April 14 Deadline for StopMoLab Course Applications!
StopMoLab course: May - December 2024. Application deadline is 14 April.
Tagged With: puppet animation
StopMoLab Stop Motion Course 2024 Open for Recruitment
The StopMoLab course has just been launched.
iFFY 2023 is Just Around the Corner
Award-winning animator Gary Schwartz will present ‘Kinda iFFY’ – his ‘Overhead Projection Shadow Puppet Animation Workshop,’ a hands-on lab for creative inquiry into time-based media; the Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti runs April 19-22.
In 2D, 3D, Digital Media, Education and Training, Event, Festival, People | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News | Geographic Region: North America
Festival Stop Motion Montréal Reveals Short Film Selection and Poster
The 13th edition returns primarily online, September 10-19, with some in-person workshops; 93 films from 31 countries have been selected for this year’s short film competition.
‘Tooning Out the News’ Kicks Off New ‘Smart Talk Tonight’ Segment
Paramount+’s critically acclaimed daily news satire series welcomes animated host Kenneth Parsons, who will get up close and personal, in studio, with real life guests; June 11 debut features famed novelist Salman Rushdie.
In 2D, Business, CG, Digital Media, People, Technology, Television | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News | Geographic Region: All
Festival Stop Motion Montréal 2021 Issues Call for Entries
The event, running September 10-19, is accepting short film projects using puppet animation, object animation and/or pixilation; deadline for submissions is July 2.
In 2D, 3D, Business, CG, Digital Media, Event, Festival, People, Short Films, Stop-Motion | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News | Geographic Region: North America
Paramount+ Renews ‘Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News’
Show returns for second season with March 4 special to celebrate rebranded streaming platform’s launch; new daily segments begin March 8.
In 2D, Business, CG, Digital Media, People, Television | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News | Geographic Region: All
Podcast EP95: Clyde Henry Productions Talks About Animation, Storytelling, Puppets, and Snails
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, who produced ‘Madame Tutli-Putli’ and ‘Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life’ with the National Film Board of Canada, discuss their upcoming NFB film and how they created strange hats for Cirque du Soliel.
Choose Your Pass for OIAF 2020 Virtual Festival – Available NOW!
Watch this year’s retrospectives featuring a celebration of Estonian animator, Elbert Tuganov; unique perspectives from Norwegian animation studio, Mikrofilm; and the work of Métis filmmaker, Terril Calder.
In 2D, 3D, CG, Digital Media, Diversity and Inclusion, Education and Training, Event, Festival, Films, People, Short Films, Television | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News | Special Events: OIAF | Geographic Region: All, North America
Using Puppets, ‘Dollhouse’ Lays Bare the Pop World’s Sleazy Misogyny
Nicole Brending discusses her savage animated satire, ‘Dollhouse: The Eradication of Female Subjectivity from American Popular Culture,’ which hits digital platforms August 11.
Even a Pandemic Can’t Stop Politics from Being Funny on ‘Tooning Out the News’
Quickly retooling their production in the face of COVID-19, executive producers R.J. Fried and Tim Luecke continue bringing us a sorely needed daily animated dose of hilarious political satire.
I Have a Question Barry Purves
In which Chris Robinson asks animators profound and inane questions that have little to do with animation. This week's guest is the legendary puppet animation guru, Barry Purves
In AWN Profiles, Films, People, Short Films, Stop-Motion | ANIMATIONWorld | Blogs: Let's Go Eat the Factory! | Geographic Region: All
Animators Unearthed - Co Hoedeman
This Monday, Chris Robinson and guest host, Barry Doyle, unearth the works of Oscar winning Canadian animator, Co Hoedeman.
In AWN Profiles, Films, People, Short Films, Stop-Motion | ANIMATIONWorld | Blogs: Let's Go Eat the Factory! | Geographic Region: All
Keep it in Motion: Classic Animation Revisited - Barry Purves' 'Screenplay'
Every Thursday, Chris Robinson takes a look at films from animation’s past. This week he takes a look at the brilliant 1992 puppet film, Screen Play by Barry Purves.
In Films, Short Films, Stop-Motion | ANIMATIONWorld | Blogs: Let's Go Eat the Factory! | Geographic Region: All
Animators Unearthed - Tadanari Okamoto
Every Monday, Chris Robinson serves up Animators Unearthed, a short profile of prominent and not-so-prominent indie animators.
In 2D, AWN Profiles, Films, People, Short Films, Stop-Motion | ANIMATIONWorld | Blogs: Let's Go Eat the Factory! | Geographic Region: All
Czech Filmmaker Developing Stop-Motion Hockey Feature ‘Nagano’
Directed and produced by Pavel Sadílek with the involvement of Polish animation studio Se-ma-for and post-production specialists Magic Lab, ‘Nagano: The Birth of Heroes’ celebrates the Czech Republic ice hockey team’s victory at the 1998 Olympic Games.
10th International Festival of Puppet Theatre and Animated Films for Adults 12 through 20 October Warsaw, Poland
A PUPPET IS A HUMAN TOO - When most people think of puppets they think of films and performances for children, but the International Festival of Puppet Theatre and Animated Films is different.
