HAFF Winners Announced
Winners for the Grand Prix prize at the Holland Animation Film Festival (HAFF) have been announced.
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Category: Awards
'Chipmunks', 'Puss in Boots' Win Kids’ Choice Film Awards
Animated films “Puss in Boots” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked” were honored at Nickelodeon’s 25th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards live telecast on Saturday, March 31.
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On the Road to FICCI Frames and DSK Supinfocom
Max Howard, sitting in an aircraft at 30,000 feet, reflects on a two-week trip to India, his fourth visit in just the last eighteen months. The two weeks included being a guest speaker and jury member at a pre-eminent Bollywood film event in Mumbai, FICCI Frames.
'Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest' Wins IFFF Award
“Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest,” animated by 11-year-old filmmaker and award-winning critic Perry Chen, received the award for Best Animation (age 8-13) at the 17th edition of the International Family Film Fest (IFFF).
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Women in Animation Seeking Scholarship Applicants
The Phyllis Craig Scholarship Award Committee of Women in Animation International is still taking applications for the 2012 Scholarship Award.
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ANIS Announces Borge Ring Award
The Danish Animation Society (ANIS), host of the Danish Animation Awards every year in conjunction with Odense International Film Festival (OFF), announced that its main award will be called “The Borge Ring Award.”
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GDC 2012: Plenty Developed Among a Record Number of Attendees
Gus Mastrapa reveals his highlights of the 2012 Game Developers Conference.
Gameforge to Sponser AppArtAward
Gameforge, one of the world's leading online game providers, will be sponsoring the AppArtAward in the Game Art category of the ZKM | Centre for Art and Media Technology.
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Telegael Co-Productions in Running at Pulcinella
Telegael co-productions are set to be well represented at the Cartoons on the Bay Pulcinella Awards following the nomination of "Groove High" and the official selection of "Wild Grinders," "The Woodlies" and "My Phone Genie" in the TV Series for Kids and Live Action TV Series categories.
Review: Anima Brussels Animation Film Festival
For me the New Year really starts when I go to ANIMA Brussels each year in the beautiful, historic Flagey. For ten days it becomes the center of the animation world.
Stuttgart Animated Fashion Last Call for Entries
The extended deadline for the submission to the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film Animated Fashion Award is Friday, March 23, 2012.
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SHAKTIMAAN WINS 2012 FICCI BAF AWARD FOR "BEST ANIMATED TV EPISODE"
Congratulations to all my friends at Reliance Animation for winning the 2012 FICCI BAF Award for "Best Animated TV Episode"!
Nexus Brings Home BAA Win for Coca-Cola 'Seige'
Nexus Productions, along with directors Fx Goby and Mathieu Landour, were delighted to be awarded Best Commercial: 3D at last week’s British Animation Awards for Coca-Cola "Siege."
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'BLA BLA' Wins SXSW Interactive Award
Vincent Morisset’s interactive work "BLA BLA," produced at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), took the SXSW Interactive Award for Art.
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Annecy Festival Announces 2012 Selections & Highlights
The Annecy Festival announced the official selections for the 2012 edition of the festival, comprised of 49 short films, 55 graduation films, and 60 TV and commissioned films, including 21 TV series, two TV specials and 37 commissioned films. 40 short films were also selected outside of competition.
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BAA 2012 Winners Announced
Aardman Animations, Harry Potter, the Quay Brothers, Gorillaz and The Gruffalo’s Child are among the winners at the ninth British Animation Awards (BAAs) held Thursday at the BFI Southbank.
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2011 Ursa Major Awards Voting Now Open
The annual Ursa Major Awards, for the best anthropomorphic (“funny animal”) literature and art of the year, is now open for voting for works produced during the calendar year 2011.
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'Bunraku' Title Sequence Wins at SXSW
Gui Marcondes took home the award for Excellence in Title Design at SXSW Film Design Awards for his “Bunraku” title sequence.
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Cartoon Movie Honors 'Wrinkles', 'Zarafa'
The 14th Edition of Cartoon Movie ended on Friday with special honors given to Spanish production company Perro Verde as European Producer of the Year for “Wrinkles.” French directors Remi Bezancon and Jean-Christophe Lie won the European Director Honor for their 2D-animated movie, “Zarafa.”
2012 CG Student Awards Call for Entries
The Tasman Theory Pty Limited is now accepting submissions for the 2012 CG Student Awards.
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NFB’s ‘Romance’ Wins Genie Award
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) added to its roster of more than 90 Genie Awards on Thursday, with the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television naming “Romance” as the top Canadian animated short film for 2011.
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AniMazSpot 2012 Announces Second Quarter Winners
Michael Cawood and Michaela Copikova have been named as the second quarter winners for AniMazSpot 2012.
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Oscar Tour 2012 LA Day 4: DreamWorks Animation
Each year on the Oscar Showcase Tour, our day at DreamWorks is always great. The studio goes out of its way to provide a full day of demonstrations, a great lunch with executives and a packed screening of the nominated shorts. Of all the stops on the tour, DreamWorks always shares the most detailed and intimate look at films in progress, which for an assembly of animation directors and producers, is always a welcome treat. This year was no different.
Oscar Tour 2012 LA Day 3: Disney Feature Animation
Fresh from our morning at the ARL, we were greeted in the lobby of Disney’s whimsical animation building by Stephanie Morse, Talent Development Coordinator. She ushered the nominees into the screening theater for a quick introduction. Then, leaving the lunchtime crowd to watch the nominated shorts, our band set out on a fast-paced tour of the neighboring Disney lot.
Oscar Tour 2012 LA Day 3: Disney's ARL - Animation Research Library
Thursday morning found our traveling band of Oscar short animation nominees and AWN staff trekking eastward for a morning at the Animation Resource Library (ARL). The definitive, company-owned archive for all Disney production materials, ARL is something of an in-house secret, playing host to over 60 million pieces of original production artwork.
