Podcast EP116: Stop-Motion Animator Max Winston on Running an Independent Studio
Famed for ‘I Live in the Woods,’ the artist shares the journey that led to launching his own company, RatBat Studios.
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Acclaimed LAIKA Films Coming in HD on Blu-ray this Fall
Combo pack of ‘Coraline’ and ‘The Boxtrolls’ drops August 31, with ‘ParaNorman’ and ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ following September 20; bonus features include interviews, behind the scenes looks, feature-length storyboards, and featurettes.
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Teen Animators Get an Online Club with YAY UK
AccessVFX and ScreenSkills launch Young Animator of the Year club and award program for aspiring young animators ages 13-18; teens will complete hands-on challenges set by UK animation studios with chance to compete for prizes.
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.
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‘Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.’ Now Streaming on Hulu
Animated by Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, and written, created, and executive produced by Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt, who also stars as the titular bad guy, the stop-motion comedy series, about a megalomaniacal supervillain who gets ousted from his own evil organization, shows that even a sinister villain can suffer a mid-life crisis.
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Adult Swim Reveals 4 Spin-Off Digital Short Series
Minor characters from network hits ‘Rick and Morty,’ ‘Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell,’ ‘Robot Chicken,’ and ‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force’ get their own shows, coming globally on digital platforms starting later this year.
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Trailer Drops for Solo Animated ‘Coriander & A Penny’s Worth of Lonesome’
Created by filmmaker Julian Grant as a tribute to movies of a bygone era, the award-winning film is now streaming on multiple platforms including Apple TV, YouTube, Amazon, Xfinity, and Vudu.
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How Old Ghosts Shape Our Lives in ‘Baby Blues’ Music Video
Christine Fellows uses cut-out collage and stop-motion to animate Suzie Ungerleider's new song about releasing the hold traumatic events have on our lives.
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Podcast EP101: Alexandre Siqueira Shares His Process for Creating ‘Purple Boy’ Animated Short
Director shares how he produced and financed his film, including writing narrative that made his story stand out.
Creating the Stylized, 2D-Inspired Fun of Pixar’s ‘Luca’
Director Enrico Casarosa used his cartoony sketches and storyboards to lead a ‘less is more’ move away from 3DCG realism in the studios’ upcoming tale about a life-changing summer for two teenage sea monsters living on the Italian Riviera.
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Adult Swim Teases ‘The Bleepin’ Robot Chicken Archie Comics Special’
Josie and the Pussycats return from space, as ‘Robot Chicken’ gives Riverdale High its own stop-motion special; parody premieres May 23.
Hornet Adds Andrea Love to Director Roster
Creator of animated series ‘Cooking with Wool’ uses wool and patience to develop characters for stop-motion animated films; projects include ‘Elder,’ a commercial piece that explores live-in care, and her award-winning short ‘Tulip.’
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On the Road to the 93rd Oscars: The Animated Short Film Nominees
‘Burrow,’ ‘Genius Loci,’ ‘If Anything Happens I Love You,’ ‘Opera,’ and ‘Yes-People’ vie for this year’s Best Animated Short Oscar.
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‘Soul,’ ‘Wolfwalkers’ Big Winners at 48th Annie Awards
Pixar leads evening with wins in seven categories; Bastien Dubois’ ‘Souvenir Souvenir’ wins for Best Animated Short.
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Exciting New Stop Motion Kickstarter Project
Vokabulantis is a whole new dimension of interactive stop motion, check it out!
Podcast EP100: Terry Ibele's Journey from Business to Stop-Motion and Starting This Podcast
Celebrating his 100th Animation Industry Podcast episode, our host shares his path from a career in business to starting over in the world of stop-motion.
Five Compelling Shorts Vie for the Annie
This year’s batch of Annie Award-nominated animated short films once again demonstrates that you’ll often find the most powerful storytelling in the smallest of packages.
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Stoopid Buddy Stoodios and AMC Announce ‘Ultra City Smiths’ Cast
Created by Steve Conrad, the stop-motion animated series is slated for Summer 2021 release; all-star voice lineup includes John C. Reilly, Da’vine Joy Randolph, Jimmi Simpson, Bebe Neuwirth, Melissa Villaseñor, and Jason Mantzoukas.
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LAIKA Expands into Live-Action
The cutting-edge studio known for their innovations in stop-motion and CG on features including ‘Coraline,’ ‘ParaNorman,’ and ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ announces plans to bring screenwriter John Brownlow’s first novel ‘Seventeen’ to the big screen.
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‘Piper’s Pony Tales’ Preschool Series Launching on YouTube
Epic Story Media teams up with Milkcow Media on an all-new stop-motion / CG show that illustrates the power of roleplay and imagination; in the series, Piper and her friends make up stories about their toy horses, that magically come to life.
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Annie Awards Indie Feature Noms Offer a Diversity of Themes and Styles
What do sheep, wolves, surfing, a western heroine, and slacker musicians all have in common?
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Cape Town International Animation Festival & Cardiff Animation Festival Online Collaboration.
Begins: April 12, 2021
Cape Town International Animation Festival and Cardiff Animation Festival announce an exciting collaboration celebrating animation in both South Africa and Wales with a week long online festival including curated shorts screenings, workshops and live Q+As, supported by the British Council Digital Collaboration Fund
Animafest Zagreb 2021 Announces Official Selections
Festival releases list of entries chosen to compete in short film, student film, and Croatian film categories; annual festival takes place June 7-12.
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CAF and CTIAF Hosting Joint Online Festival April 12-18
Cardiff Animation Festival and Cape Town International Animation Festival are collaborating on a virtual event that features a week of curated screenings, workshops, and Q+As; programs will feature Welsh and African animated shorts previously screened at the respective festivals over the past 5 years.
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How Musa Brooker Animated ‘Waffles + Mochi’s Wondrous Culinary World
For the Six Point Harness creative director, producing hundreds of animated segments for Michelle Obama and Netflix’s new live-action series meant bringing a fun, colorful, and meaningful world of food and nutrition to kids and families.
