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Templeton Triumphs at Annecy 2007

The coveted short film Annecy Cristal award at the 31ST International Festival of Animated Film at Annecy went to PETER AND THE WOLF by Suzie Templeton for the U.K. and Poland, as well as the Audience Award, while the Cristal for Best Feature went to FREE JIMMY by Christopher Nielsen for Norway and the U.K. The awards were presented at the closing ceremony held on Saturday, June 16, 2007, in Annecy, France.

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Memories of Dogs Wins Stuttgart

The Stuttgart Festival of Animation wrapped up May 1, 2007, with the presentation of its prize winners. Simone Massi's short film, THE MEMORIES OF DOGS, took home the grand prize. On the TV side, TV-Loonland and The Illuminated Film Co.'s THE LITTLE PRINCESS was awarded the top prize. In the feature category, AZUR ET ASMAR by Michel Ocelot garnered the award.

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ComBOTS/fmx Award 2007

By Guest (not verified) | Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at 11:00am
Begins: May 1, 2007

ComBOTS AG and fmx -- International Conference for Animation, Effects, Realtime and Content collaborate by establishing the "ComBOTS/fmx Award" to be staged for the first time in 2007. The award winners will be presented at the fmx/07 in Stuttgart in May. Graphics artists and studios can now request the detailed award specifications under www.combots.com/fmx-award. Up to the closing date on March 30, 2007, they can submit their entry of animated characters to compete for one of the attractive main prizes. The winner will be awarded a production contract for a ComBOTS Collection.

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The Batman Season Finale to Air on Consecutive Saturdays

The season finale to THE BATMAN drops illuminating hints about its future with the action-packed, two-part episode, "The Joining," airing on consecutive Saturdays, April 28 and May 5, 2007, at 10:30 am on Kids WB! on The CW.

In "The Joining," Gotham faces an alien invasion. Simultaneously, new detective John Jones (aka Martian Manhunter) arrives in Gotham and hints to Batman that he may know the Caped Crusaders secrets. Batman must uncover the detective's true identity and intentions while combating the aliens.

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ACT Announces Awards of Excellence Nods

The Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) will honor Canada's top English language children's and youth programs at the 2007 Awards of Excellence Gala on May 31, 2007, at CBC's Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto. The gala will be co-hosted by much-loved Kids' CBC host Patty Sullivan and Sid Bobb, who will also be joining Kids' CBC in the fall.

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Aquaria Wins 2007 Independent Games Fest

Bit Blot's dreamlike 2D underwater adventure game AQUARIA won top honors, collecting the $20,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game, at the 2007 Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards.

The winners were announced tonight at the 9th Annual IGF Awards ceremony, hosted by the Game Developers Conference (GDC) at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.

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Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo Wins at Japanese Academy Awards

In a ceremony that took place in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2007, Madhouse Studios' TOKI WO KAKERU SHOUJO (THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME) took home best animated film at the 30th Japanese Academy Awards. The other nominees included GEDO SENKI (TALES OF EARTHSEA), BRAVE STORY, DETECTIVE CONAN: THE PRIVATE EYES' REQUIEM and ARASHI NO YORU NI.

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Letters From Iwo Jima & Cars Win Top Golden Reel Awards

LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA took home double honors at the Motion Picture Sound Editors' Golden Reel Awards, held Saturday night, Feb. 24, 2007, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The World War II historical pic was honored for dialogue and automated dialogue replacement category, as well as for sound effects/foley.

APOCALYPTO won for music in a feature film, while DREAMGIRLS was honored for music editing in a musical feature film. PAN'S LABYRINTH was feted for the foreign film sound effects/foley.

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Academy Salutes Tech Achievements

Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal presented the first Oscar statuette of the year to Ray Feeney when the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences presented him with the Gordon E. Sawyer Award at the Scientific and Technical Awards on Feb. 10, 2007, at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.

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Cars Races Away with Grammy

While CARS raced away with the top Annie Award on Sunday, Feb.11, 2007, Randy Newman picked up the award for "Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" for "Our Town" from CARS at the 2007 Grammys. The film's album lost the "Best Compilation Soundtrack Album" award to WALK THE LINE and Bob Dylan took home "Best Solo Rock Vocal" award over John Mayer's "Route 66" for the animated Pixar film. For a complete list of winners, visit www.grammy.com/Grammy_Awards/49th_show/list.aspx.

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Happy Feet Dances, Guy 101 Shocks at BAFTA Awards

British Academy of Film and Television Arts handed out its 2007 BAFTA awards on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007.

In animation, HAPPY FEET dances home with the award for "Best Animated Feature" while Ian Gouldstone's daring GUY 101 surprises by taking home the "Animated Short" award, beating out Joanna Quinn's multiple award winner DREAMS AND DESIRES -- FAMILY TIES and Hugh Welchman, Alan Dewhurst and Suzie Templeton's PETER AND THE WOLF.

