The international festival features cutting edge, quirky and boundary pushing animation runs October 5-8.
Young Audiences 7+ selections for competition also announced, to be judged by the OIAF Kids Jury; the festival runs September 20-24.
Adapted from Yoshifumi Tozuka’s ‘Shonen Jump’ Manga series, the show will be featured at the streamer’s Anime Expo Activation in Los Angeles July 1-4; the show debuts this October.
ANIMASYROS 2023 returns in September with a focus on Animation and Ancient Greece, a tribute to the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America, and a focus on female creativity.
The workshop, dedicated to boosting innovation in the Ibero-American animation sector, announces winners of its third edition - ‘Caregivers,’ ‘Lumen’ and ‘LIMBO;’ selected projects get 8,000€ in development aid, 3 months of mentoring and a travel grant and accreditation for next year’s festival.
Eight animated works have been chosen, ranging from ‘Outrageous to Absurd;’ the festival runs September 20-24.
The 34th edition of the pitching and co-pro forum returns to Toulouse, providing producers the opportunity to pitch their projects to broadcasters, investors, and other potential partners from 40 countries
‘The First Slam Dunk’ opens the upcoming NYC festival of new Japanese film, set for July 26-August 6.
A meeting place for the international film and creative industries, the annual event returns in September to the Swiss town of Baden.
The leading entertainment company and anime distributor will offer screening events, booth activities, giveaways, sweepstakes, and gift-with-purchase items; the anime convention takes place at the Los Angeles Convention Center July 1-4.
Chosen from over 5,000 entries, Izumi Yoshida’s animated film ‘The Bridge’ nabs Grand-Prix and Best Short Awards; see all the winners online until July 10.
Liam LoPinto’s ‘The Old Young Crow’ snags Best of the Festival Award; ‘Way Better,’ by Skirmanta Jakaitė, takes Best Animated Short.
The eighth edition of the Anime Awards will take place next March 2, co-hosted by voice actress Sally Amaki and presenter Jon Kabira.
The company will host over 20 panels, activations, and premieres including for ‘JUJUTSU KAISEN,’ ‘Horimiya: The Missing Pieces,’ and ‘Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation.’
The annual animation film festival celebrates 20 years in New York at Brooklyn’s BAM August 18-20.
Mundos Digitales returns to A Coruña this summer with a recruitment fair, a wide range of lectures and workshops from leading industry professionals, and an animation festival.
The tech giant’s CEO and WPP CEO Mark Read discussed AI's ‘Supercharge’ impact on creative industries, noting new tools augment artists’ creative process and don’t replace it.
Based on Terril Calder’s award-winning 2021 animated short, the installation received an honor presented to XR creators who bring new perspectives and artistic languages to immersive storytelling; the interactive stop-motion exhibit reflects Indigenous teachings from the earth fused into the story, creating a unique viewing experience
Films by Chiara Malta & Sebastien Laudenbach and Flóra Anna Buda among 22 winners at the jam packed 47th festival edition that saw a record 15,820 accredited attendees (a 19% increase on 2022) from 102 countries.
The City of Annecy, Canal+, and France TV were among festival/media partners to present special honors to films including ‘Island,’ ‘Maurice’s Bar,’ and ‘To Be Sisters;’ winners were announced at a program this past Friday evening.
Anibar Animation Festival reveals the theme for its 14th edition taking place July 17-23.
In line with the Festival’s celebration of ‘Pride and Diversity,’ the 7th annual Summit, presented both in-person and virtually, boasted an enthusiastic and engaged crowd with a common interest in elevating diversity in animation to achieve authenticity in storytelling.
As the 2023 cohort gathers at Annecy, the inaugural group of women animators from underrepresented communities - selected by FIAPF and Women in Animation - that came together at the festival last year share their valuable lessons learned, development triumphs and challenges, and how special – and critical – the mentoring and support they’ve received has been to their projects and careers.
In a surprise appearance, global superstar Pharrell Williams presented Meledandri with the Festival’s distinguished honor, a ‘Golden Ticket’ lifetime accreditation; Oscar-nominated filmmaker Benjamin Renner joined the studio chief in the footage reveal of their upcoming December animated comedy adventure release.
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