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Shout! Sets U.S. Theatrical Dates for ‘Tito and the Birds’
Award-winning animated feature opens in New York City January 25, with theatrical openings in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Philadelphia and Arizona to follow on February 1.
CLIPS: Naoko Yamada’s ‘A Silent Voice’ Returns to U.S. Cinemas Jan. 28 & 31
Based on the original manage by Yoshitoki Oima, hit Japanese coming-of-age drama is a moving depiction of the struggles of adolescence.
TRAILER: GKIDS Acquires NorAm Rights to ‘This Magnificent Cake!’
Marc James Roels and Emma de Swaef’s Annie Award-nominated stop-motion animated feature to be released theatrically in Los Angeles on March 1.
TRAILER: Michael Frei’s ‘KIDS’ to Screen at 69th Berlinale
Second collaboration between director and animator Michael Frei and game designer Mario von Rickenbach is from the publishers of David OReilly’s critically-acclaimed ‘Everything.’
‘Dragon Ball Super: Broly’ Goes Super Saiyan With #1 U.S. Box Office Opening for Funimation
Twentieth feature film from Dragon Ball Franchise earns record $7 million+ and takes top spot at box office with $5,695 per-screen average.
Motor Away: Špela Čadež’s ‘Nighthawk’ Makes Online Debut
Award-winning stop-motion short co-produced by Croatia’s Finta Film and Slovenia’s Bonobostudio takes traditional multiplane cut-out animation to a new level in a tale of a drunken badger set loose on the roads.
GKIDS Acquires U.S. Distribution Rights to Denis Do’s ‘Funan’
Winner of the top prizes at last year’s Annecy and the Animation Is Film festivals, filmmaker Denis Do’s emotionally searing debut set in Cambodia slated for theatrical release later this spring.
Akira Toriyama’s ‘Dragon Ball Super: Broly’ Opens January 16
Twentieth film from the iconic Dragon Ball anime franchise will debut in 1,260 theaters across the U.S. and Canada including 180 digital premium large format screens as a special opening-day-only presentation at select IMAX and Cinemark XD locations.
CLIPS: Studio Ponoc’s Short Film Anthology ‘Modest Heroes’ Now in Theaters!
Animated anthology from Studio Ponoc follows the studio’s critically acclaimed 2017 release, ‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower.’
New Making-of Video Goes Behind the Scenes of Louise Bagnall’s ‘Late Afternoon’
Oscar-shortlisted short film produced by Cartoon Saloon uses hand-drawn digital animation to poignantly explore the internal landscape of a woman with memory loss.
WATCH: Boris Labbé’s ‘La Chute’ Makes Limited Online Debut
Produced in collaboration with Sacrebleu Productions, experimental animated short is in the running for France’s César Award.
Visual Effects Society New York Hosts 5th Annual Awards Celebration
Digital pioneer Bob Greenberg to receive Empire Award; VFX innovators Jonah Friedman and Andy Jones to receive Empire Tech Award.
EXCLUSIVE: GKIDS Releases New Teaser for ‘Okko’s Inn’
New feature from Studio Ghibli veteran Kitarō Kōsaka and famed anime studio Madhouse arrives in U.S. theaters this April.
24th Encounters Festival: September 25-30, 2018 – Bristol, England
Being both a live action and an animated short film festival, the Encounters Festival schedule was packed with film programs of every description.
Nominations Announced for 2019 BAFTA Awards
‘Incredibles 2,’ ‘Isle of Dogs’ and ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ receive nominations in the Animated Film category; ‘Avengers: Infinity War,’ ‘Black Panther,’ ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,’ ‘First Man,’ and ‘Ready Player One’ nominated for Special Visual Effects.
Sony’s ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Wins Golden Globe Award
Widely praised for its groundbreaking visual style, Sony Pictures Animation’s ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ continues its awards season momentum with Golden Globe win.
Call for Entries to the 3rd Bilbao International Animation Community Festival ANIMAKOM FEST
Call for Entries to the 3rd Bilbao International Animation Community Festival ANIMAKOM FEST is open until 31st January 2019.
DreamWorks Animation’s ‘How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ Takes Flight Overseas
Series director Dean DeBlois returns with the culminating chapter of one of the most beloved animated franchises in film history, setting opening day records in Australia and New Zealand ahead of the film’s North American release on February 22.
Gallery Nucleus Presenting ‘Weekends,’ ‘Age of Sail’ This Saturday!
Screenings and panels of Oscar-shortlisted animated short films to be followed by a filmmaker signing session.
‘Liz and the Blue Bird’ Flies Home on March 5
Shout! Factory and Eleven Arts Anime Studio to release anime feature from the creators of the critically acclaimed ‘A Silent Voice’ on Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack, DVD & Digital Download.
CLIP: Studio Ponoc’s Short Film Anthology ‘Modest Heroes’ in Theaters January 10 & 12
Animated anthology from Studio Ponoc follows the studio’s critically acclaimed 2017 release, ‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower.’
Sony Pictures Classics Releases New Trailer for ‘Ruben Brandt, Collector’
Sony Pictures Classics to distribute Milorad Krstić’s stylish animated heist thriller with an Oscar-qualifying run in 2019.
Eva Cvijanović’s Stop-Motion Short ‘Hedgehog’s Home’ Now Available Online!
Multi-award-winning short film co-produced by Croatia’s Bonobostudio and the National Film Board of Canada released online as a Vimeo Staff Pick.
‘Your Name’ Director Makoto Shinkai Helming ‘Weather Child’
Character designer Masayoshi Tanaka, animation director Atsushi Tamura, and art director Hiroshi Takiguchi returning for Shinkai’s latest anime feature.