MPC LA Expands Creative & Production Team
David Hoogenakker is named Head of Business Development, Jeff Werner as Head of Production and Meghan Lang as Executive Producer; Mike Wigart promoted to Executive Producer of MPC Creative.
Stan Lee’s ‘Mighty 7’ Feature Headed to Cartoon Network Latin America
Genius Brands International licenses the broadcast rights to all-star animated comedy adventure set to air throughout 42 territories across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Motion Graphics Take Center Stage at Half Rez 2015
MAXON teams with Greyscalegorilla and X-Particles to bring 3D and 2D artists, animators and designers together at Half Rez 2015 at Lincoln Hall in Chicago, IL on September 9.
TeamTO and Thuristar Start Production on ‘My Knight and Me’
Five broadcasters on board new CGI animated medieval comedy series produced by leading French studio TeamTO.
American Cinematheque to Present George Pal Tribute
Screening series for Oscar-winning stop-motion animator and Puppetoons creator runs September 10-13 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
Bruce Bickford: Wondering Boy Poet
Bruce Bickford's animations are incomparable and indescribable.
Norway’s ‘But Milk is Important’ Now Online
Stop-motion animated short from Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen and Anna Mantzaris has screened at more than 100 festivals, including Annecy, Hiroshima and Zagreb, picking up 21 international awards.
GALLERY: Fantoche 2015
Don Hertzfeldt’s ‘World of Tomorrow’ wins the top prize at 13th edition of the International Animation Film Festival Baden; check out the rest of the entries in AWN’s image gallery from Fantoche 2015.
WATCH: Richard Williams Unveils Trailer for ‘Prologue’ Short
The new hand-drawn six-minute short film from animation legend Richard Williams begins its Oscar-qualifying run at the Laemmle Royal in West LA on Friday, September 11.
‘World of Tomorrow’ Tops Fantoche 2015
‘World of Tomorrow’ (U.S. 2015) from Don Hertzfeldt takes the prize for Best Film in the international competition; ‘Erlkönig’ (CH 2015) from Georges Schwizgebel takes the honors as the Best Swiss film; Carlos Lascano wins the Best Kids prize for his film ‘Lila.’
Christie Powers Projection Mapping Sculpture at SIGGRAPH 2015
Originally shown at Burning Man 2014 and on display at SIGGRAPH 2015, ‘Shogyo Mujo’ is a 12-foot 3D projection-mapped skull displaying 30 different animations of temporal dimensional artwork that pulsate to music and can be changed using a touch interface.
Moomins Execs to Deliver Keynote at BLE
Executives from the Finnish brand to share brand strategy and future plans at Brand Licensing Europe, taking place in London October 13-15.
Cartoon Network Canada Expands Distribution & Programming
Corus Entertainment-owned network now the exclusive Canadian home of ‘Adventure Time,’ ‘Clarence,’ ‘Steven Universe,’ ‘Teen Titans Go!’ and more.
Escape Studios Taps Qube! to Help VFX Students Reach for the Stars
PipelineFX’s industry-standard render farm manager lets Europe’s leading VFX academy launch young artists into jobs on movies like ‘Interstellar’ and ‘Gravity.’
Disney Junior’s ‘Goldie & Bear’ Headed to Digital
Fairytale-inspired animated series set to debut on WATCH Disney Junior platforms beginning Saturday, September 12.
Hayao Miyazaki Building Children’s Nature Retreat
Oscar-winning director and Studio Ghibli co-founder is building a nature sanctuary for children on a remote Japanese island.
WATCH: New ‘Danger Mouse’ Trailer Now Online
Set to premiere on CBBC on September 28th, ‘Danger Mouse’ is a co-production with FremantleMedia Kids & Family animated by Boulder Media with Robert Cullen directing and Peter Lewis and Anne Tweedy producing.
th1ng Signs Directorial Collective weareseventeen
Motion designers join global production company based in London, New York and Stockholm.
Nickelodeon Announces Fall Animation Lineup
New episodes of ‘SpongeBob SquarePants,’ ‘Pig Goat Banana Cricket,’ ‘Sanjay and Craig’ and ‘Harvey Beaks’ jumpstart fall lineup this Labor Day Monday.
TAAFI Issues 2016 Call for Entries
The Toronto Animation Arts Festival International now accepting online submissions for animated shorts, feature films, commercials, game trailers and motionography.
Ottawa Fest Draws Top Animators to 2015 Edition
Bruce Bickford and Michèle Cournoyer set to present retrospective works at this year’s Ottawa International Animation Festival, running September 16-20.
Acme Filmworks Brings '17th Annual Animation Show of Shows’ to Theaters
Eleven award-winning acclaimed animated shorts from around the world are highlighted in national theatrical showcase beginning September 24, 2015.
The Not-So-Silent Lambs
The flock of ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie’ have a way with(out) words.
CITV Launches New Season of Novel Entertainment’s ‘Horrid Henry’
BAFTA-nominated animated series to see dedicated Summer Holiday Week and brand-new episodes beginning in September.
eOne Announces Broadcast Premiere of ‘PJ Masks’
Disney Junior and France 5 set to air Entertainment One’s new animated preschool super hero series produced by Frog Box and TeamTO in the U.S. and France this fall.
