Disneyland Paris Warms Hearts with Adorable Ad, ‘The Little Duck’
Donald Duck’s biggest fan steals the show in new ad campaign from agency BETC Paris.
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Method Studios Taps Hans ten Cate to Lead Game Business
Former PlayStation and EA executive will head studio’s efforts in producing cinematics, trailers and marketing content for game publishers.
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Blue Zoo Opens New 2D Animation Studio in London
Creating more than 60 new jobs, Blue Zoo announces new dedicated 2D animation studio across the road from its central London head office.
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‘Floreana,’ ‘North of Blue’ Top LA Animation Festival
Louis Morton’s ‘Floreana’ and Joanna Priestly’s ‘North of Blue’ win grand prizes; best comedy award goes to Alison Snowden and David Fine’s ‘Animal Behaviour.’
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Nick Park Stays True to His Early Style in ‘Early Man’
Four-time Oscar winner maximizes more organic, stone-age look with targeted CG and no 3D printing on Aardman Animations’ Annie Award-nominated stop-motion feature.
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46th Annie Award Nominations Announced
Animation’s biggest night set for Saturday, February 2, 2019 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
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LOBO/Vetor Zero Bring Back Coca-Cola Polar Bears for Delightful ‘Rules of Christmas
International creative animation & design studio LOBO/Vetor Zero animates new Coca-Cola holiday campaign, ‘Christmas Rules.’
Art&Graft Sign With Final Frontier in Asia
London-based studio specializes in character-driven 2D and 3D narrative animation, character design and channel rebrands.
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Manchester Animation Festival Announces 2018 Winners
‘Bloeistraat 11’ by Nienke Deutz and ‘Travelogue Tel Aviv’ By Samuel Patthey win awards at MAF2018.
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GLAS Animation Festival Unveils 2019 Poster by Manshen Lo
Deadline for submissions to fourth annual event running March 21-24, 2019 is November 30.
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Mickey Mouse Watch Spot Celebrates Famed Character’s 90th Anniversary
Design studio Already Been Chewed uses POV concept to push boundaries of licensing deal where Mickey’s full image couldn’t be used in the commercial.
Fortnum & Mason Tap Aardman for ‘Masters of Merry’ Christmas Campaign
45-second spot celebrates department store’s legacy as the ultimate Christmas destination for over 300 years.
Le Cube Delivers New Animated Spot for China
Featuring a retired and recently widowed former Russian cosmonaut, Le Cube’s ‘Back to the Stars’ is the latest film in Ritz-Carlton’s Let Us Stay With You series.
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‘Tweet Tweet’ Takes Best Short at animago 2018
Zhanna Bekmambetova’s first animated project among 12 winners chosen at the 22nd edition of the AWARDS & CONFERENCE.
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Blinkink Signs Directors James Papper & Sophie Koko Gate
Rising animation talents join Soho-based commercial production company directorial roster.
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Spain’s Quirino Awards Issues 2019 Call for Entries
Deadline for submissions to second annual event recognizing Ibero-American animation is December 8; award ceremony to be held April 6, 2019 on the island of Tenerife.
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Final Frontier Names Chris Colman Executive Producer
Multi-disciplined British animation professional most recently worked with Shanghai-based animation feature film development studio Oriental DreamWorks.
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Walter Campbell Joins MPC London as Creative Head of Business Development
Legendary creative will lead end-to-end creative and production solution at the London branch of the VFX powerhouse.
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Bill Goodell Joins Brickyard as Executive Producer
Industry veteran previously spent more than two decades working on award-winning commercial campaigns at Arnold Worldwide.
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Jaime Álvarez Sobreviela, aka Mr Kat, Signs with Final Frontier in Asia
Peru-based artist, character designer and IP creator best known for creating ‘Mr Kat and Friends’ the latest addition to Shanghai studio’s animation and design roster in Asia.
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Framestore Appoints Suzanne Jandu Head of 2D
Look dev artist for the Harry Potter franchise and lead compositor on the Oscar-winning ‘The Jungle Book’ to work across Framestore’s Advertising, Television and Immersive divisions.
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Claymation Pioneer Will Vinton Dies at 70
Famed Oscar and Emmy-winning director, who created memorable California Raisins characters before being dismissed from studio that bore his name, passes away after long battle with multiple myeloma.
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OIAF 2018: ‘Solar Walk,’ ‘This Magnificent Cake’ Win Grand Prizes
Réka Busic’s ‘Solar Walk’ awarded Nelvana Grand Prize for short animation; ‘This Magnificent Cake’ by Emma de Swaef and Marc James Roels wins Grand Prize for feature animation.
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Chad Howitt Joins We Are Royale as Creative Director
Designer brings to studio a decade of experience in commercials, working on brands including VW, Honda, Marvel and Ubisoft.
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Ariel Costa Directs Dark Anime Thriller For Siemens China
Brazilian animator and director also known as BlinkMyBrain collaborates with agency R/GA Shanghai and production company Final Frontier for 2D-animated ‘Guardian.’
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