AWN Blogs
SERGE BROMBERG SENTENCED IN 2020 FIRE CASE
On Tuesday 24 January 2023 Serge Bromberg, former Artistic Director of Annecy International Animation Festival and founder of Lobster Films was sentenced to a 5-year suspended prison sentence with 1 year of house arrest under electronic surveillance for his negligence in a nitrate film fire that resulted in the death of 2 people in August 2020.
Re-VIEW: ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ – A Miraculous Vision
In his triumphant return to the exotic world of Pandora, director James Cameron once again employs the most vibrant and stunning visual artistry to share with audiences his central theme of diversity.
Nancy Denney-Phelps Presented the Giannalberto Bendazzi Award at Paris International Animation Film Festival
Nancy Denney-Phelps has been awarded the Giannalberto Bendazzi at the Paris International Animation Film Festival
Call for entries - International Animation Film Festival (IAFF) Golden Kuker Sofia, Bulgaria
CALL for ENTRIES International Animation Film Festival (IAFF) Golden Kuker submission deadline is16th of APRIL
I Wanted to Walk Out of Kantor’s ‘Letter to a Pig’: But This is Not What You Think
Animation First 2023 - Fri, Jan 27 through Sun, Jan 29
FIAF is delighted to present the sixth edition of Animation First, the only U.S. festival dedicated to showcasing the legacy and innovation of French animation!
‘¡AI, Caramba!’
A Look at ‘My Year of Dicks’
Created and written by Pamela Ribon, and directed by Sara Gunnarsdóttir, the Annecy Cristal winner and Oscar-shortlisted animated short, a refreshing tale of a 15-year-old girl’s discovery of sexuality and her fearless rite of passage, is now a Staff Pick on Vimeo.
Animated Characters: Sequence 2 – My New York Times Part 2
Animator, director, character designer, teacher, and writer Nancy Beiman concludes her 2-part story – complete with dead body - on her introduction to 'commercial' animation, when she snagged her first job, at Jack Zander’s Animation Parlour in NYC, while still managing to graduate Cal Arts, in the third of an ongoing series of articles - and eventual blog - she’s penning for AWN.
FMX 2023 Shares ‘The Beauty’ Conference Trailer
Returning in April as ‘climate-friendly’ certified, the event will feature discussions on sustainability in film and media production; programming announcements include a look at animated shorts ‘A Flammable Planet’ and ‘Can’t Negotiate the Melting Point of Ice,’ and advancements of AI Rotoscoping.
Madi Piller’s ‘My Elliot:’ 24 Hours in the Life of Elliot Yarmon
Alice Walker once wrote, ‘Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.’ How do you pack a 24-hour narrative into a 3-minute film? By animating time. In conversation with the filmmaker.
Holiday Gifts for Your Animator
Snow in the north, sunny and hot in the south? It must be time for gift giving! Here’s my 2022 indie animator gift-giving guide – this year, it’s about books!
2022 VIEW Award Winners Announced
Top honors went go ‘BusLine35A,’ directed by Elena Felici, winner of the Grand Prize, with special jury awards going to ‘Canary’ and ‘Code Rose;’ save the date for VIEW Conference 2023, October 15-20 – see you in Turino!
A Quick Overview of Uri Lotan’s ‘Black Slide’ Short
In this Oscar- qualified film, courage against terrifying odds at the water park can mean much more than becoming a hero to your friends.
Project Submissions Open: Animation Production Days 2023
A joint venture of the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film and FMX, ADP runs April 25-28; deadline for submission of projects in film, TV series, mobile content, games, cross- and transmedia is February 9.
Re-VIEW: ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ - A Fable for the Modern Age
The Oscar-winning director’s timely masterpiece about a father and son finally united in the simple knowledge, and unconditional acceptance, that each of them is who he is, reminds us that acceptance of diversity is vitally important, perhaps more now than ever before.
15th AnimaSyros and Agora 20 – 25 September 2022 Hermoupolis, Syros, Cyclades, Greece
Syros is a magical island any time of the year, and for six days every September AnimaSyros and the Agora transform it into a wonderland of animation.
Now Available: VIEW Conference 2022 On-Demand Edition
All-access tickets provide 3-months streaming of all keynotes, panels, talks, workshops, and masterclasses from the October 2022 event; Also announced - VIEW Conference returns to Torino, Italy October 15-20, 2023