9 Story Secures Raft of Digital Sales for ‘Sweet Tweets’
Series of animated preschool shorts produced by Yeti Farm Creative heads to digital platforms including Toon Goggles, Curious World, Homer and Future Today.
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CLIP: Going to the Chapel with Signe Baumane’s ‘My Love Affair With Marriage’
New clip from Brooklyn-based independent animator’s follow-up to ‘Rocks in My Pockets’ features the Mythology Sirens, shape-shifting creatures who lure young women into fantasies of everlasting love and blissful marriage.
CG Supervisor Fabio Zangla Joins Framestore
The award-winning CG Supervisor will work in the company’s global film division.
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Switch VFX & Animation Announces Scholarship Awards
Five Canadian colleges were chosen to receive a financial endowment to support a student studying animation or visual effects.
Superights Announces New Sales for Cartoon Saloon’s ‘Puffin Rock’
Preschool co-production from Oscar-nominated Cartoon Saloon, Dog Ears and Penguin Random House traveling to Australia, Denmark, Scotland, Israel, Taiwan, South Korea and more.
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Sandbox Partners Acquires Minority Stake in Tinybop
SBX becomes the Brooklyn-based studio and educational kids app developer’s largest institutional shareholder.
Planar Systems Finalizes NaturalPoint Acquisition
Maker of OptiTrack motion capture systems to remain a separate business with its own executive team, customers and market initiatives.
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Nice Shoes, No Fixed Address Spin a Web for the Canadian Centre for Protection
Short film inspired by Manga, graphic novels, and the work of Frank Miller and Edward Gorey, introduces a groundbreaking tool that detects and helps remove images of child sexual abuse on the Internet.
Cartoon Network’s ‘Powerpuff Girls’ Gains Momentum Across EMEA
Spin Master spearheading a toy range roll-out for the series reboot in leading retailers across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Ambassadors Bring a Breath of Fresh Air to ASN Bank
Netherlands-based studio tackles one if its biggest in-house projects yet with ‘Creature of Habit,’ spanning design & animation, production, VFX & 3D, music, editorial, color grading and sound design.
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Disney’s ‘Zootopia’ Wins Best Animated Feature at 44th Annie Awards
Studio Ghibli-Wild Bunch-Why Not Productions co-production ‘The Red Turtle’ wins Best Independent Animated Feature; Pixar’s ‘Piper’ wins Best Animated Short Subject.
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Film Independent, LAIKA Announce Second Year of LAIKA Animation Fellowship for Project Involve
Fellowship provides $10,000 grant to an animation filmmaker from diversity mentorship program Project Involve.
John Cho and Leslie Mann Hosting Academy’s Sci-Tech Awards
Actors John Cho and Leslie Mann will host the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation on Saturday, February 11, at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills.
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Visual Effects Society Announces its 2017 Board of Directors Officers
Mike Chambers re-elected as Board Chair of the visual effects industry’s global professional honorary society.
Tim Miller, Pete Docter & Jonas Rivera to Host Oscar Week Events
‘Deadpool’ director Tim Miller to present short film program; Pixar director Pete Docter and producer Jonas Rivera to present animated features program.
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‘Rick and Morty’ Co-Creator Justin Roiland to Deliver Keynote at VRLA 2017
World’s largest VR/AR conference reconvenes April 14 & 15 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
The Artery Helps Explore the Afterlife in ‘The Discovery’
New York-based boutique VFX and design studio provides more than 70 visual effect shots for the Sundance feature debuting on Netflix on March 31.
Radical Sheep’s ‘Bagel and Becky Show’ Heads to Teletoon February 6
Offbeat comedy series based on the book by Dave Cooper is produced by Radical Sheep Productions with animation services provided by Jam Filled Entertainment.
The Foundry to Present Modo Live Event at Gnomon
Learn from the masters at free event to be held on February 9 at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Games & Animation.
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Kid Genius Cartoon Channel Launches on OTT Platforms
Genius Brands International’s Kid Genius Cartoon Channel now available on Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire.
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Brent Bonacorso Crafts Introspective Sci-Fi Short, ‘The Narrow World’
Sci-fi short film from the award-winning director behind the forthcoming feature, ‘You Get Me,’ subverts the typical alien invasion story.
Matthew Modine Joins Signe Baumane’s ‘My Love Affair With Marriage’
Award-winning actor to voice role and serve as executive producer on the New York-based independent animator’s second feature.
Unity Announces Vision VR/AR Summit 2017
Leaders and upstarts from across the Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality industry will convene in Los Angeles May 1-2.
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‘Super Wings’ Launches on YouTube
Animated preschool series now available for viewing on NBC Sprout, Amazon Prime and now YouTube.
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Get a First Look at Pixar’s Newest Short Film, ‘Lou’
Animated short film directed by Pixar veteran Dave Mullins is set to be released alongside ‘Cars 3’ on June 16, 2017.
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