ITFS 2024: The Call for Entries starts now!
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) Call for Entries – the film submission for the main competitions has started!
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) Call for Entries – the film submission for the main competitions has started!
In true Rock Star style, Signe Baumane will be doing a rock tour with her feature film.
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In true Rock Star style, Signe Baumane will be doing a rock tour with her feature film.
MONSTRA is accepting submissions of short and feature films until October 15 for the international competitive sections of the next edition of the festival in March 2024
My Love Affair With Marriage Animation Rock Tour
In true Rock Star style, Signe Baumane will be doing a rock tour with her feature film.
Call for Entries - Monstra 2024
MONSTRA is accepting submissions of short and feature films until October 15 for the international competitive sections of the next edition of the festival in March 2024
Call for entries for the CEE Animation Workshop 2024, deadline for submissions is 20 October 2023.
The 6th edition of the CEE year-long training program will consist of 4 modules and will help develop 12 animated projects
Call for Bulgarian Projects - deadline 30 September 2023
Sofia Animation Lab announces a CALL FOR BULGARIAN PROJECTS for its pitching workshop
Paul Bush, Noted British Experimental Animator, Tragically Killed
On 17 August 2023, the world of animation lost one of the most creative and innovative animators with the passing of 67-year-old Paul Bush.
The 47th edition of CINANIMA announces its official selection
After viewing more than 3,700 films from 123 countries, the Selection Jury has chosen 130 works for Cinemina 2023.
Three Books That Should Be On Every Animator’s Shelf
There are a lot of books about animating and recently I read three that deserve to be on every animator’s bookshelf. They are enjoyable to read and full of excellent tips and information for novice and professional animators alike. Two of them, Independent Animation - Developing, Producing, and Distributing Your Animated Fim and Acting for Animators are updated versions of previously published books, proving their popularity.
EARLY BIRD ACCREDITATIONS FOR ANIMARKT STOP MOTION FORUM TAKES OFF!
This Autumn for the eighth time the entire animation world is visiting Łódź to discuss the industry’s situation and search for new talents.
KABOOM ANIMATION FESTIVAL 24 March – 2 April 2023 Utrecht/Amsterdam: A TALE OF TWO CITIES
Kaboom Animation Festival has a split personality.
CEE Animation Forum Announces Official Project Selection and Introduces New Market Platform
CEE Animation Forum unveils the official project selection for its upcoming edition...
22nd MONSTRA ANIMATED FESTIVAL OF LISBON 15 – 26 March 2023 Lisbon, Portugal
The 22nd edition of the MONSTRA Animation Festival had much to celebrate.
MOVE SUMMIT - 22 - 24 February 2023 Pleasance, Edinburgh, Scotland
After a two-year hiatus due to Covid, it felt great to be back in Edinburgh for the MOVE Summit.
ANIMAKOM VI INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ANIMATION FESTIVAL 12 – 19 December 2022 Bilbao, Spain
There was no better way to ring out the 2022 animation festival season than with a trip to beautiful Bilbao in the Basque Country of Spain for AnimaKom.
Studio Pupil crowdfunding campaign on Voordekunst.nl
Tired, depressed, sick, cold, nauseous, tense, exhausted... In 2014, cartoonist, graphic novelist and illustrator Maaike Hartjes suffered a burnout.
Raoul Servais, Pioneering Father of Belgian Animation, Passes at 94
With a style that ‘blended expressionism and magical realism,’ the filmmaker produced 16 shorts and one feature, including the award-winning ‘Harpya’ and ‘Nocturnal Butterflies;’ he also served as ASIFA president for a decade and founded continental Europe’s first animation training course in 1960 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent.
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RAOUL SERVAIS, FATHER OF BELGIAN ANIMATION PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 94
Raoul Servais, known as the wizard of Ostend, passed away on Friday 17 March in his home in Leffinge, West Flanders, Belgium.
20th ANILOGUE INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 23 – 27 November 2022, Budapest, Hungary
Budapest is a beautiful city any time of the year; in late November with the Christmas markets in full swing and cold, crisp air, it was a magical setting for Anilogue International Animation Festival’s 20th Anniversary edition.
ANIMASYROS 2023 returns in September! Open call for submissions of animated films until 30.06.2023
ANIMASYROS 2023 returns in September with a main focus on Animation and Ancient Greece, a tribute to the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America and a focus on female creativity.
Call for Entries - Cinanima 2023; Deadluine June 23 2023
CINANIMA 2023 - call for entries deadline 23 June 2023
46TH CINANIMA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL 7 to 13 November 2022 Espinho, Portugal
The National Competition which showcases the best of Portuguese animation is the highlight of the festival.
LAST CALL FOR ENTRIES - ANIMAFEST ZAGREB 2023
Animafest Zagreb invites you to submit your film for its 33rd edition
Immersed in Stop Motion: ANIMARKT 5 – 8 October 2022 and StopMoLab 29 April to 31 December 2022 Lodz, Poland
ANIMARKT is a unique yearly stop-motion pitching event
SERGE BROMBERG SENTENCED IN 2020 FIRE CASE
On Tuesday 24 January 2023 Serge Bromberg, former Artistic Director of Annecy International Animation Festival and founder of Lobster Films was sentenced to a 5-year suspended prison sentence with 1 year of house arrest under electronic surveillance for his negligence in a nitrate film fire that resulted in the death of 2 people in August 2020.
Nancy Denney-Phelps Presented the Giannalberto Bendazzi Award at Paris International Animation Film Festival
Nancy Denney-Phelps has been awarded the Giannalberto Bendazzi at the Paris International Animation Film Festival
