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Directors Pete Docter and Kemp Powers invite audiences to ponder their own life choices, forging a link between storyteller and spectator that reaffirms the emotional power of cinema.

If the goal of the studio’s SparkShorts incubator program is to identify young artists who have directing potential, then producing this wonderful film was an overwhelming success.

International Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film concludes six-day virtual event that provided a global audience with live streaming access to more than 400 shorts and features; entire ITFS media...

Virtual Events Headline News

VIEW Conference Presents ‘The Mitchells vs. The Machines' Creative Team

Coming May 14, the free, online conversation with the film’s key talent, including writer/director Mike Rianda and writer/co-director Jeff Rowe, is being produced in cooperation with OGR, Sony Pictures Animation, and Netflix.

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Learn From the Best! Headline News

VFX Legend Doug Trumbull Presents May 4 at FMX 2021

‘Then & Now Track’ welcomes the visual effects pioneer, who will talk on ‘The Cinema of the Future;’ conference runs online May 4-6.

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Virtual Events Headline News

FMX 2021 Shares New Program Highlights

Running May 4-6, the online even has announced additional talks and highlights, including ‘From 2D to 3D: The Craft of Tom & Jerry,’ more ‘Concept Art Track’ speakers, and a panel by the Animation Media Cluster Region Stuttgart.

In 2D, 3D, Business, CG, Digital Media, Diversity and Inclusion, Education and Training, Event, Films, Games, People, Post-production, Previs, Technology, Television, Transmedia, Virtual Production, Virtual Reality, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Blogs: FMX Conference Spotlight | Special Events: FMX | Geographic Region: All, Europe

Events Headline News

ITFS’ AniMovie 2021 Competition Running Online May 4-9

Program highlights include feature film animation competition, screenings, film talks, and free live-streams; notable speakers include Oscar-nominated ‘Wolfwalkers’ director Tomm Moore and David Silverman, director of ‘Extinct.’

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Virtual Events Headline News

Autodesk Talking Retopology, Bifrost, USD, and Shotgun at FMX 2021

Tech giant’s conference program will examine the future and boundaries of animation and VFX: the latest developments in USD; retopology tools for 3ds Max; Bifrost for Maya for visual programming; and remote studio collaboration with Shotgun.

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20th TRICKY WOMEN INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL online 10 – 14 March 2021 Vienna, Austria

The opening of the festival featured puppet artist Manuela Linshalm and her life-sized puppet Miss Gretta

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The Healing Power of Hope ANIMATIONWorld

Re-VIEW: ‘If Anything Happens I Love You’

Two parents’ sudden, heartbreaking loss becomes ours in Michael Govier and Will McCormack’s animated short that ultimately fulfills us with the healing power of hope.

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animation books Blogs

Book Review: TIMING FOR ANIMATION 3rd Edition by Harold Whitaker, John Halas, and updated by Tom Sito

TIMING FOR ANIMATION 3rd Edition

by Harold Whitaker and John Halas, updated by Tom Sito

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kickstarter project Blogs

Exciting New Stop Motion Kickstarter Project

Vokabulantis is a whole new dimension of interactive stop motion, check it out!

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Call for Pitches Blogs

KFF INDUSTRY: CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR PITCHING ANIMATED IN POLAND

The deadline for submissions for participation in ANIMATED IN POLAND is 15 April.

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FMX Goes Virtual! Headline News

FMX 2021: Dive into ‘WandaVision’ and the Spectacle of ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’

MARZ VFX supervisor Ryan Freer will share the often-invisible VFX on Marvel’s first Disney+ series; three presentations will peek behind the curtain surrounding the year’s first blockbuster VFX-driven tentpole to see monster making up close and personal.

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Pitching competitions Blogs

CEE Animation Forum 2021: Juries and Awards Announced

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Festivals Animation festivals workshops Blogs

20th TRICKY WOMEN INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 10-14 March 2021 Vienna, Austria ONLINE

For 20 years the Tricky Women Animation Festival has been exploring social and political issues from a feminist and artistic perspective...

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Events Headline News

Upcoming Stuttgart Animation Festival Moves Completely Online

The planned live/online hybrid event makes decision to go all virtual due to continuing coronavirus restrictions; the program runs May 4-9 and will offer a new ITFS VR Hub accessible by VR headset or browser, with media library viewing extended until May 16.

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Festivals Animation festivals Blogs

Call for Entries for CINANIMA 2021

The 45th edition of the oldest Portuguese film festival (8th to 14th November) welcomes applications for films.

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Running with the Pack! ANIMATIONWorld

Re-VIEW: Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart’s ‘Wolfwalkers’

This beautifully designed film, a story of conflict between civilization and nature, stands in defiance of individualism, reminding us that despite our own strength and resolve, we still need the energy and healing power of the community.

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Film Festival Blogs

Call For Entries - FIKE Short Film Festival Evora, Portugal - Deadline is 31 May, 2021

The submission of films to FIKE short film festival in Evora, Portugal is now open and ends on May 31, 2021

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I’m Twisted Up Inside! Headline News

Next PreVIEW Set: ‘CG Tornados, Jet Engines and Cows - the VFX of Twister’

Join a free conversation with a panel of the famed VFX practitioners and filmmakers behind Jan De Bont’s 1996 disaster thriller and Oscar nominee for Best Visual Effects; April 8 event will include an audience Q&A.

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Festivals Blogs

40th ANIMA BRUSSELS ONLINE 12 – 21 February 2021 Brussels, Belgium

Anima Brussels had a year to prepare its online edition and all of their hard work paid off...

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FMX 2021 Conference Headline News

More Speakers Confirmed for FMX 2021 Open Source Track

The upcoming conference program, in partnership with the Academy Software Foundation, highlights cross-industry efforts to develop shared technology for VFX, animation and sound; additional confirmed speakers include Pixar’s technical director Markus Kranzler and Inda Barnardo, director of ‘Cat and Moth.’

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Pitching competitions Blogs

42 Animated Projects Heading to CEE Animation Forum 2021

Every year CEE invites me to their pitching sessions, and it is exciting to see new projects in various stages of development.

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Virtual Events Headline News

View Conference and VFX Festival 2021 Present Kris Pearn ‘Art vs Story’ Discussion

Join a virtual conversation about the intersection of good/bad story and good/bad design with ‘The Willoughbys’ director and Escape Studios’ Saint John Walker.

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Independent Animation Blogs

‘Bombay Rose’ – Viewpoint and Vision

VIEW Conference executive director Dr. Maria Elena Gutierrez shares her thoughts on the complex vision of reality, and ultimate celebration of life, in Gitanjali Rao’s debut hand-painted animated feature film, premiering today on Netflix.