One Animation Launches Free ‘Oddbods’ Books on Google’s Rivet
Studio uses popular preschool brand to promote literacy while helping kids and families adjust to life changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CAA Hit with New Round of Layoffs and Furloughs
While animation production seems to be thriving, one of Hollywood’s premier agencies announces a significant staff reduction, another sign of COVID’s continued impact on many areas of the entertainment business.
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Kite & Lightening Adapts to Lockdown with Remote Multi-Person Mocap
Using Xsens, iPhones and Unreal Engine, the animation and game studio has tailored their pipeline for safe, remote motion-capture production.
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Jon Bokenkamp Shines Light on Animated ‘The Blacklist’ Season 7 Finale
During Comic-Con panel, showrunner explains decision on integrating live-action with comic-style toon-shaded animation to finish episode halted due to the novel coronavirus.
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‘Archer’ Season 11 Gets September 16 Premiere
Simon Pegg and Jamie Lee Curtis will guest star as Comic-Con panel shares plenty of hit FXX show reveals and a new trailer.
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Magic Marker Make Believe
Improvisational flights of fancy from Emma, Claire and Daddy.
Taika Waititi Hints ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ will Bring Major Romance
The Oscar-winning ‘Jojo Rabbit’ and ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ helmer describes his new ‘Thor’ franchise installment, coming February 11, 2022, as ‘so insane’ but also ‘very romantic.’
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Jesse McCartney’s New Animated Music Video ‘Friends’ Premieres Today
Filmmaker Nick Peterson and Velorean Productions take the platinum-selling singer and his friends on a drunken, superhero hula dancing adventure.
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Cartoons on the Bay: December 3-5 in Pescara, Italy
Begins: December 3, 2020
International Cross-media Animation and Children’s Television Festival rescheduled due to COVID-19 postponement; The Pulicinella Awards remains unchanged.
Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Postponed Indefinitely Due to Pandemic
Another major summer theatrical release gets swallowed whole by COVID-19, as the $200 million animated-feature remake is delayed once again, following on the heels of recent postponements for ‘Tenet’ and ‘Avatar 2.’
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival Goes Online October 23-25
Begins: October 23, 2020
Virtual event to feature cutting edge, quirky and boundary pushing animation.
Call for Entries: More Films for Freedom – Deadline August 16
Program encourages submissions from UK-based LGBTIQ+ filmmakers working with storytellers/filmmakers from the African continent and Middle East.
New Episodes of ‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood’ Premiere August 17 on PBS KIDS
Season 5 of the popular animated series kicks off with a musical special to help kids and their families address challenges and disappointments due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
19th Countryside Animafest Cyprus – Views of the World Coming August 9-12
Festival will feature special screenings with films by Theodore Ushev, Stuart Pound, Elisabeth Hobbs, Kaspar Jancis, Steven Subotnic, Atsushi Wada, Simone Massi and Konstantin Bronzit.
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KABOOM Animation Festival Returns Spring 2021
Begins: March 27, 2021
The festival promises nine exciting animation-filled days March 27 – April 4, 2021; Call for entries extended to October 1, 2020.
ITFS 2021 Returns May 4–9
Begins: May 4, 2021
The first hybrid edition of Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film will take place both onsite at various venues and feature an extensive oneline program.
MONSTRA 2021 Coming March 10-21
Begins: March 10, 2021
The Lisbon Animation Festival will return March 10 – 21, 2021 to continue its role in the international and local cultural scene and animation community.
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‘Loop,’ ‘The Beauty,’ and ‘Gunpowder’ Take SIGGRAPH 2020 Computer Animation Festival Honors
Winning films from Pixar, Filmakademie and Supinfocom Rubika are among 28 works, including three world premieres, selected for the first-ever Virtual Electronic Theatre, coming August 24.
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Animateka 2020 is Happening November 30 – December 6
Begins: November 30, 2020
The 17th edition of Slovenia’s weeklong animation festival promises to deliver the best and latest productions from the Eastern and Central European film scene.
Fresh Takes: COVID-19 Meets Mad Max in ‘Mad Mask – Fury Roll’
Produced in France during the lockdown, Stéphane Berla’s funny animated short shows how nothing can stop a horde of frenzied shoppers, or post-apocalyptic raiders, in their quest for vital supplies.
Animafest Zagreb 2020 - September 28 – October 3
Begins: August 28, 2020
Festival, postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic, looks forward to once again bringing together a global audience to celebrate animation.
TAFFI Announces New Board Members and Leadership
2020 Programming strategy and COVID-19 moves the 2020 TAAFI Animation Industry Conference online from November 6-8.
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MIPCOM 2020 is Happening in Cannes
Begins: October 12, 2020
The world’s largest entertainment content market is coming October 12 – 15; MIPCOM Online+ gives access to those who can’t attend.
44th Ottawa International Animation Festival Goes Virtual
Begins: September 23, 2020
Scheduled for September 23 – October 4, the event will feature screenings, virtual artist talks, workshops, and meetings with schools and recruiters.
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SIGGRAPH 2020 Goes Virtual
Begins: August 17, 2020
Scheduled for August 17 – August 28, the online event will include both on-demand presentations and scheduled sessions, an exciting mix of the high-level cutting-edge research and education, as well as experiential content and events.
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