Podcast EP 230: How Jim Capobianco Wrote, Directed & Funded ‘The Inventor’
The storyboard artist/writer/director discusses how he transformed a 2D short film into a stop-motion feature.
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Podcast EP 228: Ben Treat's Stop-Motion Social Media Journey
The social media presence known online as Frantic Frames shares how he grew his social following from 13,000 in 2019 to 2M today, and how he makes his living entirely from stop-motion social media posts.
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LightBox Expo Coming to Pasadena
Running October 27-29, the 3-day event celebrates artists and creators behind acclaimed films, animation, games, TV shows, comics, and illustrations and features panels, talks, and presentations by industry leaders, including director Sam Fell, Aardman Animation co-founder Peter Lord, directors Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, and NYT Bestselling Graphic Novel author ND Stevenson.
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‘The Inventor’: Leonardo da Vinci as Artist, Engineer, and Procrastinator
In Jim Capobianco and Pierre-Luc Granjon’s new stop-motion film, the iconic Renaissance man, who wrote grocery lists on his sketches, was insatiably curious and headstrong, so much more interesting than his usual depiction as an untouchable genius; the film hits U.S. theaters September 15.
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19 NFB Films Heading to OIAF 2023
Official competition selections include ‘The Girl with the Red Beret’ by Janet Perlman, ‘Miserable Miracle’ by Ryo Orikasa, ‘HARVEY’ by Janice Nadeau and ‘Boat People’ by Thao Lam and Kjell Boersma; NFB programs include NFB HOTHOUSE@20 and Show-and-tell with the NFB Animation & Interactive Studio.
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Cartoon Forum’s ‘Animation UK Meets Europe’ Unveiled
Animation UK spearheads the animated TV pitching and co-production special initiative where U.K. creatives will share 5 projects; event takes place September 18-21 in Toulouse.
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Binocular Briefs – September 2023: A Tribute to Paul Bush
This month, we pause to remember the iconic animator and filmmaker, who died in a tragic motorcycle accident August 17.
Netflix Drops ‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’ Trailer and Key Art
Directed by Sam Fell, the sequel to Aardman’s hugely successful stop-motion animated ‘Chicken Run’ hits the streamer in December.
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STRATA GANZA Strata Cut Stop-Motion Event Coming to NYC
Eight innovative artists will share how they make, show, cut and animate clay with daily sessions running October 3-6 at the Pratt Institute, Department of Digital Arts in Brooklyn – tickets are now on sale.
Aardman Sets ‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’ World Premiere
67th BFI London Film Festival to host October 14th gala screening of the award-winning animation studio’s ‘Chicken Run’ sequel at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.
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Remembering the Fabulous, Witty, and Norm-Breaking Paul Bush
The British experimental short filmmaker, known for his early scratch frame films ‘His Comedy’ and ‘The Albatross’ as well as his single frame works like ‘Five Minute Museum,’ was killed in a motorcycle accident in Wales last Thursday.
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LAIKA’s ‘Coraline’ is a Hit… Again!
The 2009 stopmo classic scored big at the box office, grossing close to $5M during its recent 2-day Fathom Events theatrical release; new showings added for August 28 and 29 – tickets now on sale.
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‘My Love Affair With Marriage’ Gets U.S. Theatrical Release
Signe Baumane’s award-winning animated feature about a spirited young woman determined to find love in a bewildering world will begin its U.S. cinema run at the Quad in NYC on October 6 and the Laemmle Glendale in LA on October 13.
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Podcast EP 216: How Catya Plate Produced Her Stop-Motion Film ‘Las Nogas’ in NYC
The artist turned animator shares her journey from Spain to Germany to New York in pursuit of an art career and how that path led her to a career in animation.
Podcast EP 215: Maraike Krämer’s Journey from Business School to Aardman Stop-Motion Animator
The animator shares fast-track stop-motion skills for beginners and discusses how anyone, in any situation, can pursue their dream career.
Mystery Meat Media Unpacks ‘I’m A Virgo’ Animation and ‘Meta-Understanding Audiences’
Studio co-founders Ri Crawford and David Lauer talk about creating a fictional cartoon, ‘Parking Tickets,’ set within Boots Riley’s dark comedy series about a 13-foot-tall young Black man, hidden away, who grew up on a diet of comic books and TV before escaping to experience the beauty and contradictions of the real world; now streaming on Prime Video.
Podcast EP 210: ‘Shape Island’ Stop-Motion Animator Brett Long
The Canadian-born artist discusses coming to the U.S. to pursue his career, tips on excelling in TV animation, and if schooling has helped him along the way.
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Catya Plate Named 2023 NYC Women’s Fund Recipient
Awarded by the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and New York Foundation for the Arts, the initiative addresses underrepresentation of women in film, television, theatre, and music.
Podcast EP 204: How Margherita Premuroso Became a Creative Director for Title Sequences
The Italian animator, whose work includes title sequences for ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Amend,’ and ‘The Last of Us,’ shares her journey from freelance animator in Italy to creative director at Elastic in the U.S.
Podcast EP 203: How David Daniels Created Strata Cut Stop-Motion Animation
The director, filmmaker, and Bent Image Lab Studio founder shares everything about the stopmo animation technique he created and how it will continue to live on as a unique art form.
FLAMIN Animations Shorts Premiere at TNB XPO London
You can also watch them here - Round 2 of the Film London and Arts Council England commissioning program wrapped up with the artist animators debuting their work at The New Black Film Collective’s event; round 3 applications now open through May 22.
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Podcast EP 198: How StopMo Animator Harry Chaskin Produced ‘Steel Cut Oats’
The freelance animator reveals how he funded his film through Kickstarter and what it took to get some big-name actors involved in the project.
‘The Flying Sailor’: Building on the NFB’s Legacy of Women Animators
With Oscar-nominated filmmakers Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis’ latest animated short, they add to, and benefit from, the organization’s growing support for filmmaking diversity, while celebrating the role of female pioneers like Evelyn Lambart, who’s being honored posthumously with the Winsor McCay Award at this Saturday’s 50th Annie Awards.
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Mike Judge and Zach Woods' ‘In the Know’ Snags Voice Cast
Caitlin Reilly, Charlie Bushnell, J. Smith-Cameron, and Carl Tart join the stop-motion show, the streamer’s first adult animated series, about NPR’s third most popular host - a puppet who interviews real world humans - with a diverse crew of puppets… and nimrods.
Guillermo Del Toro to Helm ‘The Buried Giant’ Animated Adaptation
The dark storyteller shares new stop-motion project; will co-write and direct new film based on Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro's novel about a memory challenged elderly British couple on a quest to find their long-lost son.
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