Call for Entries: Animation Meets Classical Music – ITFS’s Bechstein Classic Animation Award
New festival award, honoring best use of music in animation, will be presented at upcoming 27th Stuttgart International Festival of Animation.
Category: Short Films
Call For Entries: Festival of Cinema NYC
Begins: August 7, 2020
Sponsored by Regal Entertainment, the festival is currently seeking films of all lengths and genres - including animation! Save 10% off your submission fee when you use code AWNFCNYC on FilmFreeway.com.
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Call for Entries: The British Animation Awards 2020
Submissions are being accepted, now through November 30, 2019, for the 13th edition of the BAA.
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‘Need it Yesterday’ Halloween Animation Challenge: Hot as Hell!
In the first of a new ‘quick and dirty’ animation production spotlight series, Ritzy Animation’s Dan Edgley and Charlie Batho allow their team a mere 32 hours to produce something deliciously sinister.
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FXX’s ‘Cake’ is Serving Up a Tasty Selection of Animated Shorts
Midway through its first season, smart film selections deftly illustrate just how inspiring and entertaining animated shorts can be.
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EXCLUSIVE CLIP: Go Behind the Scenes with the Hatchlings of ‘The Angry Birds Movie 2’
Take a peek as the feathered tykes are launched into outer space, and channel their inner Cowpoke; the sequel to Rovio’s 2016 animated hit, ‘The Angry Birds,’ is available now on Digital, and November 12 on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD.
WATCH: ‘La Noria,’ Award-Winning Animated Short Film, Premieres Online
International collaboration of artists and sponsors, including Artella, Autodesk and Foundry, come together, helping writer/director Carlos Baena achieve his chilling creative vision.
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Elastic Tackles ‘Gears of War 5’ Multi-Part Launch Campaign
Creative studio collaborates with 215 McCann, XBOX and The Coalition to produce, design and animate three key pieces of game launch content.
Women in Animation Announces 3rd Annual WIA Diversity Award Winners
Sony Pictures Animation, Netflix’s Melissa Cobb and director Brenda Lopez’s ‘Abeo’ will be honored at upcoming Spark Animation 2019, which runs October 24-27 in Vancouver.
GLAS Announces 2020 Poster and 2019 Grant Recipients
5th annual animation festival, coming March 19-22, 2020, is still accepting entries; submission deadline is November 1.
Show Off Your Animation Skills: Enter the 8th Annual iAniMagic Competition
Use free Animation Desk app to create 15-30 second animation on any animal you choose; winners will receive cash prizes and promotion of their work.
Bill Plympton Finally Gets Some Distribution Muscle with Shout! Factory Deal
The acclaimed animator celebrates his deal with the multi-platform media company, talks about his latest work, and tells a very scary horror story.
VIEW Conference 2019: Celebrating the Best in Animation, VFX and Visual Storytelling
Grab your notepad and fashionable wool scarf; a packed roster of talent led by Brad Bird, Dean DeBlois and Rob Legato will rub elbows and share insights at the digital media conference and symposium set for October 21-25 in Turin, Italy.
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Fresh Takes: Daisy Jacobs Plunges Viewers into Real Life Drama with ‘The Full Story’
In her award-winning short, live actors are injected into the uniquely chaotic and morphing animated vortex, creating a riveting and impactful viewing experience.
‘Kids’ Takes Best in Show Honors at SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival
Michael Frei and Mario von Rickenbach’s powerful short about the random actions of a faceless group wins top prize at annual showcase for excellence in CG animation.
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Thomas Renoldner Definitely Knows What He’s Doing
Director mixes slapstick with elegant avant-garde in ‘Dont Know What,’ his OIAF 2019 grand prize-winning experimental animated short film.
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Annecy 2020 Now Open for Film and Project Submissions
Festival celebrates its 60th anniversary June 15-20, 2020; films and animation projects across multiple categories can now be entered for selection.
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‘Funan’ and ‘I Lost My Body’ Lead Film Selections at PSIAF 2019
Animated features by award-winning directors Denis Do and Jérémy Clapin among films selected in 37 categories for Palm Springs International Animation Festival, coming December 14-15 to Palm Springs, California.
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Wallace & Gromit Celebrate 30th Anniversary with Re-Release of ‘The Complete Collection’
Coming October 21 on DVD and Blu-ray, the short film collection allows fans to relive the timeless and quintessentially British humor of Wallace and his four-legged companion.
SEE IT HERE: Ishan Shukla’s Dystopian Short, ‘Schirkoa’ Now Online
Award-winning fourteen-minute CG-animated film, now being developed as a feature film, was created in Autodesk Maya and Adobe CC and rendered in GPU renderer Redshift.
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VES Now Accepting Submissions for 18th Annual VES Awards
Submission forms now available for entering VFX projects in Film, Television, Special Venue, Games, Animation, VR and New Media created between January 1 and December 31, 2019.
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Innovators and Pioneers in Computer Graphics and Animation to Speak at SIGGRAPH Asia 2019
The conference, taking place is Brisbane, Australia from November 17 -20, will feature a wide array of sessions with industry luminaries in animation, VFX and technology.
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ftrack Launches Adobe Illustrator Integration for ftrack Studio
New app release, with improved versioning across all ftrack’s Adobe Creative Cloud integrations, optimizes efficiency while accelerating creative workflows.
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animago 2019 Announces Jury and Award Nominees
30 international entries chosen from 1,137 entries will compete in 10 creative categories at upcoming event running November 2-4 in Munich, Germany.
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‘Coeur Fondant,’ and ‘Entre Sombras’ Take Home Awards at Festival Stop Motion Montreal
Films by Benoît Chieux and Alice Guimarães & Mónica Santos among prize winners honored at 11th festival edition’s closing ceremonies, which took place at Concordia University’s J.A. De Sève Cinema.
