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Cartoons on the Bay Comes to Turin in April 2017

Begins: April 6, 2017

International Cross-media Animation and Children’s Television Festival featuring three days of screenings, workshops and competitions, April 6th – 8th, now open for registration.

Opinion ANIMATIONWorld

Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode XII - Learning to Hunt

Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes improvised and hastily scribbled cheer or loathing on the animation community to be mused, countered, or disregarded. 

Animated Short Film ANIMATIONWorld

‘Pear Cider and Cigarettes’: How a ‘Passion’ Project Became an Academy Award Contender

Director Robert Valley teams with Passion Pictures to bring his gritty graphic novel to the screen, garnering an Oscar nod and Annie win along the way.

Cartoon Saloon Headline News

Mercury Filmworks and Cartoon Saloon Launch Lighthouse Studios

New full-service animation studio based in Kilkenny focused on the development of animated children’s and family television entertainment to create 140 jobs over the next three years.

Signe Baumane Headline News

CLIP: Going to the Chapel with Signe Baumane’s ‘My Love Affair With Marriage’

New clip from Brooklyn-based independent animator’s follow-up to ‘Rocks in My Pockets’ features the Mythology Sirens, shape-shifting creatures who lure young women into fantasies of everlasting love and blissful marriage.

Short Films ANIMATIONWorld

Pictures from the Brainbox: A Weekly Dose of Indie Animation - 'Wings and Oars'

Every Tuesday, Chris Robinson digests and dissects recent indie animation short films. Today's film is Wings and Oars by Vladimir Leschiov.

Cartoon Saloon Headline News

Superights Announces New Sales for Cartoon Saloon’s ‘Puffin Rock’

Preschool co-production from Oscar-nominated Cartoon Saloon, Dog Ears and Penguin Random House traveling to Australia, Denmark, Scotland, Israel, Taiwan, South Korea and more.

Profiles ANIMATIONWorld

Animators Unearthed - Chris Sullivan

Every Monday, Chris Robinson serves up Animators Unearthed, a brief introduction to prominent and not-so-prominent indie animators. This week he takes a look at Chicago animator Chris Sullivan.

New York City Events

Winter Film Awards 6th Annual Indie Film Festival - Feb 23-Mar 4 2017 - NYC

Begins: February 23, 2017

Winter Film Awards 6th annual INDIE FILM FESTIVAL runs Feb 23-Mar 4 in NYC with a jam-packed schedule of 88 films by emerging filmmakers from 30 countries. 

 

All Genres — Free Discussion Panels — $5 Matinees —Bloody Thursday All Horror All Day — Daily Screenings of fantastic films and lots of Free Parties.   Hollywood might ignore women and people of color, but Winter Film Awards celebrates everyone! #WFA2017 #WFASoDiverse.  WinterFilmAwards.com for details

Independent Animation ANIMATIONWorld

The Past and Future Torment the Present in Theodore Ushev’s ‘Blind Vaysha’

By Dan Sarto | Friday, February 3, 2017 at 4:00pm

The acclaimed director’s Oscar-nominated short warns that humanity's constant fear of the future and obsession with the past imperils our ability to live in the present.

Radical Sheep Productions Headline News

Radical Sheep’s ‘Bagel and Becky Show’ Heads to Teletoon February 6

Offbeat comedy series based on the book by Dave Cooper is produced by Radical Sheep Productions with animation services provided by Jam Filled Entertainment. 

Previs VFXWorld

Visualizing the Fantastic Worlds of ‘Doctor Strange’

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 5:55pm

The Third Floor’s previs and postvis supervisor Faraz Hameed describes the challenges of more than two years of work on Marvel’s hit supernatural superhero adventure.

Interview ANIMATIONWorld

I Have a Question Steven Subotnick

In which Chris Robinson asks animators profound and inane questions that have little to do with animation. This week's guest is American indie animator and teacher, Steven Subotnick.

 
Jetpack Distribution Headline News

Jetpack Picks Up Global Rights to DreamEast’s ‘Valt the Wonder Deer’

New 2D-animated series from Beijing and Hollywood-based production studio reimagines the ancient Chinese myth of the nine-colored deer for a global audience.

Adult Swim Headline News

Adult Swim Delays ‘Rick and Morty’ Premiere Announcement, Launches GalacticFederation.com

New behind-the-scenes look at how Earth C-137 is coping with the events of the Season 2 finale is packed with extras, including a sneak peek of Jerry on the toilet!

Julia Pott Headline News

Cartoon Network Greenlights Julia Pott Series, ‘Summer Camp Island’

Cartoon Network greenlights 2017 Sundance Film Festival selection ‘Summer Camp Island’ based on original short created by British animator and illustrator Julia Pott.

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