Montréal Stop-Motion Fest Issues 2016 Call for Entries
Deadline for submissions is June 30; eighth edition of the festival to be held September 16-18.
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Fantoche Festival Issues Final Call for Entries
Organizers of Switzerland’s largest animation film festival launch new ‘Humanité Animée’ program; final deadline for entries is May 31.
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Deluxe Creative Services Add Feline Touch to Chloe Sevigny’s ‘Kitty’
EFILM provides film scanning, Company 3 completes color grading, and Method delivers VFX and finishing for directorial short film debut premiering at the Cannes Film Festival.
Anim’est Opens 2016 Call for Submissions
Winners receive trophies, prize money and/or animation software, with the best film of the festival shortlisted for the annual CARTOON Media Cartoon d’Or Award.
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VR Hits the Red Carpet at Cannes with Assimilate
Assimilate’s SCRATCH VR end-to-end workflow and tools employed for two Makropol-produced Virtual Reality projects showcased as part of the VR Days program at the 2016 Festival de Cannes.
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Tokyo Int'l Film Festival to Spotlight Mamoru Hosoda
Twenty-ninth edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival to celebrate ‘Boy and the Beast’ director Mamoru Hosoda and ‘Hana and Alice’ director Shunji Iwai.
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Sci-Fi Short ‘ON/OFF’ to Screen at Festshort Berlin
Short film written and directed by Thierry Lorenzi features VFX from ‘Deadpool’ and ‘Pacific Rim’ effects house Rodeo FX.
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GKIDS Picks Up Rights to ‘Girl without Hands’ Feature at Cannes
Adult animated feature directed by Sébastien Laudenbach and produced by France’s Les Films Sauvages is set to screen in competition in June at Annecy.
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Studio Ghibli Unveils New Trailer for ‘The Red Turtle’
Studio Ghibli’s first co-production directed by Dutch animator Michaël Dudok de Wit premieres this week at the Cannes Film Festival currently underway in France.
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Disney Releases New Trailer for ‘The BFG’
Leading up to the film’s gala screening at Cannes, Disney unveils a new trailer and poster for Steven Spielberg’s fantasy-adventure film Based on the best-selling book by Roald Dahl.
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GLAS Animation Festival Opens 2017 Submissions
Early Bird submissions can be made for free until June 30th; late deadline is December 15.
Gruppo Alcuni Bringing ‘Leonardo’ Feature to Cannes
New CG-animated co-production between Gruppo Alcuni and Warsaw Movie Home is expected to arrive in theaters Fall 2017.
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MIFA 2016 Pitch Selections Unveiled
Selections at European marketplace and pitching forum running alongside the Annecy International Animated Film Festival include 35 standout feature film, short film, TV series and specials, and transmedia projects from 412 overall submissions.
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WFA 48-Hr Film Challenge | June 3-5 2016 | NYC | $13K+ Prizes
Begins: June 3, 2016
WHAT CAN YOU DO IN 48 HOURS?
Animafest Zagreb Celebrates 65 Years of Croatian Animation
Oscar-winning and nominated animated gems from Croatia and all around the world in the spotlight at the 2016 edition of Animafest Zagreb, running June 6-11.
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Australian International Animation Festival 2016
Begins: May 13, 2016
CSU Animation and Visual Effects present the 13th Anniversary of the Australian International Animation Festival, running Friday, May 13 through Sunday, May 15, 2016.
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NonStop Barcelona Animació 2016 Kicks off May 18
Barcelona hosts the third edition of the city’s first festival exclusively for animation May 18-22.
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Virtual Reality Comes to the Tribeca Film Festival
Google and Patrick Osborne’s ‘Pearl’ leads a number of VR projects showcased at festival’s Virtual Arcade.
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Ottawa International Animation Festival Turns 40
North America’s largest animation event hits middle age with a new poster designed by Michael Zavacky.
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Germany’s ‘Kaputt’ Wins ITFS Grand Prix Award
‘Kaputt’ (‘Broken’) from directors Alexander Lahl and Volker Schlecht tops the 23rd Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film; Korea’s ‘Afternoon Class’ directed by Seoro Oh wins Lotte Reiniger Promotion Award for Animated Film.
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Psyop’s ‘Man and Dog’ Tops 2016 Animated Com Winners
Psyop wins the Grand Prix for Coca-Cola ‘Man and Dog’ at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film competition for applied animation in the field of advertising, spatial communication and technology.
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New Trailer Unveiled for 2016 Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Festival trailer from production company CARIBARA ANNECY was directed by Régis Vidal and Florian Thouret with animation produced at 3D studio inthebox.
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Nine Features Selected to Compete at Annecy 2016
Ann Marie Fleming’s ‘Window Horses,’ Penny Lane’s ‘NUTS!’ and Sang-ho Yeon’s ‘Seoul Station’ among nine films selected to screen in competition at this year’s Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
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Animated Spirits Fest to Showcase New European Animation May 4 & 5
Second edition of New York City showcase event to feature new experimental and narrative animation along with expert panels on the state of the industry.
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Animation Day in Cannes 2016 Set for May 18
Second annual showcase event for animated features and shorts presented at the Cannes Film Festival to include a special 10-minute preview screening of ‘Bilal,’ the first CG-animated feature to come out of Dubai.
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