Kino Lorber Acquires ‘Tehran Taboo’ North American Rights
Rotoscoped feature, which debuted at Cannes and played in competition at Annecy, is being prepped for a February release.
Rotoscoped feature, which debuted at Cannes and played in competition at Annecy, is being prepped for a February release.
Inaugural edition takes place October 20-22, 2017 at the TCL Chinese 6 Theaters, Hollywood; tickets on sale and full slate to be announced September 20.
The French production company has an exciting slate of co-productions following this year’s MIFA at Annecy, France, including animated series and features, with companies like Future Dog Studio, Nippon Animation and Michele Guaschino Studio.
Sweden’s ‘The Burden’ directed by Niki Lindroth Von Bahr wins Cristal Award for a Short Film; Japanese director Masaaki Yuasa’s ‘Lu Over the Wall’ receives Cristal for a Feature Film.
Junior Jury Award for a Short Film given to director Cloud Yang’s ‘Valley of White Birds’ produced at Wolf Smoke Animation Studio in China.
Two new CG-animated series -- ‘Improbable Pirate Adventures’ and ‘Time Travelling Caveman Scientist’ -- to be produced at Montreal-based 3D and VFX studio using the Unreal 4 game engine.
The free, unconventional, six-month professional training program for students with no previous experience will consider natural ability, and is scheduled to launch in Bourg-lès-Valence, France in 2018.
The network will evoke discussion of international production at Annecy in a panel led by ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ creatives.
CITIA, Image et industries créatives, the SBA Animation Center and SK Broadband sign a partnership agreement to create a new animation festival in South Korea’s Digital Media in Seoul in September 2019.
The film’s producers Iryna Kostyuk, Egor Olesov and Anna Eliseeva will present the in-development film’s teaser introducing the protagonists on June 15 at MIFA.
Special print edition distributed at Annecy 2017 celebrates a year’s worth of creative excellence since industry professionals last gathered in France at the world’s largest and most prestigious film festival dedicated to the art of animation.
Laura Laas will be responsible for selling Gaumont’s animated television series within the EMEA territories and North America, as well as solidifying partnerships for worldwide co-productions.
The delegation of 15 producers from Animation UK is attending Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2017 as a collective group for the first time, to fly the flag for British animation with support from the UK Department for International Trade.
Walt Disney Feature Animation veteran to present his latest short, ‘Dear Basketball,’ a collaboration with basketball star Kobe Bryant and Oscar-winning composer John Williams.
Third and final trailer for Illumination Entertainment’s forthcoming ‘Despicable Me 3’ shows Gru at loose ends in the wake of a disastrous encounter with mega-villain Balthazar Bratt.
Mifa, the world’s largest marketplace for the professional animation community continues its expansion and opens its doors 6/13 – 6/16.
Over 50 years of honoring the best in animation - Anncey International Film Festival is coming up June 12 – 17.
New CG-animated short from the director of ‘Samurai Jack’ and the ‘Hotel Transylvania’ franchise to play in theaters ahead of Sony Pictures Animation’s ‘The Emoji Movie.’
Animated Feature directed by Arthur de Pins and Alexis Ducord from the French overseas province Island of Réunion also selected to screen in competition at Annecy 2017.
A raft of animated features, documentaries and short films from Norway are set to screen both in and out of competition at this year’s Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
Feature adaptation of the debut manga series from ‘Knights of Sidonia’ creator Tsutomu Nihei officially selected to screen at this year’s Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
Full program for the 2017 edition of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, running June 12-17, now available online.
2017 Cannes showcase features five animated films currently in production, including Czech Republic-German-French co-production ‘Even Mice Belong in Heaven,’ Peru’s ‘Nuna: The Last Myth of the Wamani,’ Brazil’s ‘Nimuendajú’ and ‘Tito and the Birds,’ and Spain’s ‘Memoirs of a Man in Pajamas.’