Events and Awards

Cinematheque Quebecoise turns 50

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Canada's wonderful Cinematheque Quebecoise turns 50 this year. They celebrate with an animation by Diane Obomsawin.

Superman Celebrates 75 Years

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The Cartoon Art Museum helps celebrate 75 years of Superman with an exhibition exploring the long and storied history of The Last Son of Krypton.

Psyop's Dishonored Grabs the Gold

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Psyop’s “Dishonored,” takes gold at the 2013 Game Marketing Awards in the Best Long Format Featuring Promotional Content category.

Turner Hires Edward Barnieh for APAC Acquisitions

Posted In | News Categories: Business, People, Places, Television | Geographic Region: Asia | Site Categories: Business, People, Places, Television
Turner International appoints Edward Barnieh as Programming and Acquisitions Manager, Asia Pacific.

Moscow's Generation Campus Announces Animation Lab

Posted In | News Categories: Education and Training, People, Places | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Education and Training, People, Places
Generation Campus announces the names of the tutors for this year’s edition of Generation Campus and introduces the first ever Animation Lab.

Production Pipeline Expo Moves to Raleigh Studios

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The venue for the first annual Production Pipeline Expo, which takes place May 3-4, 2013, is changed to Raleigh Studios in Hollywood.

Academy to Present Deconstructing Pi VFX Panel

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The Academy takes a look at the breakthrough stereoscopic and visual effects work that went into crafting the Oscar-winning film “Life of Pi,” featuring an onstage discussion with members of the film’s creative teams.

Framestore Creates Smashing CG Effects for Beyonce’s Mirrors

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In one of the first effort to come out of Framestore's new LA studio, Framestore teams up with 180LA and Pepsi on a new advertising campaign featuring Beyoncé.

UCA to Produce Fearsome Beastie CG Animated Short

Posted In | News Categories: Books, Cartoons, CG, People, Places, Short Films | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Books, Cartoons, CG, People, Places, Short Films
Award-winning children’s book, “The Fearsome Beastie,” by Giles Paley-Phillips, is to be adapted into an animated short co-directed by Katie Steed and Jon Hunt in collaboration with the UK’s University of Creative Arts.

LOOK Effects Heads to FMX Conference

Posted In | News Categories: Events, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Event: fmx | Site Categories: Events, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects
VFX company LOOK Effects President Mark Driscoll weighs in on the “Panel Discussion on the Future of the VFX Industry” and visual effects supervisor Dan Schrecker presents the company’s visual effects work in “The Making of Warm Bodies” at the 2013 FMX conference in Suttgart, Germany.

Syfy Kids Flies to Asia

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International children’s channel KidsCo, Corus Entertainment’s joint-venture with NBCUniversal, launches its two-month-old Syfy Kids block in Asia this July.

SquareZero Creates Dancing Queens for ABBA Museum

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British digital motion graphics company SquareZero updates its holographic representations of Bjorn, Agnetha, Benny and Frida for the ABBA museum, set to open in Stockholm in May.

ITFS Announces 2013 Festival Highlights

Posted In | News Categories: Events, Films, People, Places, Short Films | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Events, Films, People, Places, Short Films
Program highlights are announced for the 20th edition of the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, which runs next week from April 23 through April 28.

GKIDS Sets Release Date for Le Tableau

Posted In | News Categories: Cartoons, Events, Films, Places | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Cartoons, Events, Films, Places
Jean-Francois Laguionie’s “The Painting” (“Le Tableau”) opens May 10 in New York followed by expansion to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Atlanta and other cities beginning May 24.

Iron Man 3 Comes to FMX 2013

FMX 2013 to include talks on “Iron Man 3,” “Oblivion,” “Despicable Me 2” and “Assassin's Creed 3” in addition to the “Virtual Production” and “Virtual Humans Forum” track highlights.

Foxed! Gets 3D Premiere at Stuttgart

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Geneva Film’s stop-motion animated short “Foxed!” will premiere in 3D at Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film on April 25.

Chaos Group Spotlights ILM Production Pipeline at FMX 2013

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Chaos Group announces that they will demonstrate V-Ray, spotlight ILM’s production pipeline, and host a day of presentations and tutorials for 3D artists in training at FMX 2013.

Everything’s Rosie Returns to Italy

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V&S Entertainment signs a deal with RAI, bringing the second season of “Everything’s Rosie” to Italy.

Gentleman Scholar Goes All Out for Qatar

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, Places, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Africa | Site Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, Places, Visual Effects
Gentlemen Scholar goes all out for QF Radio to create an elegant campaign blending visual representations of radio, tributes to the distinct cultural elements of Qatar with features from the radio station’s music, sports and entertainment programming.

Em Cooper Animates Tribeca's Kiss the Water

Posted In | News Categories: Art, Events, Films, People, Places | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Art, Events, Films, People, Places
Film Club Productions partners with Em Cooper to animate sequences of the documentary, “Kiss the Water,” set to premiere at the 2013 edition of the Tribeca Film Festival.