2017 program highlights include opening night screenings of ‘My Life as a Zucchini’ and ‘Revolting Rhymes,’ spotlight screening of Makoto Shinkai’s ‘Your Name,’ and closing day film ‘Ancien and the Magic Tablet.’
Golden Globe-nominated film featuring the voices of Will Forte, Nick Offerman, Ellen Page and Amy Sedaris hits select U.S. theaters on February 24th.
Tribute to Chinese animation to include a retrospective screening of ‘Princess Iron Fan’ by brothers Laiming and Guchan Wan, three programs of historical short films, a retrospective of Sun Xun, a program of short films from contemporary artists, a retrospective of the work of Xu An and Xi Chen, and the best shorts from Chinese schools.
Animated TV special from Lupus Films based on the classic children’s book by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury makes its way to the U.S. for the first time.
Leading UK licensing agency founded by Charlie Donaldson and Rob Wijeratna has successfully generated hundreds of millions in retail sales for a diverse roster of brands spanning entertainment, preschool and lifestyle properties.
Allan Feldman, Dell Furano, CEO, and Cyril Speijer will be honored Tuesday, May 23, at the LIMA Licensing Awards Ceremony during Licensing Expo 2017.
Leading APAC TV figurehead Amanda Morrison will lead the new Perth office and drive the company’s strategy in the region.
Madden to serve as both Chief Product Officer and Chief Customer Officer, while Phil Parsonage is named Director of Engineering.
Deadline to apply for the 2017 Faculty Grant program from ASIFA-Hollywood and the Animation Educators Forum is February 6.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment takes an equity stake in the children’s global media company, expanding its distribution agreement to include the worldwide home entertainment marketing and distribution of the Genius catalog of brands.
Heartfelt animated Valentine’s Day special featuring the voices of Samantha Bee, Jason Jones, and Lisa Loeb debuts on Amazon Prime on February 7th.
Independent animation distributor’s current slate of Oscar hopefuls includes ‘My Life as a Zucchini,’ ‘Miss Hokusai,’ ‘April and the Extraordinary World,’ ‘Phantom Boy’ and ‘Mune.’
Former Google executive succeeds Christopher A. Sinclair, who will now serve as Executive Chairman of Mattel’s board of directors.
Signal film directed by director, designer and computational artist Albert Omoss features music by San Diego-based duo Pal & Drome.
Second installment in a VR/AR trilogy that examines our collective life on this planet to be showcased at the Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier program.
Sequel to the 2014 animated hit sees Surly and his ragtag group of animal friends band together to save Liberty Park from the evil mayor of Oakton.
Photorealistic production renderer used on more than 150 feature films since 2002, including recent hits like ‘Doctor Strange,’ ‘Deadpool,’ and ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ to be honored for advancing the use of fully ray-traced rendering in motion pictures.
Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry and Patrick Stewart join studio’s voice roster; animated films from Phil Lord & Christopher Miller and Lin-Manuel Miranda on the horizon.
‘Red of the Yew Tree,’ ‘Mamie,’ ‘I Like Girls,’ ‘I Am Here’ and ‘Blind Vaysha’ are nominated for best animated short.
Funimation Films will debut animated global pop culture phenomenon in both English-language dub and Japanese with English subtitles.
Growing European marketplace and pitching forum running alongside the Annecy International Animated Film Festival swells to four days with an expanded exhibition floor, the MIFA Campus, and more.
Led by VFX supervisor Ferran Domenech, Montreal studio delivers more than 180 shots for director Juan Antonio Bayona’s fantasy film, including transformations and close-ups shots of the titular Monster.
Leading design studios Sarofsky, Perception and SPOV credit Maxon’s Cinema 4D for inspiring creation of main-on-end titles, previz for main assets, medical animations and a new Marvel Studios logo.
Talent agency will represent the Los Angeles studio to agencies and brands for commercial work on the west coast.
Multi-picture deal will reunite the characters and cast from the original cult classic series.
