbys’ Animated Features
Detailed work in progress presentations of highly anticipated Sergio Pablos and Kris Pearn film projects wow Annecy 2019 festival crowds.
WATCH: Brand New Looney Tunes Short, ‘Dynamite Dance,’ Premieres at Annecy
Warner Bros. Animation producing 1,000 minutes of cartoon animation featuring iconic favorites like Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig for a new season of broadcast, digital and mobile play.
Sony Pictures Animation Reveals Bold, Expanded Production Slate at Annecy 2019
Two Genndy Tartakovsky films, including ‘Fixed,’ the studio’s first R-Rated film, plus a new ‘Boondocks’ TV series and anthology based on Anthony Bourdain graphic novel, among new projects just announced.
Matt Braly’s ‘Hoppy’ Childhood Memories Inspired New Disney Channel Series, ‘Amphibia’
Annie Award-winning ‘Gravity Falls’ director’s new ‘frog-out-of-water’ show, premiering June 17, is based on vacations he took as a kid to visit family in Bangkok, Thailand.
Sir Terry Pratchett’s ‘Amazing Maurice’ Being Turned into Animated Feature
New Ulysses Filmproduktion and Cantilever Media project, based on 28th ‘Discworld’ novel, ‘The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents,’ is first animated film adaptation of a Pratchett book.
Disney Releases New ‘Frozen 2’ Trailer
Elsa encounters a mythical Nokk water spirit in Disney’s upcoming sequel to the most successful animated feature in history, arriving in theatres November 22.
SIGGRAPH 2019 Announces Computer Animation Festival Winners
Pixar’s ‘Purl’ wins best in show; Supinfocom’s ‘The Stained Club’ wins jury award and Supinfocom’s ‘Stuffed’ takes best student film award.
Nickelodeon Launches Intergalactic Shorts Program
New studio leadership is looking for next generation of animation talent in worldwide comedic storyteller search.
USC Annenberg Releases Groundbreaking Animation Industry Gender Study
‘Inclusion Initiative’ study results, presented at 3rd Annual Women in Animation World Summit in Annecy, reveal some positive industry gains, but mostly areas of startling gender inequality and bias.
Pivotal Films: Annecy 2019 Short Film Competition Highlights
Shorts remain the heart and soul of the festival, and these films should contend for awards, applause and free drinks.
‘Acid Rain’ and ‘Ruben Brandt, Collector’ Take Top Animafest Zagreb Honors
6-day festival concludes with numerous awards for shorts, features, kids’ programming and Croation films.
Juan Antin’s Acclaimed Animated Feature ‘Pachamama’ Debuts on Netflix
The director talks about Pre-Columbian art, character design and the 14 years it took to produce his beautiful and thoughtful homage to indigenous Andean cultures steeped in harmony with the Earth.
GALLERY: ‘Archer: 1999’ Storyboards
Art director Chad Hurd and associate art director Justin Wagner share 26 storyboards from Season 10 of Adam Reed and FXX’s hit animated comedy series.
Workplace Dysfunction in Zero Gravity: ‘Archer: 1999’ Has Arrived
Chad Hurd and Justin Wagner share artwork and creative insights on our favorite FXX animated misfit ensemble that has taken its incessant backbiting to the Cosmos in a new season of robots, aliens, space battles, excessive drinking and boner references.
See My Field: Must-See Animated Features at Annecy 2019
From ‘I Lost My Body’ to ‘The Swallows of Kabul,’ cultural, narrative and aesthetic diversity reign in this year’s expanded feature film competition.
Women in Animation Launches WIA Global Fund
Founding donors contribute more than $500,000 to support organization’s programs and international outreach initiatives.