Short Films

Six Short Films Nominated for the Cartoon d'Or 2011

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Six short films from Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland and United Kingdom will compete for the Cartoon d'Or 2011, the award for the best European animation short film.

Wassaic Project Festival To Host Animation Program

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Wassaic Project Festival is hosting an animation program curated by animator Joshua Frankel.

Ingrid Pitt Animated Short Coming to Comic-Con

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The animated short, INGRID PITT: BEYOND THE FOREST, chronicling the experiences of the actress when she was a child during the Holocaust, will be playing at Comic-Con.

Final Call For Entries – The Hollywood Film Festival

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Final Call For Entries for all of its categories and genres including features, documentaries, shorts, animation, drama, and comedy.

Gnomon Studios Unveils Shane Acker's New Short Plus Minus

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Gnomon Studios, the creative destination for visual effects and animation students to work with some of the world's most respected industry talents, today announced that its latest project, the animated short film "Plus Minus," will be released in late 2011.

CINANIMA Final Deadline This Week

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CINANIMA has issued its final deadline for its 2011 festival.

Kid Critic/Plympton Short to Debut at LA Shorts Film Festival

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The Holocaust has been treated by almost every medium, but rarely animation – and never by a child animator, until now. Animation short “INGRID PITT: BEYOND THE FOREST” is truly a labor of love, and a cross-generational collaboration between a world-class animation master Bill Plympton, actress Ingrid Pitt, who narrated her last film about the horror of war as she experienced as a child during the Holocaust, and a first-time 10-yr-old animator & artist Perry Chen, who is also an award-winning child film critic.

NFB Names Roddy McManus To Head Animation Studio

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The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has named Roddy McManus as the new Executive Producer of its Oscar-winning English-language Animation Studio.

Warner Releases Tom And Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures Volume 2

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Warner Home Video (WHV) brings consumers another exciting set of animated antics starring popular cat and mouse duo Tom and Jerry with the release of Tom and Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures V2.

The Academy's Production Art Database Goes Worldwide

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Margaret Herrick Library today launched its latest online research tool, the Production Art Database [http://collections.oscars.org/prodart/].