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Animation Nights New York Celebrates Third Annual ‘Best of the Fest’

By Joe Strike | Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 12:03pm

AWN’s resident Miscweant shares his conference report on the cutting-edge XR Showcase and presentation by indie legend Bill Plympton.

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Anibar International Animation Festival: 13 – 19 August 2018 in Peja, Kosovo - The Festival That Changed A City

Against all odds, teenagers Rron Bajri, Vullnet Sanaja, and Fiona Beqiri had a vision to create something that would contribute to their community.  They succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.

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The Academy Presents ‘Women in Indie Animation’ at New York City’s Metrograph Theater

By Joe Strike | Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 12:11pm

AWN’s resident Miscweant attends The Academy’s September New York City event honoring celebrated New York animators Signe Baumane, Emily Hubley, Candy Kugel and Debra Solomon.

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Final VIEW Conference 2018 Program Announced

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 11:53am

Dennis Muren, Hans Zimmer, Mireille Soria and other top creative innovators from animation, VFX and games to present at 5-day event.

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Industry Visionary John Gaeta to Keynote VIEW Conference 2018

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 5:32pm

Renowned Oscar-winning VFX supervisor and innovative AR/VR technologist set to present at the October Turin event.

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9-Time Oscar-Winner Dennis Muren to Keynote VIEW Conference 2018

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 4:18pm

Legendary ILM senior VFX supervisor and creative director will present this October at the Turin event.

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Composer Hans Zimmer to Keynote VIEW CONFERENCE 2018

Famed Oscar, Grammy and Tony award winner, who has scored some of Hollywood’s greatest pictures, will present at the Turin event this October.

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9th GOLDEN KUKER INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 7 – 13 May 2018 Sofia, Bulgaria

The theme for the 9th edition of the Golden Kuker International Animation Festival was Time Machine, taking us into the future to look at the animation of tomorrow.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: STOPTRIK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN SLOVENIA AND POLAND

The non-red carpet celebration of worldwide stop motion animation strikes again! We're looking for the best 3-dimensional hand-made films, experimental and traditional alike.

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ANIFILM INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FILMS 2018 – 1 to 6 May 2018, Trebon, Czech Republic

For a festival noted for puppet and 2D animation, the emphasis on 3D this year was a big departure.   Anifilm program director Pavel Horacek explained “Animators sometimes unjustly view 3D computer animation as a bad, cold, commercial technique, usually associated with mainstream entertainment.

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