GLAS Animation Festival Unveils Spectacular Trailer for 2017 Edition
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Calling All ‘Toons! Cartoons on the Bay to be Held April 6-8 in Turin, Italy
Deadline for registration for International cross-media animation and children’s television festival featuring three days of screenings, workshops and competitions is March 10.
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New York Science Fiction Film Festival Announces Inaugural Award Winners
Canada’s ‘Super Science Friends’ by Brett Jubinville received award for Best Animation Film at inaugural event featuring more than 50 science fiction, horror, supernatural and fantasy films.
Santa Barbara Int’l Film Fest Sets U.S. Premiere for NFB Animated Feature ‘Window Horses’
Vancouver filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming’s ‘Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming’ premieres February 2 & 4 at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
GLAS Animation Festival Announces 2017 Selections
GLAS 2017 unveils a terrific programming lineup, including ‘Monkey’ by Shen Jie (China), ‘Nighthawk’ by Spela Cadez (Slovenia), Igor Kovalyov’s ‘Before Love’ (Russia), and the Dave Cooper/Rune Spaans collaboration, ‘Absence of Eddy Table’ (Canada).
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New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival Announces Complete 2017 Slate
2017 program highlights include opening night screenings of ‘My Life as a Zucchini’ and ‘Revolting Rhymes,’ spotlight screening of Makoto Shinkai’s ‘Your Name,’ and closing day film ‘Ancien and the Magic Tablet.’
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China in the Spotlight at Annecy 2017
Tribute to Chinese animation to include a retrospective screening of ‘Princess Iron Fan’ by brothers Laiming and Guchan Wan, three programs of historical short films, a retrospective of Sun Xun, a program of short films from contemporary artists, a retrospective of the work of Xu An and Xi Chen, and the best shorts from Chinese schools.
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GLAS Animation Festival Unveils 2017 Signal Film
Signal film directed by director, designer and computational artist Albert Omoss features music by San Diego-based duo Pal & Drome.
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MIFA Gets a Makeover for 2017
Growing European marketplace and pitching forum running alongside the Annecy International Animated Film Festival swells to four days with an expanded exhibition floor, the MIFA Campus, and more.
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Winners Announced for GIRAF12
‘I Like Girls,’ ‘Yùl and the Snake,’ ‘Fired on Mars’ win jury, audience prizes at GIRAF festival of independent animation.
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NYICFF Announces 2017 Opening Weekend Lineup
New York International Children’s Film Festival celebrates 20th Anniversary run February 24 – March 19 with an opening weekend lineup including ‘My Life as a Zucchini,’ ‘Revolting Rhymes’ and ‘Your Name.’
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Anima Fest Announces 2017 Program Highlights
Italian and Portuguese animation in the spotlight at the 2017 edition of the Brussels International Animation Festival; feature programming includes Ann Marie Fleming’s ‘Window Horses,’ Bill Plympton’s ‘Revengeance’ and Jean-François Pouliot and François Brisson’s ‘Snowtime!’
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Elizabeth Banks Traveling to Space in Baobab’s VR Short ‘ASTEROIDS!’
Emmy-nominated actor and director helps VR storytelling go mainstream as the voice of “Cheez” in Baobab Studios’ newest animated virtual reality experience.
New York Science Fiction Film Festival Announces Inaugural Lineup
Inaugural event running January 20-22 to include a dedicated block of animated sci-fi shorts created by filmmakers from around the world.
Brad Bird, Masaaki Yuasa Among Special Guests at GLAS Animation Festival 2017
Brad Bird, Mathieu Labaye, Peter Burr, Madeline Sharafian, Masaaki Yuasa, Amy Lockhart, Ana Ramirez, Georges Schwizgebel, Lei Lei, and AWN contributor Chris Robinson among special guests at the second edition of the GLAS Animation Festival taking place March 2-5, 2017.
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Slamdance Festival Unveils 2017 Short Film Lineup
Thirteen shorts are selected to compete in the Oscar-qualifying Animation Shorts Program, including the U.S. premiere of China’s ‘Monkey’ by Shen Jie.
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Baobab’s ‘ASTEROIDS!’ to Debut at Sundance 2017
Official New Frontier selection from ‘Antz’ and ‘Madagascar’ director Eric Darnell is the follow-up to this year’s ‘INVASION!’
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Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2017 New Frontier Showcase
2017 edition of New Frontier showcase to include 20 VR experiences and 11 installations across three Park City venues.
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Andreas Hykade Receives Poland’s Golden Dinosaur Award
Independent filmmaker, Filmakademie director and FMX Conference chair receives award honoring “outstanding artists turned pedagogues” for achievements in filmmaking and teaching at the 23rd Etiuda & Anima Festival in Krakow, Poland.
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Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode 1 – The Dark Side of the Toon
Every Friday AWN’s Chris Robinson unleashes some freewheeling cheer or loathing on the animation community to be mused, countered, or disregarded. It’s your call.
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15th Sommets du cinéma d’animation Announces 2016 Line-up
Diane Obomsawin, Joan Gratz and Steven Woloshen among many highlights of Montreal's animation summit.
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Film and Project Submissions Now Open for Annecy 2017 -Submissions end 15th February 2017
Annecy 2017 will take place from 12th to 17th June, 2017.
You can submit films or be selected for the Mifa Pitch sessions with your projects.
BIAF’s All Grown Up
Korea’s Bucheon International Animation Festival turned 18 this year. Chris Robinson was there as member of the Short Film jury. He serves up a rapid fire review.
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Annecy Festival Announces Two New Competition Categories
New Young Audience and Perspectives categories to replace the three out-of-competition programs at the 30th anniversary edition of the Annecy International Animation Festival.
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Framed Film Festival Unveils 2016 Lineup
Annual showcase of the best new children’s films returns to the Barbican Centre with Eric Summer and Éric Warin’s ‘Ballerina,’ Ash Brannon’s ‘Rock Dog,’ Switzerland/Germany/Sweden co-production ‘Molly Monster,’ and more!
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