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Awards Headline News

‘The Breadwinner’ and ‘The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe’ Take Home Emile Awards

By Dan Sarto | Monday, December 10, 2018 at 4:48pm

Director Nora Twomey and co-directors Christian Bøving-Andersen and Eva Lee Wallberg among animation artists honored at second annual ceremony in Lille, France.  

Awards Headline News

‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Voted Best Animated Feature by LA and NY Film Critics

By Dan Sarto | Monday, December 10, 2018 at 2:13pm

Sony Pictures Animation’s new Marvel superhero adventure takes top award from both groups; Hayao Miyazaki honored with Career Achievement Award. 

Frederator Headline News

Frederator Ups Carrie Miller and Jeremy Rosen to VP

Miller to oversee all digital production while Rosen to run marketing, networks, and programming departments as Frederator continues to expand hit roster of animated series, digital channels, and properties.

Festivals Headline News

15 Animated Short Films Selected to Compete at Sundance 2019

Animated short films from 10 countries including Estonia, Germany, Mexico, Poland and Spain selected to compete at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival running January 24 through February 3.

Awards Headline News

‘Floreana,’ ‘North of Blue’ Top LA Animation Festival

Louis Morton’s ‘Floreana’ and Joanna Priestly’s ‘North of Blue’ win grand prizes; best comedy award goes to Alison Snowden and David Fine’s ‘Animal Behaviour.’

Anime Headline News

Hulu, Funimation Expand Anime Partnership in New Multi-Year Deal

In Hulu’s largest deal for anime programming to date, Funimation to become a primary supplier for Hulu’s subtitled and dubbed content for popular series including ‘Tokyo Ghoul,’ ‘Attack on Titan’ and ‘My Hero Academia.’

Google Spotlight Stories ANIMATIONWorld

Google Spotlight Stories and Chromosphere Raise the Bar for ‘Age of Sail’

Technical art leads Cassidy Curtis and Theresa Latzko keep things shipshape in their quest to take the cinematic VR Short by Oscar-winning director John Kahrs onto the high seas.

Nickelodeon Headline News

Chris Rose Appointed VP, Int’l Animation Production & Development at Nickelodeon

Former Beano Studios exec to lead internal and external animation development and production teams for Nickelodeon International.

Popeye Headline News

King Features Celebrates Popeye’s 90th Anniversary with New Digital Series

New ‘Popeye’s Island Adventures’ series on the Popeye and Friends Official YouTube Channel will introduce the classic character to younger audiences.

Annie Awards Headline News

46th Annie Award Nominations Announced

Animation’s biggest night set for Saturday, February 2, 2019 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.

Dreamworks Animation ANIMATIONWorld

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Bringing a 2D Touch to DreamWorks Animation Short ‘Bird Karma’

Dive into enlightenment with the first project to emerge from the studio’s newly-launched shorts program in AWN’s exclusive video and accompanying interview with director William Salazar.

Animation Art Headline News

Inaugural Miyu Gallery Animation Art Exhibition Opens in Paris

By Dan Sarto | Friday, November 30, 2018 at 6:28pm

Selections from Simone Massi’s animation sequences on ‘Samouni Road’ make up first of four annual collections at new European gallery dedicated to artwork from auteur-created films. 

film animation festivals competition pitching SEMINARS WORKSHOPS Blogs

Call for Entries - Anifilm 2019, Call for Pitches - Visegrad Animation Forum

Anifilm 2019 in Trebon - January 10, 2019 deadline for submissions

Visegrad Animation Forum - January 13, 2019 deadline for Sign-up

animated short films Headline News

Hiroshima Grand Prize Winner ‘The Blissful Accidental Death’ Now Online

By Dan Sarto | Friday, November 30, 2018 at 3:45pm

Sergiu Negulici’s animated short about a young man’s search for a woman after finding her 70-year-old secret love letter, is now available. 

Sony Pictures Animation Headline News

Miles Flails Through Web-Swinging 101 in New ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Clip

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 2:48pm

Reluctant mentor Peter Parker and his bumbling protégé barely escape with their lives in latest look at Sony’s upcoming animated comic-adventure.

Anime Headline News

Adult Swim, Crunchyroll & Alcon Producing All-New ‘Blade Runner’ Anime Series

Sola Digital Arts to provide animation services; ‘Cowboy Bebop’ director Shinichiro Watanabe to serve as creative producer.

Netflix Headline News

Netflix Unveils Anime Lineup for 2019

Highlights include new original Anime ‘7SEEDS,’ new look at upcoming series ‘SAINT SEIYA: Knights of the Zodiac,’ ‘Rilakkuma & Kaoru’ and ‘ULTRAMAN’ as well as the exclusive worldwide streaming debut ‘NEON GENESIS EVANGELION.’

Sony Headline News

Sony Planning Sequel and All-Female Spinoff for ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’

Sequel will be directed by Joaquim Dos Santos of ‘Voltron’ fame; Lauren Montgomery in negotiations to direct untitled project assembling all the female heroes from the Spider-Man universe in one adventure.

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