Short Films

PIXELS and THE RABBI'S CAT take home top prizes at Annecy

The Annecy International Animation Festival just concluded its 51st edition this evening, June 11, 2011. Patrick Jean’s PIXELS Took home the Annecy Cristal as the top short film, while THE RABBI'S CAT, by Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux, took the top prize for feature film.

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Story ANIMATIONWorld

First Look at Pixar's 'La Luna'

Enrico Casarosa provides an exclusive sneak peek about his first Pixar short, premiering this week at Annecy.

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Animation Headline News

CG Looney Tunes With Mel Blanc Coming To Theaters

“Thufferin thuccotash!” Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner will all return to theaters in three original Looney Tunes 3D theatrical cartoon shorts produced by Warner Bros. Animation and directed by Matthew O’Callaghan (Coyote Falls).

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Animation Headline News

KAFF Animation Collection on Daazo.com

Hungary’s Kecskemet Animation Film Festival is celebrating its 10th edition this year.

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Animation Blogs

Frenzer Foreman Animation Forum (podcast) x 23

Special Guests: RISD Senior Animation Students 2011

Live, from the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating senior animation students take over the show and grill the very Alan Foreman and Joel Frenzer on their animation information. Topics: jobs in animation immediately after school, maintaining your own art practice while working in the studio, secrets of FFAF podcast production, beatboxing, general fears, and the rapture. Refereed by RISD Animation Professor All-Stars, Amy Kravitz and Bryan Papciak.

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Music Headline News

Superfad’s Costa Directs Short Tactile Waveforms

Superfad’s Nando Costa has directed a short film "Tactile Waveforms” that explores the connections between science, mathematics and music.

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Blogs

Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart

This year the sun was shining down brightly on the Trickfilm Festival in Stuttgart in more than one way. Outside, the sky was a beautiful blue and in the screening rooms the films were as brilliant as the sun. While the competition programs were strong and the feature films in competition offered some interesting surprises, and the highlight of the festival for me this year was the large number of special presentation screenings.

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Blogs

On The Road To Annecy 2011

My flight to Geneva leaves tomorrow morning at 7:50, an ungodly hour to begin 24+ hours of delirium shuffling through airports, getting groped by stink-eyed security drones, squeezing into airline seats designed for anorexics, all the while wondering why I’m not home asleep in bed, or watching Archer reruns while sipping a delicious Kamikazee.

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Animation Blogs

Be There! Corfu Animation Festival

The debut edition of BE THERE! CORFU ANIMATION FESTIVAL was the first animation festival to be held on this beautiful Greek Island. A large audience from throughout the island enjoyed a wide array of programs and workshops as well as the opportunity to meet Greek and international artists from the world of animation.

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Headline News

Indie Animator Karen Aqua Dies

Michael Sporn has posted news on his blog that independent animator Karen Aqua has passed away following a 10 year battle with cancer.

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Animation Headline News

Animation Block Party Final Deadline This Friday

The late submissions deadline for Animation Block Party is Friday, May 27, 2011.

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Animation Headline News

China Xiamen Animation Film Festival Call for Entries

The Xiamen International animation festival (2011) will be held in the city of Xiamen from November 4th-7th.

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Headline News

Academy Announces Winners For 2011 Student Academy Awards

12 students from nine U.S. colleges and universities and three students from outside the U.S. have been selected as winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 38th Annual Student Academy Awards competition.

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Motion Theory's Mark Kudsi Directs Branded Music Video for the Fiat 500

As the Fiat 500 rolls off the assembly line and into US showrooms, director Mark Kudsi of commercial production company Motion Theory is upping the excitement with a kinetic branded music video that tells the story of Fiat owner and car preparing to meet each other.

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Film Blogs

Award-winning 'Guard Dog Global Jam' To Open New Media Film Festival, Perry Chen to Attend Premiere as One of Creators

5th-grade award-winning film critic, animator, entertainment personality Perry Chen is the youngest of 75 animators who created “Guard Dog Global Jam,” which will have its Los Angeles Premiere at the New Media Film Festival on May 20, 2011 in Hollywood. Perry Chen will attend the red carpet premiere and audience Q&A on May 20 as the film opens the festival. “Guard Dog Global Jam” is based on Bill Plympton’s Oscar-nominated “Guard Dog.” It won “Best Experimental Film” at the ASIFA-EAST Animation Festival in May 2011.

In Awards, Short Films | Blogs: Perry's Previews – Insights from a Child Film Critic

ANIMATIONWorld

Dr. Toon: The Animation Critic's Art - Part V

Dr. Toon discusses the role of the Eponymous Hero in the latest installment on cultivating critical thought.

In Cartoons, Films, Short Films, Television | ANIMATIONWorld | Columns: Dr. Toon

Animation Headline News

Ottawa International Animation Festival Deadline Approaches

North America's largest animation event, the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) is reminding the animation community to get their work in before it’s too late.

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Blogs

FMX 2011 Comes to a Close

The 16th FMX Conference on Animation, Games, Effects and Interactive Media ended yesterday achieving remarkable successes!

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Film Headline News

Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film Announces Winners

The 18th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, the FMX 2011 and the Animation Production day transformed Stuttgart into the capital of animation for an eventful six days.