AWN Blogs
Animation Nights New York Celebrates Third Annual ‘Best of the Fest’
AWN’s resident Miscweant shares his conference report on the cutting-edge XR Showcase and presentation by indie legend Bill Plympton.
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.
VIEW Adds WIA Panel, ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ Presentations
October 22-26 conference additions also include WETA technology and Glenn Entis game financing talks.
VR’s Content Drought
The Academy Presents ‘Women in Indie Animation’ at New York City’s Metrograph Theater
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.
Call for Entries: Submit Your Films to ITFS 2019
Kickstarter campaign for Studio Filmbilder's Patchwork Pals
Please help the Kickstarter campaign for Studio Filmbilder's Patchwork Pals - the time runs from 12 September to 12 October.
Final VIEW Conference 2018 Program Announced
Dennis Muren, Hans Zimmer, Mireille Soria and other top creative innovators from animation, VFX and games to present at 5-day event.
Industry Visionary John Gaeta to Keynote VIEW Conference 2018
Renowned Oscar-winning VFX supervisor and innovative AR/VR technologist set to present at the October Turin event.
LAIKA recruiting animators and costume makers at Animarkt 2018
ANIMARKT 2018 8-13 October, 2018– LAIKA recruiting animators and costume makers on 12 October during the festival.
The Early Bird Gets the Worm on iBooks
Kevin Geiger’s award-winning children’s e-book, ‘The Early Bird Gets the Worm,’ now available on iBooks from Peewee Frog!
Wry of the Machines
9-Time Oscar-Winner Dennis Muren to Keynote VIEW Conference 2018
Legendary ILM senior VFX supervisor and creative director will present this October at the Turin event.
Celebrating 10 Years of ‘Coraline’ at LAIKA LIVE!
Showing us the road to the future of stop-motion, LAIKA celebrates the 10th anniversary of ‘Coraline.’
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.
Anibar unfolds its film program for the 9th edition
Anibar – International Animation Festival presents its competition program for the ninth edition of the festival.
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.
Killer Storytellers, Rose-Colored Glasses, and The End of VR (Again)
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.
Submit Your Films to the 42nd Edition of CINANIMA!
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.