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ComBOTS/fmx Award 2007 Celebrates Best 3D Character Animation Design

ComBOTS AG and fmx -- International Conference for Animation, Effects, Realtime and Content collaborate by establishing the "ComBOTS/fmx Award" to be staged for the first time in 2007. The award winners will be presented at the fmx/07 in Stuttgart in May. Graphics artists and studios can now request the detailed award specifications under www.combots.com/fmx-award. Up to the closing date on March 30, 2007, they can submit their entry of animated characters to compete for one of the attractive main prizes. The winner will be awarded a production contract for a ComBOTS Collection.

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George Lucas To Receive One-Time-Only Irving "Bud" Levin Award

By Rick DeMott | Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at 12:00am

The San Francisco Film Society announced that George Lucas will be the recipient of the one-time-only Irving "Bud" Levin Award to be presented at the 50th San Francisco Int'l Film Festival, which runs from April 26 - May 10, 2007.

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Wallace & Gromit Win Another BAFTA

WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT has won another BAFTA award, picking up the Feature Film award at The British Academy Children's Film and Television Awards in association with Electronic Arts. The film, which also won the British Film BAFTA at the Film Awards earlier this year, beat THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST to the honor.

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Dreams and Desires Wins at Bristol Festival

Britain's biggest and longest running short film festival, Encounters, the 12th Bristol International Short Film Festival, celebrated the very best in animated short filmmaking on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2005, with the presentation of its awards at a packed ceremony at Bristol's Watershed Media Centre.

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modo Wins MacUser ‘3D/Animation Software of the Year’ Award

Luxologys modo won a MACUSER Maxine editorial award for the best 3D/Animation Software of the Year at last weeks MacExpo conference in London. Awarded by MACUSER, one of the U.K.s leading Macintosh magazines, the Maxine award was presented on Oct. 26 at a ceremony held at The Hurlingham Club, an elegant and historical estate in Fulham, England.

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Annual College Television Awards Accepting Submissions

The 28th Annual College Television Awards is now accepting submissions searching for the nation's best in film, video and digital works by college students.

Hundreds of students from all across the U.S. enter this competition, whether they are from a small community college or a large university, in order to showcase their talent and bring their vision to the small screen.

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WIFC Award to Bonnie Hunt & Thea Flaum

By Guest (not verified) | Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at 11:00am
Begins: October 10, 2006

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - Women In Film/Chicago Focus Achievement Awards. Actress/director Bonnie Hunt and television producer Thea Flaum are this year's recipients. Amy Jacobson of NBC5/WMAQ will be emcee for the luncheon gala. The Women In Film/Chicago Focus Award honors women who have contributed significantly to the film, television, advertising and corporate productions industries, and who have a tie to Chicago and the Midwest. This year's luncheon gala award event is Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at the Ritz/Carlton Chicago, 160 East Pearson Street in Chicago.

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Lola Marymount Gives Lifetime Achievement Award To Lasseter

By Rick DeMott | Thursday, September 28, 2006 at 12:00am

John Lasseter has been chosen to receive the 2006 Infinite Power of Story Lifetime Achievement Award at LMUs School of Film and Televisions Film Outside the Frame Festival, Oct. 9.

The honor being given to Lasseter, cco of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios and principal creative advisor, Walt Disney Imagineering, is part of the celebration for Film Outside the Frame Festival, which will showcase and award selected outstanding student work from the past year at SFTV.

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Action On Film International Film Festival 2006

By Guest (not verified) | Friday, July 28, 2006 at 11:00am
Begins: July 28, 2006

The Action On Film International Film Festival showcases films from around the world. This year, the event will recognize the work of animator Phil Mendez of ROBOTS, KISSYFUR, THE BLACK SNOWMAN and thousands of other productions. Mendez will be recognized for his long list of achievements and innovations in the world of animation as well as his long time contributions to the art form. He will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Animation at the gala 2006 Award Show and Black Tie Dinner Event, which will be held at the Long Beach Convention Center Ballroom.

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Astonishing X-Men Wins Top Eisner Award

At Comic-Con, the Oscars of the comicbook industry the Will Eisner Aewards were handed out. BUFFY creator Joss Whedon took home one of the top prizes for his work on ASTONISHING X-MEN in the Best Continuing Series award.

The full list of winners include:

Best Short StoryTEENAGE SIDEKICK, by Paul Pope, in SOLO #3 (DC)

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)SOLO #5, by Darwyn Cooke (DC)

Best Serialized Story

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Imagen Ent. Industry Awards Announces 2006 Nominees

DORA THE EXPLORER and its spin-off series, GO, DIEGO GO, are amongst the 21st Annual Imagen Awards' 2006 Nominees announced June 29, 2006 by Lorenzo Lamas at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Conference Center in North Hollywood, California. The Imagen Awards Gala is scheduled for Aug. 18 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Imagen was established in 1985 to encourage and recognize the positive portrayal of Latinos in all media, and to increase Latino representation at all levels of the entertainment industry.

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