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Competitive Festivals Headline News

Fest Anča 2023 Reveals Official Selections

Almost 230 films were selected to participate in this year’s event, including original contemporary domestic and international animation featuring films by renowned filmmakers and young emerging talent; the event runs June 29-July 7.

Can You Remember the 60s? Headline News

‘Cryptozoo’s Legendary Cryptids Now Available on Blu-Ray and VOD

Dash Shaw’s visually stunning Sundance award-winning animated film follows the hallucinatory world of cryptozookeepers as they struggle to capture a legendary dream-eating baku.  

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Izabela Plucińska: Changing Fate with Your Own Hands

The Polish stop-motion animator discusses working with plasticine and her most recent, and challenging production about a bulimic and perverted man who obsessively identifies his lost love with his left foot.

Can You Remember the 60s? Headline News

‘Cryptozoo’ and its Legendary Cryptids Coming to Blu-Ray and VOD

Magnolia Home Entertainment’s hypnotic Sundance award-winning animated film gets its home entertainment release November 16, 2021.

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‘Cryptozoo’ Review: Bakus & Gorgons & Satyrs – Oh My!

AWN’s Miscweant examines Dash Shaw’s new animated feature film, set in ‘surreal’ 1967, about an activist group trying to protect supernatural cryptids from amoral government agents.

International Women’s Day Headline News

‘Women Make Animation: Animated Shorts’ Virtual Program Coming March 13

In honor of International Women’s Day 2021, WOW Women’s Film Club is hosting a free screening curated by Eiko Meredith of the Kotatsu Festival; a free drawing workshop by Japanese animator and illustrator Chie Arai will also be offered.

Animation Festivals Headline News

20th Countryside Animafest Cyprus Names Artist in Residence

Photographer and filmmaker Gerco de Ruijter’s residence will take place in July, prior to the festival program, which runs from August 11-14.

Submit Your Film! Headline News

Call for Entries: Fest Anča International Animation Festival 2021

2021 edition, taking place July 1-4 in Slovakia, is now accepting submissions for animated short films, student films, music videos, and films for children.

Home Entertainment Headline News

WATCH: Exclusive ‘RACETIME’ Clip

Now available on Digital and On-Demand, Viva Kids’ animated feature film sequel to ‘SnowTime!’ explores themes of friendship and teamwork, while digging deeply into an examination of pride, betrayal and healthy competition.

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SEE IT HERE: Ishan Shukla’s Dystopian Short, ‘Schirkoa’ Now Online

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 2:21pm

Award-winning fourteen-minute CG-animated film, now being developed as a feature film, was created in Autodesk Maya and Adobe CC and rendered in GPU renderer Redshift.

Animated Feature Films Headline News

Award-Winning CG Short ‘Schirkoa’ Being Developed as Feature

By Dan Sarto | Monday, March 19, 2018 at 3:27pm

Indian filmmaker Ishan Shukla will write and direct a feature-length animated film based on his award-winning short of the same name, with 108 Media and Aurora Media Holdings on board to co-produce. 

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Keep it in Motion - Classic Animation Revisited: 'Crime and Punishment'

Every Thursday, Chris Robinson takes a look at films from animation’s past. This week's screening: Piotr Dumala's unique adaptation of Crime and Punishment (2000).