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Disney Unearths Classic Mickey Mouse Short Get A Horse!

Posted In | News Categories: Events, People, Places, Short Films, Voice Acting | Geographic Region: Europe | Event: Annecy | Site Categories: Cartoons, Events, People, Places, Short Films, Voice Acting
Disney unearths a never-before-seen short starring the one and only Mickey Mouse in Get A Horse! featuring Walt Disney himself as the voice of Mickey Mouse.

Superman Celebrates 75 Years

Posted In | News Categories: Events, Illustration, People, Places | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Events, Illustration, People, Places
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

Posted In | News Categories: Awards, Commercials, Events, Games, Internet and Interactive | Geographic Region: All | Site Categories: Awards, Commercials, Events, Games, Internet and Interactive
Psyop’s “Dishonored,” takes gold at the 2013 Game Marketing Awards in the Best Long Format Featuring Promotional Content category.

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

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Events, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Events, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects
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.

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.

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

Posted In | News Categories: Events, People, Places, Short Films, Stop-Motion | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Events, People, Places, Short Films, Stop-Motion
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

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.

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.

Ottawa Fest Issues Call for Entries

Posted In | News Categories: Call for Entries, Events, Places, Short Films | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Call for Entries, Events, Places, Short Films
The deadline for submission to the Ottawa International Animation Festival is May 17, with preview DVDs due by May 31.

Production Pipeline Expo Launches

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Events, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Events, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects
Designed to serve as a full blown visual effects and animation event -- complete with expert panels, presentations, educational sessions, and speakers -- the Production Pipeline Expo is a two-day event to be held May 3 and 4 at the Barker Hanger in the Santa Monica Airport.

Syfy’s Defiance Makes Record-Breaking Debut

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Events, Games, Television, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Events, Games, Television, Visual Effects
Syfy’s groundbreaking transmedia event “Defiance” becomes the channel’s most-watched scripted series premiere since 2006 with 1.3 million adults aged 18-49, matched by more than six million hours of gameplay since the game’s April 2 launch.

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.

Canadian Anijam Heads to Hot Docs

Posted In | News Categories: Events, People, Places, Short Films | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: 2D, Events, People, Places, Short Films
Fifteen of Canada’s most celebrated independent animators come together to create a collaborative animated film, “Yellow Sticky Notes | Canadian Anijam,” which will have its Canadian premiere at the 20th Annual Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.

LA Children’s Film Fest Opens April 26

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Ticket sales open for the Los Angeles Children's Film Festival, which runs from Friday, April 26, through Sunday, May 5, 2013.

PGA Honors Digital V.I.P.s

The Producers Guild of America honors nine Innovators, Visionaries and Producers (V.I.P.) who have made significant contributions to the advancement of digital entertainment and storytelling in the past year.

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.