Ralph Bakshi’s ‘Last Days of Coney Island’ Set for Vimeo Release
Legendary animator Ralph Bakshi returns to film with Vimeo On Demand exclusive release of his new 22-minute film, ‘Last Days of Coney Island,’ on October 29.
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BFX Announces Charity Animation Competition Winners
Bespoke animated short films ‘Saved By the Cell’ and ‘A Way Out of the Woods’ close out seven-week residential competition at Bournemouth University.
Bläck Envisions PostApocalyptic Stockholm with ftrack
Stockholm-based studio Bläck transforms Stockholm into a postapocalyptic nightmare in ‘State Zero,’ a live-action short film directed by Andrée Wallin.
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Mixtape Club Teams with ESPN for ‘The Wild Bunch’
Animated documentary short is narrated by former MLB All-Star and current ESPN baseball analyst John Kruk.
Manchester Animation Festival Unveils Inaugural Program
Guest speakers include ‘Song of the Sea’ director Tomm Moore, Aardman animation director Will Becher, and U.K. comedy animation director Tim Searle.
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Animatricks Opens Call for Entries for 2016 Competition
Finland’s Animatricks Animation Festival will take place in Helsinki on April 22–24, 2016; deadline for submissions is January 31, 2016.
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Mackinnon and Saunders Launches Manchester Animation Festival Award
Manchester-based studio creates award for its inaugural event; unveils new website and ticketing information.
Disney Releases Practical Guide to Hyperion
Walt Disney Animation Studios releases a detailed breakdown of its new in-house production rendering software used on ‘Big Hero 6’ and the forthcoming ‘Zootopia.’
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New Aardman Short Addresses Loneliness and Aging
New short film from award-winning animation studio for Bristol Ageing Better launches at the 2015 Celebrating Age Festival.
Iron Claw Creates Cinematic Trailer for MasterImage 3D
Stereoscopic theatrical trailer will open S3D films on over 8,000 screens worldwide.
ITFS Opens Call for Entries for 2016 Competition
The 23rd edition of the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film runs April 26 - May 1, 2016; deadline for entries is December 1, 2015.
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Nexus Director Kibwe Tavares Creates Short Film for Umpqua Bank
Three-minute short, ‘The Seed and the Moon,’ employs photo-real CG environments and VFX to create the rich and organic texture of magical realism.
Three Rosto Films to Compete at Sapporo Shorts Fest
Three films from the Dutch artist and filmmaker -- ‘No Place Like Home,’ ‘Lonely Bones’ and ‘Splintertime’ -- will be screened during the Japanese festival taking place October 7-12, 2015.
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Industry Vet Marv Newland Curates Evening of Animation at VIFF
Atomic Cartoons teams up with legendary animator behind ‘Bambi Meets Godzilla’ to present ‘Kooks & Legends: Animated Motion Pictures’ on October 8 as part of the Vancouver International Film Festival’s Canadian Images series.
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Cardiff Independent Film Festival Adding New Animation Strand
New animation program at CIFF to be managed by Cardiff Animation Nights screening series organizer Lauren Orme.
The 17th Annual Animation Show of Shows Gets its First Theatrical Release
After 16 years of touring his annual animated short film program around the world, Acme Filmworks founder and producer Ron Diamond releases his latest program in theatres for the first time.
Google ATAP Taps Nexus for ‘Rain or Shine’ Spotlight Story
Nexus director Felix Masse is in the Google Spotlight as he joins a stable of internationally acclaimed filmmakers creating 360-degree immersive storytelling experiences for mobile platforms.
WATCH: PES Creates New Short for Honda
Employing a team of dozens of animators and illustrators and over a thousand original drawings, Oscar-nominated animator PES delivers new stop-motion commercial, ‘Paper,’ for Honda.
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Nicolas Ménard’s ‘Loop Ring Chop Drink’ Wins Top Animation Prize at 2015 Encounters Fest
Nina Gantz’s ‘Edmond’ wins the NextGen Skills Academy Best of British Award, and ‘I Got This’ by Tom Gran & Madeline Grossi receives the 2015 Anijam Award.
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'The Bigger Picture' Wins Cartoon d’Or at Cartoon Forum 2015
Daisy Jacobs’ Oscar-nominated animated short ‘The Bigger Picture’ is named the winner of the 2015 Cartoon d’Or at the 26th edition of the European pitching and co-production event in Toulouse, France.
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Academy Unveils 2015 Student Medalists
Alyce Tzue of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco wins gold medal for ‘Soar’; CalArts student Seth Boyden takes the silver for ‘An Object at Rest,’ and SVA students Nicholas Manfredi and Elizabeth Ku-Herrero take the bronze for ‘Taking the Plunge.’
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WATCH: Stop-Motion 3D Short ‘Foxed!’ Now Online
Geneva Film Co. and Prospero Pictures developing a feature film, television series and Virtual Reality experience based on award-winning animated short from Toronto-based director and stereoscopic 3D pioneer James Stewart.
Glen Keane Creates ‘Nephtali' Short for the Paris Opera
Paris Opera commissions a short film from Disney animation veteran Glen Keane for their new digital stage, ‘3rd Stage.’
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Make a Sci-Fi Short from Scratch with Digital-Tutors’ New VFX Training Series
Expert tutorials explain production techniques used on live-action/CG short; modeling and rigging lessons free.
Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2015 to Spotlight Richard Williams
Legendary animator Richard Williams joins the Fredrikstad Animation Festival with screenings of The Academy’s work print of ‘The Thief and the Cobbler - A Moment in Time’ and his latest short film, ‘Prologue.’
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