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Licensing Headline News

IMPS, Dupuis Developing New Animated Smurfs Series

Official Smurfs licensor IMPS and the studio behind adaptations of ‘Spirou,’ ‘Little Spirou,’ ‘Papyrus,’ ‘Jojo,’ ‘Cedric,’ and more join forces to produce a new Smurfs TV series giving the little blue creatures an updated look.

Original Force Headline News

Penney Finkelman Cox, Sandra Rabins Exit Original Force

Veteran animation executives helped the Chinese CG animation studio expand into Hollywood with its first comedy feature, ‘Duck Duck Goose,’ which is set for release by Open Road Films on April 20, 2018.

Opinion ANIMATIONWorld

Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode XLI - Cheap Buttons

Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes improvised and hastily scribbled cheer or loathing on the animation community to be digested, swallowed or... expelled. Today: the exploitation of doing the right thing.

VIEW 2017 Headline News

VIEW Conference 2017 Announces Final Program

Registration now open for 18th annual computer graphics symposium running October 23-27; entries underway for ‘View Awards’ and ‘Games Bootcamp.’

Visual Effects Society Headline News

Visual Effects Society Announces Special 2017 Honorees

Toni Pace Carstensen named recipient of the 2017 VES Founders Award; visual effects producer and longstanding member of the VES Awards Committee Chuck Finance designated with Lifetime VES Membership; legendary VFX archivist and practitioner Bob Burns given Honorary VES Membership. 

Festivals Headline News

9th Annual Burbank International Film Festival Announces 2017 Program

Festival to present a record-breaking 180 films, 25 world premieres, and 65 Los Angeles premieres, with two programming blocs dedicated to animation.

National Film Board of Canada Headline News

First Pond Entertainment Acquires NFB Feature ‘Window Horses’

Oscar-Qualifying Run set for 2D animated feature directed by Ann Marie Fleming employing a myriad of visual styles from more than a dozen animators including Kevin Langdale, Janet Perlman, Bahram Javaheri and Jody Kramer.

Blizzard Entertainment Headline News

Blizzard Entertainment Unveils ‘Hearth and Home’ Animated Short

Future animated shorts and an ongoing comics series will help bring the setting of Blizzard Entertainment’s ‘Hearthstone’ digital card game to life in delightful new ways.

Festivals Headline News

Women in the Spotlight at Ninth Edition of Festival Stop Motion Montreal

Robust program largely dedicated to the work of female directors and women who specialize in stop-motion animation runs September 15-17, 2017.

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CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF ANIMATOR INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL - 07 – 13 July 2017 Poznan, Poland

Over these past 10 years of existence the Animator Festival in Poznan has grown in respect internationally so it was a lovely honor to be invited back this year to help celebrate the festival’s 10th anniversary.

Virtual Reality Headline News

Heckler Teams with Artist Brooklyn Whelan for New VR Experience for Samsung

Sydney-based post-production and VFX house teams with Australian contemporary artist Brooklyn Whelan to bring fine art to Virtual Reality life for Samsung at this year’s Splendour In The Grass music and arts festival.

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