Setting the Bar: GKIDS Aims High with a Passion for Indie Animated Feature Distribution
GKIDS execs Eric Beckman and Dave Jesteadt continue feeding independent animated gems to a growing North American appetite.
GKIDS execs Eric Beckman and Dave Jesteadt continue feeding independent animated gems to a growing North American appetite.
Debut feature from acclaimed cartoonist Dash Shaw with voice cast including Jason Schwartzman, Lena Dunham, Reggie Watts, Maya Rudolph and Susan Sarandon to be released in select theaters on April 14th.
Disney’s ‘Moana’ wins award for Best Sound & Music Editing in an animated feature film; Nickelodeon holiday special ‘Albert’ wins Best Sound & Music Editing in the TV animation category.
Highly-anticipated DC Universe original movie written by Ernie Altbacker and directed by Sam Liu features never-before-seen bonus content packaged in a deluxe giftset edition.
Based on the characters created by Ricardo Arnaiz and the successful trilogy of children’s films created by Mexico’s Anima Estudios, ‘Las Leyendas,’ aka ‘Legend Quest,’ is the first Netflix series to be produced in Latin America.
Cinesite Studios announces partnership with the Harold Lloyd Estate and U.K. production company Comic Animations to adapt Harold Lloyd’s films into a series of animated features.
With voting for the 89th Academy Awards closing on Tuesday, take a final look at AWN’s coverage of the contenders for Feature Animation, Short Animation and Visual Effects.
New Cartoon Network series based on the critically-acclaimed blockbuster film franchise from Sony Pictures Animation is produced by DHX Media and SPA in association with Corus Entertainment.
Deadline to submit animated features, shorts, TV series and transmedia projects for the Pulcinella and Pitch Me! competitions is February 28, 2017.
The star of LAIKA’s BAFTA and VES Award-winning stop-motion/CG-animated feature travels to the Middle Kingdom for a special visit to the 15th Century Chinese imperial palace.
Global animated musical hit and three new mini-movies arrive on Digital HD on March 3, and on Special Edition on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand on March 21.
LAIKA’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ Disney’s ‘Inner Workings’ and ‘Zootopia,’ and Pixar’s ‘Finding Dory’ among 28 awards for distinguished achievement.
The Swan Princess is back with an all-new feature length movie, ‘Swan Princess: Royally Undercover,’ available on DVD on March 28.
LAIKA head and ‘Kubo’ director and producer Travis Knight receives the studio’s first BAFTA Award; Disney’s The Jungle Book awarded for Special Visual Effects.
Deadline for registration for International cross-media animation and children’s television festival featuring three days of screenings, workshops and competitions is March 10.
Digital media industry leader Rob DeMillo joins Mountain View, CA startup production platform aimed at revolutionizing the animation content market as Chief Technology Officer.
Continuing series of ‘Inside the Actors Studio’-style interviews with notable female voice actors hosted by Amy Ulrich to feature Emmy and Annie Award-nominated performer.
‘The Jungle Book’ named photoreal feature film winner with five awards; ‘Game of Thrones’ episode ‘Battle of the Bastards’ named best photoreal episode with five awards; John Lewis ‘Boxer the Buster’ wins top honors in the commercial field.
Win a four-disc DVD set featuring the adorable and intrepid sheep who first appeared in director Nick Park’s Oscar-winning 1995 short film ‘A Close Shave.’
New clip from Brooklyn-based independent animator’s follow-up to ‘Rocks in My Pockets’ features the Mythology Sirens, shape-shifting creatures who lure young women into fantasies of everlasting love and blissful marriage.
From environments spanning the Snowy Plains, the Underwater Garden of Eyes, and the mysterious Hall of Bones, to effects such as massive water simulations, disintegrating magical boats, and digital set extensions, explore the VFX of LAIKA head Travis Knight’s Oscar-nominated directorial debut.
Studio Ghibli-Wild Bunch-Why Not Productions co-production ‘The Red Turtle’ wins Best Independent Animated Feature; Pixar’s ‘Piper’ wins Best Animated Short Subject.
Fellowship provides $10,000 grant to an animation filmmaker from diversity mentorship program Project Involve.
Actors John Cho and Leslie Mann will host the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation on Saturday, February 11, at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills.