Short Films

Vicon House of Moves Completes NHL/Stan Lee Superhero Franchise Debut

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Vicon House of Moves (HOM), a leading motion capture and animation service company, was contracted by Guardian Media Entertainment (GME), a joint venture between the National Hockey League (NHL) and SLG Entertainment led by Stan Lee of POW! Entertainment, to develop a short film as part of their launch efforts for new superhero franchise titled The Guardian Project.

The Walt Disney Studios Celebrates 12 Oscar Nominations

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The Walt Disney Studios is proud to announce its 2010 films have earned 12 Oscar nominations.

David O'Reilly’s Short Gets Honorable Mention at Sundance

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On Tuesday, the Sundance Film Festival handed out its honors to short films, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

Toy Story 3 Garners Five Oscar Nods

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The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for this year’s Academy Awards.

CN Acquires Short-Form Series from Australian Children’s TV Foundation

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Cartoon Network is continuing its support of local Australian original content with the acquisition of a package of 10 new children’s short-form series from Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF).

Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011 In Theaters From February 11

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Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures will release The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011 in over 150 theatres across the United States and Canada from February 11th, 2011.

Mortal Kombat: Rebirth Director To Make Mortal Kombat Series

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Warner Premiere today announced development of a live-action digital series based on the best-selling "Mortal Kombat" videogame franchise.

UFO Finishes Featuring and Wecker for VIVA Germany

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UFO has just finished work on two ident packages for VIVA Germany. The director team started work developing ideas for the two concepts in early October 2010.

Postman Pat Delivers New BBC Commitment Through 2015

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Classic Media, a global media company with a portfolio of some of the world’s leading family entertainment brands, today announced that it has secured an ongoing commitment from premium children’s platform, CBeebies, for the UK’s favourite postie and popular pre-school series, Postman Pat®, until 2015.

Toy Story 3 Gets VFX Nod at BAFTAs

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The full list of nominees for the 2011 Orange British Academy Film Awards were announced today at BAFTA's headquarters in Piccadilly.

Annecy Deadlines Approach

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Annecy 2011 deadlines are approaching.

Anima Mundi 2011 Is Calling For Entries

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The 19th edition of the International Animation Festival of Brazil, Anima Mundi 2011 takes place from July 15 to 24 in Rio de Janeiro and from July 27 to 31 in Sao Paulo.

Submit Your Films for ANIMATOR 2011

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It is our pleasure to inform you that you can now submit your films for the 4th edition of the International Animated Film Competition at ANIMATOR\2011 Festival!

Wonder Pets Creator Has Time Out with Live-Action Short

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Little Airplane Productions Founder and President Josh Selig will have his short, live-action film “The Time-Out Chair” featured in The Museum of Modern Art’s Family Films series.

Charlex Creates Short Film ShapeShifter

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Charlex's latest creation, ShapeShifter, opens mysteriously on a dark car, speeding through the night on winding mountain roads. It is set to a haunting musical composition and prose poem, performed by Gabriel Byrne.

Kodak Animation Event Arrives This Wednesday

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After all the early winter excitements (Solstice, Christmas, New Year) now is the time for the midwinter excitements: flu, snow and annual Kodak Animation Event!

Inception Leads VES Nominations

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The Visual Effects Society (VES) today announced the nominees for the 9th Annual VES Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry in 24 categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games.

TEAK Creates Video for Google's Chrome Notebook

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Who doesn't like to break stuff? TEAK does, as they clearly demonstrated in a five-minute-plus YouTube video for Google.

Rushes Soho Shorts Festival is Now Calling for Submissions

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Rushes Soho Shorts is now calling for submissions for their 13th celebration of everything short.

Aniboom Virtual Studio Adds Leeor Goldberg as VP Production

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The Aniboom Virtual Studio (aniboom.com), the world’s first virtual animation studio, is proud to announce the arrival of Leeor Goldberg to Aniboom.