Get a peek at the winners onstage and backstage at this year’s grand Visual Effects Society bash.
Oscar-nominated VFX supervisor details the myriad challenges in bringing director James Gunn’s blockbuster sequel to the screen.
As the sole visual effects vendor on the final instalment of the prequel trilogy based on the 1968 science fiction classic ‘Planet of the Apes,’ Weta Digital is in the midst of a creative and technological renaissance.
Weta artists apply their craft to move a static car, light a city at night, and create other effects for the final film in the Maze Runner franchise.
Barajoun Entertainment founder Ayman Jamal details his journey to bring the first fully Middle Eastern-funded and produced CG-animated feature to the big screen.
Aardman animation directors Will Becher and Merlin Crossingham to present ‘The Making of Early Man’ at Gallery Nucleus in Los Angeles on February 10th.
Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman’s Oscar-nominated feature -- all 65,000 oil painted frames -- demonstrates the masochistic insanity that defines what is most precious, endearing and vital about animation.
Iconic Walter Lantz character stars in an all-new family comedy available February 6 on DVD, Digital and On Demand.
Blue Sky’s animation team discuss the challenges of creating the Academy Award-nominated adaptation directed by Carlos Saldanha.
First solo feature from four-time Oscar-winning director Nick Park pits caveman against caveman in stone-age football comedy adventure arriving in U.S. theatres on February 16th.
From preproduction through postproduction, design supervisor Kevin Jenkins helps safeguard the visual language of the Star Wars universe for the eighth episode in the iconic franchise.
As the venerable British studio releases its seventh feature film, co-founder Dave Sproxton begs the question of why his country lags behind in animated feature film production.
Colorful adaptation of Italian author Carlo Collodi’s 1880 serialized adventures produced by Italy’s Cometa Film in conjunction with Iris Productions (Luxembourg), Walking the Dog (Belgium) and 2d3D Animations (France) arrives on DVD, Digital, and On Demand on April 10th.
Leading up to March 4th, use our handy guide to catch up and keep up with AWN’s coverage of the films and creative teams nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 90th Academy Awards.
Leading up to March 4th, use our handy guide to catch up and keep up with AWN’s coverage of the films and creative teams nominated for Best Visual Effects at the 90th Academy Awards.
At long last, AWN’s resident Miscreant returns to writing about animation – in particular, two recent features, From China and Japan, that couldn’t be more different.
Territory Studio gives life to the tech of director Denis Villeneuve’s futuristic sci-fi world, building computer systems that -- like the world they inhabit -- co-mingle the synthetic with the organic.
Four-time Oscar-winner’s first solo-directed feature pits caveman against caveman in a stone-age football comedy adventure.
Weta VFX supervisor Martin Hill details the challenges of crafting a species of benevolent creatures and their world for the first eight minutes of director Luc Besson’s Academy-shortlisted sci-fi fantasy adventure.
Dedicated to honoring the best in animation for over 50 years - the Anncey International Film Festival is coming up June 11 – 16.
Creative teams from 10 Oscar hopefuls present their contributions at the Academy’s annual Visual Effects Bake-off held on Saturday, January 6 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, CA.
Pixar’s ‘Coco’ picks up HFPA’s Golden Globe award for best animated feature, beating out DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Boss Baby,’ Cartoon Saloon’s ‘The Breadwinner,’ Blue Sky’s ‘Ferdinand’ and BreakThru Entertainment’s ‘Loving Vincent.’
MPC VFX supervisor Bob Winter oversees the creation of CG environments, digital doubles, and a deadly jaguar attack for director Jake Kasdan’s ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.’
Iloura delivers one of the studio’s most complex sequences ever, including CG environments and effects, CG rhinos and helicopter, and digital doubles.
This winter offers a franchise reboot, massive destruction on a global scale, and the return of Paddington the bear, but the real story just might be the worlds of wonder conjured up for the Disney adaptation of ‘A Wrinkle in Time.’
