Geographical Region: North America

Press Release from TELETOON Canada

Toronto -- The battle for galactic freedom is coming to TELETOON Canada this Fall when STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS launches its eagerly anticipated second season on the Canadian animation network. Beginning in September, season one of Lucasfilm Animation's cutting-edge, computer-generated series will air on the network, along with the 2008 STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS feature film. Season two will follow later in the year. STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS will also launch on the French language TELETOON network this Fall.

Warner Bros. Consumer Products is set to expand the PUCCA animated series' merchandise to the U.S., Canada and Mexico, reports VARIETY. The South Korean series originated on the internet and has a successful consumer products industry in Brazil.

Vooz Co. launched PUCCA on the internet in 2000 as a short Flash series about the young daughter of a Chinese restaurant owner who falls in love with a 12-year-old ninja. The series then got a place on Disney XD.

Press Release from eyeon Software

Toronto: May 26, 2009... Fusion, the award-winning compositing application from eyeon Software, played a key role in creating the visual effects for Twentieth Century Fox's DRAGONBALL: EVOLUTION, directed by James Wong.

Winnipeg-based Frantic Films VFX contributed 334 visual effects shots to the film, with VFX supervisors Chad Wiebe and Mike Shand overseeing the work from the company's Vancouver and Winnipeg facilities, respectively.

Press Release from Amberwood Entertainment

Ottawa, May 28, 2009 - Amberwood Entertainment is pleased to announce that MediaSet has acquired the Free TV and Home Entertainment rights for Italy to its new animated series ROLLBOTS.

"We are delighted to be working again with MediaSet," said Jonathan Wiseman, Senior Vice President at Amberwood. "They're a strong home for ROLLBOTS in Italy and a great addition to our broadcast partners to date".

Downtown Film Fest - L.A.Los Angeles, California, USAAugust 12-22, 2009Deadline: July 15, 2009

The second annual Downtown Film Festival - Los Angeles (DFFLA), the only dedicated film festival in the historic core of the Entertainment Capital of the World, will be held August, 12-22, 2009. The festival doubles in size to 10 days from last year's inaugural event with a series of film screenings of Hollywood, independent and classic films, lectures, panel discussions, exhibits, and parties and receptions, all celebrating downtown L.A.'s renaissance.

Press Release from Starz Media, LLC

TORONTO, May 26 - Starz Animation Toronto today announced that it has received $22.975 million in funding under the Government of Ontario's Next Generation of Jobs Fund. Premier Dalton McGuinty attended the press conference where he indicated the funds have been allocated to Canada's leading feature length animation film studio to stimulate economic growth and to contribute to a competitive workplace for the next generation of Ontarioworkers.

Animators have just a few more days to get their applications in to North America's biggest animation festival.

Thousands of animators, students and studio executives will flock to the Canada's capital from October 14-18 to take part in the 2009 Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF). It's a five-day whirlwind of screenings, presentations, parties and the Television Animation Conference (Oct. 14 and 15).

Press Release from The National Film Board of Canada

Montreal, May 22, 2009 -- It was announced in Cannes that the National Film Board of Canada's animated short RUNAWAY by Cordell Barker has won the Petit Rail d'Or for Best Short Film. The award is presented annually by a group of cinephile railwaymen in attendance at Cannes, and is a testament to audiences' appreciation. RUNAWAY screened to full houses as part of International Critics' Week.

Press Release from MTV

NEW YORK, May 20 -- The wait is over! MTV will give movie fans an exclusive first look at two of this summer's hottest movie releases during the "2009 MTV Movie Awards." Viewers will be treated to scenes from the surefire blockbusters "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" as stars from both casts will reveal the never-before-seen clips.

Press Release from Warner Bros. Consumer Products

Press Release from Frantic Films VFX