Short Films

Animage Festival Call for Entries

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Registration is now open for competitive screenings in Brazil's Animage - IV International Animation Festival of Pernambuco.

Toronto Animation Fest Unveils 2012 Lineup

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Tickets for the Toronto Animation Arts Festival International (TAAFI), celebrating the best of animation arts from around the world, go on sale June 1, 2012.

Wolf Dog Tales Brings Animal Wisdom to Annecy

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“Wolf Dog Tales,” an animated short film from director Bernadine Santistevan, will have its world premiere on June 4, 2012, at this year¹s Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

Hornet Releases Making The Eagleman Stag

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Hornet has released a making of video for the short film, The Eagleman Stag, the 2011 BAFTA Award-winning Royal College of Art thesis film of director Mikey Please.

The Simpsons Get the 3D Treatment

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During Sunday’s season finale of “The Simpsons,” Fox announced that Maggie Simpson will star in her own stand-alone 3D animated theatrical short.

The NFB Heads to Annecy

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The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is taking the official competition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival by storm with four films: “Le grand ailleurs et le petit ici” (“Here and the Great Elsewhere”) by Michèle Lemieux, “Bydlo” by Patrick Bouchard, “Edmond était un âne” (“Edmond Was a Donkey”) by Franck Dion and “Kali le petit vampire” (“Kali the Little Vampire”) by Regina Pessoa.

Anima 2012 Call for Entries

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The 19th International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima 2012 in Krakow, Poland, has opened its call for entries to the ANIMA COMPETITION.

AniMazSpot Announces Third Quarter Finalists

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AniMazSpot announced the top two short films from the Third Quarter entries selected to go on to vie for Best of Festival prize at the fourth annual AniMazSpot 2012 Festival, September 10-16, 2012.

AniMazSpot Announces 2012 Jury Additions

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Animation Spotlight announced that Kaj Pindal (Denmark/Canada) and Cinzia Bottini (Italy/Singapore) have joined the AniMazSpot international jury panel.

NFB’s Big Mouth to Premiere at WSFF

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The National Film Board of Canada’s pioneering role in short filmmaking will be showcased once again at the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, taking place in Toronto from June 5-10, 2012.

Gruffalo’s Child Arrives on DVD Aug 14

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NCircle Entertainment will release “The Gruffalo’s Child,” the highly anticipated follow-up to the Academy Award-nominated animated short, “The Gruffalo,” on DVD on August 14, 2012.

Hornet Signs Mikey Please

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Production company Hornet announced that it has signed 2011 BAFTA Award-winning director Mikey Please to its talent roster.

Stuttgart Animation Winners Announced

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This weekend, Stuttgart’s International Festival of Animated Film announced the winners of its 19th Trickfilm competition (May 8-3). Martin Snopek and Ivana Laucikova’s “The Last Airbus” (Slovakia), Alke Arndt’s “Atlas” (Germany) and Ignacio Ferreras’ “Wrinkles” (Spain) were among the big winners.

Animated Com Award Winners Announced

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The world's best productions in the field of applied animation received their prizes in the Mercedes-Benz Museum at the Animated Com Award held at the 19th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film.

Red Giant Wins Webby Award for Plot Device

Red Giant announced that its short film, “Plot Device,” has won the 16th Annual Webby Award in the Best Editing category.

Tom Perlmutter Reappointed NFB Chair

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James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, announced the reappointment of Tom Perlmutter as Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) for a term of five years.

Cut&Paste London Winners Announced

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Cut&Paste London announced Colin Bigelow & Jay Harwood as the winning 2D/3D team and Steve West as the winner in Motion/Animation.

Academy Announces U.S. Student Finalists

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Thirty-five students from 20 U.S. colleges and universities have been selected as finalists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 39th Annual Student Academy Awards competition, including nine animated shorts.

FotoKem’s nextLAB Develops 4K Workflow for Canon

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FotoKem's nextLAB collaborated with Canon on the design of the first end-to-end, 4K production-to-post file system for the Cinema EOS C500 demo film, “Man & Beast.”

NFB Wins Webby Awards for BLA BLA and God’s Lake Narrows

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The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has added to its track record of innovation in interactive productions with Webby Awards for “BLA BLA” and “God’s Lake Narrows.”