Europe

Macropolis Short Wins Ireland's Best Animation Award

Posted In | News Categories: Awards, CG, Places, Short Films, Stop-Motion | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Awards, CG, Places, Short Films, Stop-Motion
Flickerpix wins the Irish Film and Television Academy award for Best Animation for its short film, “Macropolis.”

KidsCo Launches Syfy Kids Block

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Television | Geographic Region: Europe, North America | Site Categories: Business, Television
International children’s channel KidsCo partners with science fiction and fantasy-based channel Syfy to launch Syfy Kids, a new sci-fi genre programming block dedicated to kids.

New UK Trailer Released for Monsters University

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Commercials, Films | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: CG, Commercials, Films
An international trailer is released for Disney/Pixar prequel “Monsters University.”

Analog Provides VFX for CBS Rebrand

Posted In | News Categories: Broadcast Design, Business, CG, Television, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Broadcast Design, Business, CG, Television, Visual Effects
Creative studio Analog teams with Studio Hansa to complete a rebrand of CBS’ portfolio of TV channels across EMEA.

View Conference Makes Call for Entries

Posted In | News Categories: Call for Entries, CG, Events, Films, Places, Short Films, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Call for Entries, CG, Events, Films, Places, Short Films, Technology, Visual Effects
Italy’s largest computer graphics conference is now accepting applications for entries in four contests: VIEW AWARD, VIEW SOCIAL CONTEST, VIEW AWARD GAME, and ITALIANMIX.

Wizart Closes New Sales for The Snow Queen

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Films, Licensing | Geographic Region: Asia, Europe, South America | Site Categories: 3D, Business, CG, Films
Wizart closes sales for its 3D-animated film, “The Snow Queen,” across multiple territories, including South Korea, Indonesia, Brazil, Israel, the Middle East, Baltic States and Ukraine.

MPC Wins BAFTA VFX Award

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MPC receives BAFTA's Special Visual Effects award for its work on Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi.”

BAFTA Award Winners Announced

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On Sunday February 10, 2013, the EE British Academy Film Awards look place at London's Royal Opera House with “Les Misérables,” “Argo,” “Django Unchained,” “Life of Pi” and “Amour” among the winners.

Prime Focus Commercials Arm Enters Administration

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, Visual Effects
Prime Focus London’s commercials division is poised to go into administration, saying that its commercials operations in London “continue to suffer from low volumes and suppressed margins” and “continued to be a drag on performance.”

INDAC to Host Max Howard Masterclass

Posted In | News Categories: Cartoons, CG, Education and Training, Events, Films, People, Places | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Cartoons, CG, Education and Training, Events, Films, People, Places, Short Films
Germany’s INDAC hosts a Masterclass, “Producing Independent Animated Film,” with animation producer Max Howard February 14 & 15 at the Games Academy in Berlin.