Podcast EP100: Terry Ibele's Journey from Business to Stop-Motion and Starting This Podcast
Celebrating his 100th Animation Industry Podcast episode, our host shares his path from a career in business to starting over in the world of stop-motion.
Category: Short Films
VES Student Award Win Goes to ‘Migrants’
Pôle 3D team honored with the annual award sponsored and presented by Autodesk; winning animated short follows the plight of a polar bear and its cub, while exploring current environmental and socio-political issues.
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‘The Midnight Sky,’ ‘The Mandalorian’ and ‘Soul’ Take Top VES Awards
Star-studded virtual ceremony, hosted by barb-slinging Patton Oswalt, included 25 category awards and special honors for VFX supervisor Rob Legato and director Sir Peter Jackson.
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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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Jerome Chen Talks Real-Time Animation with Unreal Engine
The Sony Pictures Imageworks senior VFX supervisor discusses his studio’s integration of Epic’s game engine technology and real-time workflows into its animation production on a new episode of Netflix’s ‘Love, Death & Robots’ anthology series.
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Epic Games Releases Volume 2 of its Virtual Production Field Guide
Free resource provides in-depth look into virtual production workflows, new methodologies, remote collaboration, in-camera VFX, animation, and what’s coming next in Unreal Engine 5.
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GLAS 2021 Online Festival Kicks off Today
Running online April 5-11 this year, the 6th annual event features new programs including panel discussions ‘How to Pitch Your Film’ and ‘How to Get the Gig’ as well as virtual watch parties and free webinars.
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‘Us Again’ and ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ Now on Digital
Catch a sneak peak of Disney Animation's latest short, now available with the digital purchase of Disney’s all-new animated epic adventure.
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Five Compelling Shorts Vie for the Annie
This year’s batch of Annie Award-nominated animated short films once again demonstrates that you’ll often find the most powerful storytelling in the smallest of packages.
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2021 Canadian Screen Awards Nominations Announced
Nominated animated shorts include ‘I, Barnabé,’ ‘The Great Malaise,’ and ‘4 North A;’ winners will be announced and honored at a series of events set for May 17-20.
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Watch: Live-Action Harley Quinn Fan Fiction Film
The 35-minute YouTube short titled ‘Harley Quinn - Blazing Shadows’ tells the story of the famous villainess’ redemption from The Joker.
Josh Gad, Matthew Rhys, and Philippa Soo to Present at 48th Virtual Annie Awards
Streaming live on April 16, the event honors overall excellence and achievement in 36 animation categories; presenters announced also include Eva Whittaker; composer Michael Giacchino; director Sergio Pablos; DreamWorks director Jill Culton; producer Nora Twomey; and the cast of the web series, ‘Critical Role.’
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Official Short Form Selections Unveiled for Annecy 2021 Festival
44 shorts, 47 graduate films, 26 TV films and 32 commissioned films will compete; the hybrid virtual/physical event is set for June 14-19, as festival organizers continue to weigh options for how best to provide a safe and enjoyable on-site experience.
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New ‘Looney Tunes Cartoons’ Batch Coming to HBO Max
Pete Puma’s looking to snack on ‘Bugs,’ Daffy is bested by a photocopier, and offers legal advice to Elmer Fudd, in a new set of 10 shorts dropping April 29.
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Final Selections Announced for the Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards
Winners will be revealed at a May 29 ceremony; event will also honor the Cuban cartoonist and animation film director Juan Padrón.
‘The Runaway Bunny’ Tells a Classic Story of a Mother’s Love
Based on Margaret Wise Brown’s iconic 1942 children’s book, Amy Schatz and Maciek Albrecht’s 2D musical special, now playing on HBO Max, is a gentle tale of a little bunny who eventually realizes there’s no place like home.
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Bad Guys Have Their Fun in ‘Evil Genius 2: Wold Domination’ Trailer
Haz Dulull and He Sun deliver an exciting game cinematic spot for Rebellion’s latest release, produced with a USD-based Houdini pipeline, Unreal Engine, and Redshift.
‘Togather’ Named Grand Winner of ‘Sony Talent League by THU’
Winning project is a platform that allows sharing of custom digital brushes inspired by real-life objects; finalists include a fantasy role-playing game ‘Kawia's Adventure’ and ‘Icebreakers,’ a VR comic that invites individuals to step into the panels of a pirate adventure.
Leah Shore Masks Up with Peaches for a Pussy Revolution
Watch and learn as an anthropomorphic ‘Furby Pussy’ bounces to a melodic beat while praising the work of Dr. Fauci, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Bono’s One Campaign Launches Animated ‘Pandemica’ Vaccine Awareness Series
Co-founded by U2's star frontman, the global health and anti-poverty organization reveals new campaign to raise awareness of worldwide inequities in vaccine access; series animated by Emmy-winning indie studio Titmouse.
TAAFI 2021 Announces Online Festival Program Line-Up
Virtual program running March 24-27 will showcase over 100 animated features and shorts; online screenings of animated features include ‘Wolfwalkers,’ ‘Nahuel and the Magic Book,’ ‘Violence Voyager,’ and Sony Pictures’ classic hit ‘Heavy Metal.’
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Re-VIEW: Madeline Sharafian’s Pixar Short, ‘Burrow’
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.
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Cape Town International Animation Festival & Cardiff Animation Festival Online Collaboration.
Begins: April 12, 2021
Cape Town International Animation Festival and Cardiff Animation Festival announce an exciting collaboration celebrating animation in both South Africa and Wales with a week long online festival including curated shorts screenings, workshops and live Q+As, supported by the British Council Digital Collaboration Fund
Autodesk Unveils Maya, 3ds Max and MotionBuilder 2022
Flagship product updates include powerful new functionality and tools like the much anticipated USD plugin for Maya.
Ataboy Kicks a Goal for LA Galaxy Fans
Studio's 2D animated short, ‘Amor Eterno’ pairs the sunny LA energy to a warm, congenial animation style; spot pays homage to the teams’ local fans and the community surrounding the club.
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