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.
Goya Award-winning director, illustrator and cartoonist bringing his first feature film, ‘Psychonauts: The Forgotten Children,’ co-directed with Pedro Rivero, to Annecy 2016.
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.
Early Bird submissions can be made for free until June 30th; late deadline is December 15.
A career retrospective and centennial celebration of Walt Disney Animation Studios artist Eyvind Earle, responsible for the styling, backgrounds and colors for ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ runs May 20, 2016 through January 1, 2017.
Touching, 10-minute CG-animated short from Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins and Marieke Blaauw is the follow-up to the Oscar-nominated ‘A Single Life.’
SVA students Hsuan Ho and Silver Paul awarded for outstanding animated film for ‘Mausie and The Order of the Golden Sun’; Montana Hall receives award for outstanding achievement in character animation, and Ivan Viaranchyk is awarded for outstanding achievement in animation production design.
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.
Stop-motion homage to the silent, Russian classics from Los Angeles-based filmmaker and experimental animator John Cannizzaro takes a twisted look at the ongoing war between film and video.
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.
World-renowned animator and historian Tom Sito to be honored with the Dusty Outstanding Alumni Award during SVA’s 27th Dusty Awards In New York City on Tuesday, May 10.
Barcelona hosts the third edition of the city’s first festival exclusively for animation May 18-22.
North America’s largest animation event hits middle age with a new poster designed by Michael Zavacky.
‘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.
Rattling Stick, Nexus and Partizan create ads emphasizing the importance of ADCAN’s #makegood ethos.
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.
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.
Legendary directors Ron Clements and John Musker return to Annecy to present never-before-seen footage from their upcoming feature; from the studio behind ‘Feast’ and ‘Paperman’ Comes ‘Inner Workings,’ directed by Leo Matsuda.
New CG-animated short from ‘The Dam Keeper’ directors Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi is an adaptation of the popular Japanese children’s book by film producer Genki Kawamura.
360-degree version of the film available for preview at the Tribeca Film Festival’s 2016 Interactive Playground.
In another sad story about artists ripping off other artists, EDM performer acknowledges unauthorized use of animator and visual artist’s work during a series of live events in 2013-2015.
Golden Itala for the best animated feature of the past 100 years is awarded to ‘Allegro non Troppo’ (1976) directed by Bruno Bozzetto.
Studio Zazac’s stop-motion short ‘Deer Flower’ wins Oscar-qualifying best animated film award at 2016 Aspen Shortsfest.
Free to enter, OIAF is accepting submissions of animated shorts for this year’s competition through May 15 with DVDs and submission URLs due May 29.
Interactive animated short from Oscar-winning director of ‘Feast’ is set to have its world premiere as part of the ‘Rock and a Hard Place’ shorts program at the Tribeca Film Festival.
