Call for Entries: 7th Edition Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards
The event promotes the Ibero-American animation market and its talent; deadline for submissions is December 14, 2023 - the event runs May 9-10, 2024.
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'Peter & the Wolf’ Tackles a Child’s Grief with Detailed Modeling and Punk 2D
The film, featuring music and narration by Gavin Friday and artwork based on original illustrations by Bono, retells and transforms Prokofiev’s 1936 symphonic fairytale into a story about a 12-year-old boy coping with the pain of losing his mother; short debuts October 19 on Max.
Room to Read Shares ‘She Creates Change’ Trailer for ‘International Day of the Girl’
The global nonprofit’s 6-episode live-action/animated film series promotes gender equality using impactful vignettes to tell stories of young women worldwide while inspiring them to confront inequality and create change.
Submissions Now Open: Annecy 2024
Animation’s premier festival now accepting submissions in multiple categories, including short films, TV films, commissioned films, graduation films, feature films and VR works; registration dates for Mifa Pitch Sessions are coming next month.
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Disney’s Short ‘Once Upon a Studio’ Honors Animation's Creative Greats
The studio’s year-long 100th anniversary celebration adds the ‘ultimate love letter to animation,’ with 543 characters from more than 85 Disney features and short films highlighting a century of remarkable projects and the incredibly talented people who made them; watch it October 15 on ABC.
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Paramount+ Teases Next ‘South Park’ Special
Cartman has disturbing dreams and South Park's grownups confront AI in ‘South Park: Joining the Panderverse,’ streaming October 27.
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Animaze Reveals 2023 Award Winners
Winning animated shorts include ‘A Tree Once Grew Here’ by Johnnie Semerad, ‘Louis I King of The Sheep’ by Markus Wulf, and ‘Hardboiled’ by Peter Sluszka; Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Nelvana co-founder and Canadian animation industry leader Michael Hirsch.
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Sony Pictures Animation Names Damien de Froberville EVP, Production and Operating Strategy
The former CEO of Sergio Pablos Animation fills the role of retiring 20-year studio veteran Pam Marsden.
Nelvana Inks ‘Millie Magnificent’ Distribution Deals
Based on the popular kids’ book series by Ashley Spires, the new original 3DCG preschool series heads to Canal+ in France and Treehouse in Canada in 2024 – coming to MIPCOM this month.
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Psyop and Riot Drop ‘League of Legends 2023’ Anthem Promo
Directed by Marie Hyon and HANZOHANZO, the 2.5D-animated music video for the World Championship, set to a new track by Riot Games, features K-Pop girl group NewJeans and places viewers at the center of the battlefield field as DRX and Deft triumph in the greatest finals in LOL history.
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Podcast EP 227: How Keika Lee Started Greyscale Animation and Produced ‘Odd Dog’
Studio founder shares how she went from big studio production work to launching her own animation studio, producing her own work, and funding her own films.
Max Drops Trailer for Original Animated Short ‘Peter & the Wolf’
Coming October 19, the film, featuring music and narration by Gavin Friday and artwork based on original illustrations by Bono, transforms and retells the classic fairytale and Sergei Prokofiev’s famed symphony.
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‘Miserable Miracle,’ ‘When Adam Changes’ Top OIAF 2023 Winners
Ryo Orikasa takes home the Grand Prize for short animation, while Joël Vaudreuil takes home the Grand Prize for feature animation, at the 47th annual Ottawa International Animation Festival.
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PBS KIDS Announces New Series ‘Super Why’s Comic Book Adventures’
The collection of animated musical shorts inspired by the original ‘Super Why!’ series aims to help grow the literacy skills of young readers; show premieres October 18.
Podcast EP 225: Caroline Foley on How to Actually Sell an Original Animated Show Idea
The animator, writer, story editor, set designer and founder of Tiny Lion animation studio shares how to polish your pitch, connect with studios to deliver it – and what it’s like when you succeed.
Lil Thrasher Universe Drops ‘No Weenies Allowed!’
Created by Jesse Korman, Jimmy Lazer and Richard Nardo, the cartoon universe filled with heavy metal monsters, mutants, and misfits gets its first animated short about DJJ, the youngest son of the Grim Reaper, as he attempts to start a band for all the wrong reasons.
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‘Young Love’ Looks at Millennial Parents, Afro-Puffs, and Sun-Kissed Chicago Overpasses
Matthew A. Cherry’s new animated series, based on his Oscar-winning ‘Hair Love’ short, offers an honest, heartfelt, and comedic take on a millennial couple and their young daughter as they juggle careers, parenthood, social issues, and multi-generational dynamics while working to make a better life for themselves; show debuts September 21 on Max.
Exclusive: New Trailer for Ryo Orikasa’s ‘Miserable Miracle’
The award-winning ‘Datum Point’ director returns to the Ottawa festival with his latest experimental film, produced by Miyu Productions, the NFB, and New Deer, screening in Short Competition 5; OIAF 2023 runs September 20-24.
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2023 Student Academy Award Winners Announced
‘Boom,’ ‘Diplomatie de l’Éclipse,’ and ‘Mum’s Spaghetti’ honored in animation; all winning films now eligible for 2023 Oscars.
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Procreate Dreams 2D Animation iPad App Releasing in November
Designed for touch, the new app takes full advantage of Apple silicon, unlocking accessible, robust, and powerful tools and workflow.
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Max Drops ‘Young Love’ Official Trailer
Based on Matthew A. Cherry’s Oscar-winning ‘Hair Love’ short, the new series stars Kid Cudi, Issa Rae, and Brooke Monroe Conaway as a tight-knit Chicago family juggling careers, parenthood, social issues and multi-generational dynamics while working to make a better life for themselves; show debuts September 21.
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2024 British Animation Awards Open for Entries, Adds Int’l Animated Series Category
Also announced is the separation of long format project honors into Best Long Form Animation and Best Feature Film awards.
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Podcast EP 223: Senior Art Manager Kaye Vassey on Coming Out Trans in the Gaming Industry
Vassey shares her journeys, including how she crossed the bridge from TV and feature animation to CG gaming and what skill level is needed to be a technical artist; also learn about the short she’s currently producing.
Exclusive: Trailer Drops for Trans-Positive ‘Pacemaker’ Musical Short
Starring 2023 Tony Award winner Alex Newell, the first-ever non-binary actor to win a Tony, multi-Grammy Award winner Philip Lawrence, and executive produced by ‘Nimona’s ND Stevenson, the 3DCG film, about a grandfather’s hopeful acceptance of his trans grandson, begins a week-long Oscar-qualifying run September 15 at the Cinelounge Sunset in Hollywood.
Call for Entries: 51st Annie Awards
ASIFA-Hollywood’s annual celebration of excellence in animation is set for February 17, 2024 at UCLA’s Royce Hall; the early submission deadline is October 16, with final entries accepted through December 8.
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