Announcing: Animation Competition by Anima Syros and Blue Star Ferries
Announcing the Anima Syros/Blue Star Ferries Animation Competition; Three prizes, €2500 first prize!
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Call for Entries - TOFUZI 2021, 25-30 October 2021 in za\Batumi, Georgia - Deadline 31 July, 2021
Call for Entries - TOFUZI 2021, 25-30 October 2021 in za\Batumi, Georgia - Deadline 31 July, 2021
Re-VIEW: ‘The Mitchells vs. The Machines’ - Using Art to Save the World
Knowing ourselves and understanding reality through art, where we often express our weirdness, is what gives all of us ordinary people our superpowers.
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KABOOM INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL ONLINE from Amsterdam - 27 March - 3 April 2021
Kaboom International Animation Festival burst onto my television screen with a spectacular shower of films and fun.
FMX Concludes 2021 Virtual Conference
Conference’s first digital event presented 388 speakers, with 2,200 participants from 45 countries.
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‘Precious,’ ‘Wolfwalkers’ Take Top Prizes at ITFS 2021
International Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film concludes six-day virtual event that provided a global audience with live streaming access to more than 400 shorts and features; entire ITFS media library will stay available to accredited users until May 16, 2021.
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VIEW Conference Presents ‘The Mitchells vs. The Machines' Creative Team
Coming May 14, the free, online conversation with the film’s key talent, including writer/director Mike Rianda and writer/co-director Jeff Rowe, is being produced in cooperation with OGR, Sony Pictures Animation, and Netflix.
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VFX Legend Doug Trumbull Presents May 4 at FMX 2021
‘Then & Now Track’ welcomes the visual effects pioneer, who will talk on ‘The Cinema of the Future;’ conference runs online May 4-6.
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FMX 2021 Shares New Program Highlights
Running May 4-6, the online even has announced additional talks and highlights, including ‘From 2D to 3D: The Craft of Tom & Jerry,’ more ‘Concept Art Track’ speakers, and a panel by the Animation Media Cluster Region Stuttgart.
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ITFS’ AniMovie 2021 Competition Running Online May 4-9
Program highlights include feature film animation competition, screenings, film talks, and free live-streams; notable speakers include Oscar-nominated ‘Wolfwalkers’ director Tomm Moore and David Silverman, director of ‘Extinct.’
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Autodesk Talking Retopology, Bifrost, USD, and Shotgun at FMX 2021
Tech giant’s conference program will examine the future and boundaries of animation and VFX: the latest developments in USD; retopology tools for 3ds Max; Bifrost for Maya for visual programming; and remote studio collaboration with Shotgun.
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Streaming into the South China Sea
Mainland China’s ban is Southeast Asia’s boon
In 2D, 3D, Business, CG, Digital Media, Films, Games, People, Places, Television | ANIMATIONWorld, Blog Post, VFXWorld | Blogs: Reality Bites | Geographic Region: Asia
20th TRICKY WOMEN INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL online 10 – 14 March 2021 Vienna, Austria
The opening of the festival featured puppet artist Manuela Linshalm and her life-sized puppet Miss Gretta
Re-VIEW: ‘If Anything Happens I Love You’
Two parents’ sudden, heartbreaking loss becomes ours in Michael Govier and Will McCormack’s animated short that ultimately fulfills us with the healing power of hope.
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Book Review: TIMING FOR ANIMATION 3rd Edition by Harold Whitaker, John Halas, and updated by Tom Sito
TIMING FOR ANIMATION 3rd Edition
by Harold Whitaker and John Halas, updated by Tom Sito
Exciting New Stop Motion Kickstarter Project
Vokabulantis is a whole new dimension of interactive stop motion, check it out!
KFF INDUSTRY: CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR PITCHING ANIMATED IN POLAND
The deadline for submissions for participation in ANIMATED IN POLAND is 15 April.
FMX 2021: Dive into ‘WandaVision’ and the Spectacle of ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’
MARZ VFX supervisor Ryan Freer will share the often-invisible VFX on Marvel’s first Disney+ series; three presentations will peek behind the curtain surrounding the year’s first blockbuster VFX-driven tentpole to see monster making up close and personal.
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Re-VIEW: ‘Soul’ and the Cinematic Empathy Machine
Directors Pete Docter and Kemp Powers invite audiences to ponder their own life choices, forging a link between storyteller and spectator that reaffirms the emotional power of cinema.
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CEE Animation Forum 2021: Juries and Awards Announced
CEE Animation Forum 2021: Juries and Awards Announced
20th TRICKY WOMEN INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 10-14 March 2021 Vienna, Austria ONLINE
For 20 years the Tricky Women Animation Festival has been exploring social and political issues from a feminist and artistic perspective...
Upcoming Stuttgart Animation Festival Moves Completely Online
The planned live/online hybrid event makes decision to go all virtual due to continuing coronavirus restrictions; the program runs May 4-9 and will offer a new ITFS VR Hub accessible by VR headset or browser, with media library viewing extended until May 16.
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Call for Entries for CINANIMA 2021
The 45th edition of the oldest Portuguese film festival (8th to 14th November) welcomes applications for films.
Re-VIEW: Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart’s ‘Wolfwalkers’
This beautifully designed film, a story of conflict between civilization and nature, stands in defiance of individualism, reminding us that despite our own strength and resolve, we still need the energy and healing power of the community.
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Call For Entries - FIKE Short Film Festival Evora, Portugal - Deadline is 31 May, 2021
The submission of films to FIKE short film festival in Evora, Portugal is now open and ends on May 31, 2021
