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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.

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.

SquareZero Creates Dancing Queens for ABBA Museum

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Internet and Interactive, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: CG, Internet and Interactive, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects
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.

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.

Chaos Group Spotlights ILM Production Pipeline at FMX 2013

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Events, Films, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Event: fmx | Site Categories: CG, Events, Films, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects
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

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, CG, Licensing, Places, Television | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, CG, Licensing, Places, Television
V&S Entertainment signs a deal with RAI, bringing the second season of “Everything’s Rosie” to Italy.

New Dukes of Bröxstônia Series Debuts on ABC3

Posted In | News Categories: Cartoons, Events, People, Places, Short Films, Television | Geographic Region: Australia, Europe | Event: Annecy | Site Categories: Cartoons, Events, People, Places, Short Films, Television
The “Dukes of Bröxstônia” are back for a third season, in a new 7-minute episode format, on ABC3.

Assorted Nuts & Frima Team on Tiny Yeti

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, Games, Internet and Interactive, Television | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, Games, Internet and Interactive, Television
Assorted Nuts and Frima Studio team up to create “Tiny Yeti,” an animated series and interactive game.

emotion3D Announces SSX3 for Nuke

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: CG, Technology, Visual Effects
emotion3D announces the release of stereoscopic plugins, The Stereoscopic Suite X3, for The Foundry’s Nuke.

Stuttgart Animated Com Nominees Announced

Posted In | News Categories: Awards, Commercials, Events, People, Places | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Awards, Commercials, Events, People, Places
Nominees for the Animated Com Award -- in the fields of advertising, spatial communication and technology -- at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) are announced.

Justin Time Re-Discovers Latin America

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, Places, Television | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, Places, Television
Guru Studios announces the sale of the second season of Justin Time to Discovery Kids.

Golaem Releases Crowd Character Pack

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: CG, Technology, Visual Effects
Golaem Crowd speeds up stadium & concert creation with free ready-to-use characters and motions.

Proof’s Ron Frankel to Talk Previs at FMX, Academy Events

Posted In | News Categories: Events, People, Places, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe, North America | Site Categories: Events, People, Places, Visual Effects
Proof Inc. founder and creative director Ron Frankel is scheduled to speak on the role of Previs in filmmaking at three upcoming industry events, including the “Virtual Production” track at FMX, the inaugural edition of the Production Pipeline Expo, and the Academy’s “Pre and Post Visualization – Today’s Storyboarding” Craft Series panel.

Bruno Bozzetto Receives ASIFA Award

Posted In | News Categories: Awards, Cartoons, Events, People, Places, Short Films | Geographic Region: Europe | Event: Annecy | Site Categories: 2D, Awards, Cartoons, Events, People, Places, Short Films
Italian animator Bruno Bozzetto will be officially awarded the prestigious ASIFA Prize 2012 at this year’s Annecy Festival for outstanding achievements in the art of animation.

DreamWorks Acquires Trolls IP

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Films | Geographic Region: Europe, North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Films
DreamWorks Animation acquires IP for Trolls with plans to take iconic dolls' brand (and hair) to new heights. American Girl branding vet Shawn Dennis tapped to head Trolls global franchise.

LOOK Effects Produces VFX for Disconnect

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe, North America | Site Categories: Business, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects
LOOK Effects produces seamless visual effects for the Henry-Alex Rubin-directed “Disconnect,” from LD Entertainment and Wonderful Films.

Studio 100 Strikes Distribution Deal for Molly Monster

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, Licensing, Television | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, Licensing, Television
Studio 100 Media announces a deal with Molly & The Monsters GbR to sell the international TV rights to “Molly Monster.”

Wallace & Gromit Named New Faces of VisitEngland

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Commercials, Stop-Motion | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Business, Commercials, Stop-Motion
VisitEngland teams up with Wallace & Gromit to launch "Great Adventure" – a nationwide campaign to boost tourism in the UK in 2013.