Federation Kids & Family Inks ‘Presto! School of Magic’ Distribution Deal
The kids’ animated series from TeamTO, produced by M6 and TéléTOON+, heads to Latin America, Africa, Norway and Canada; series is based on StudioCanal’s popular feature film.
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Dandelooo Inks ‘Billy the Cowboy Hamster’ Distribution Deals
The 2D animated series follows a little hamster who dreams of becoming a cowboy in the Wild West; currently in production, the show has been presold to Super RTL in Germany, Denmark’s DR, Sweden’s SVT, RTS in Switzerland, Norway’s NRK, Arte Editions, and KMBO and TV5 Monde in France.
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‘Togather’ Named Grand Winner of ‘Sony Talent League by THU’
Winning project is a platform that allows sharing of custom digital brushes inspired by real-life objects; finalists include a fantasy role-playing game ‘Kawia's Adventure’ and ‘Icebreakers,’ a VR comic that invites individuals to step into the panels of a pirate adventure.
‘Something to Remember’ Named Best Film at Fantoche 2020
Festival confirms its commitment to parity and inclusion with women filmmakers accounting for more than half the films screened.
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‘True and the Rainbow Kingdom’ Travels the World with New Broadcast Deals
Netflix new content rollout paves the way for global demand of Guru’s popular kids’ series.
‘Wildebeest’ Takes Top Prize at Fantoche 2018
‘Enough’ wins the International Audience Award, with ‘The Cannonball Woman’ selected Best Swiss Film.
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Fantoche Festival Announces 2018 Feature Selections
Twenty-one animated features selected to screen at the 2018 edition of the Fantoche International Animation Film Festival.
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Fantoche 2018 Kicks off September Sept. 4
Seventy-three animated short films to compete across three categories at the 16th edition of the Swiss animation festival.
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‘The Burden’ Wins Top Prize at Fantoche 2017
‘Negative Space’ by Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata wins International Audience Award.
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‘Loving Vincent’ to Open 2017 Fantoche Festival
Exclusive making-of presentations of three animated features and one Virtual Reality film will be held for ‘Loving Vincent,’ ‘Have a Nice Day,’ ‘Zombillenium’ and ‘Nothing Happens.’
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Xilam’s ‘Oggy & the Cockroaches’ Heads to Germany, Switzerland & Austria
Disney Channel licenses seasons 3, 4 & 5 of the beloved cartoon produced by France’s Xilam for broadcast in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
NFB Co-Production with Claude Barras to Screen at Lorcarno
Directed by Albertine Zullo and David Toutevoix, the stop-motion animated ‘The Cannonball Woman’ (‘La femme canon’) is the latest collaboration between producer Claude Barras and the National Film Board of Canada.
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‘The Burden,’ ‘Over the Wall’ Win Cristal Awards at Annecy 2017
Sweden’s ‘The Burden’ directed by Niki Lindroth Von Bahr wins Cristal Award for a Short Film; Japanese director Masaaki Yuasa’s ‘Lu Over the Wall’ receives Cristal for a Feature Film.
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GLAS Animation Announces Georges Schwizgebel Retrospective
Retrospective screening of pioneering Swiss animators films to be held at the Downtown Independent theater in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 22.
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Italy’s Cartoons on the Bay Announces Winners of 2017 Pulcinella Awards
Italian-French co-production ‘Iqbal: Tale of a Fearless Child’ wins Pulcinella Award for Best Animated Feature; Switzerland’s ‘Ariadne’s Thread,’ directed by Claude Luyet, wins Best Animated Short.
CARTOON MOVIE Announces 2017 Tribute Awards
Swiss director Claude Barras named director of the year for the Oscar-nominated ‘My Life as a Zucchini’ alongside producers of the year Rita Productions, Blue Spirit Productions & Gebeka Films.
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GKIDS Unveils New English-Language Trailer for ‘My Life as a Zucchini’
Golden Globe-nominated film featuring the voices of Will Forte, Nick Offerman, Ellen Page and Amy Sedaris hits select U.S. theaters on February 24th.
Repurposing Matisse: Georges Schwizgebel’s ‘Erlkönig’ a Kaleidoscopic Dance with Death
Short film from one of the biggest names in contemporary animation repurposes the visual style of Henri Matisse to bring German writer Goethe’s 1782 epic poem to the screen.
GKIDS Announces English-Language Voice Cast for ‘My Life as a Zucchini’
Will Forte, Nick Offerman, Ellen Page and Amy Sedaris lead cast; Golden Globe-nominated film to make English language premiere at Sundance.
‘My Life as a Zucchini’ Advances in Foreign Language Oscar Race
Critically acclaimed stop-motion animated Cannes selection directed by Claude Barras among nine foreign language films to advance in Oscar race.
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Framed Film Festival Unveils 2016 Lineup
Annual showcase of the best new children’s films returns to the Barbican Centre with Eric Summer and Éric Warin’s ‘Ballerina,’ Ash Brannon’s ‘Rock Dog,’ Switzerland/Germany/Sweden co-production ‘Molly Monster,’ and more!
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Narrative Shorts We Watched and Loved at OIAF 2016
The NFB’s ‘I Like Girls’ won the Grand Prize at the 40th anniversary edition of the Ottawa International Animation Festival, but here are seven other animated shorts from the Narrative competition we liked even better.
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Igor Kovalyov’s ‘Before Love’ Tops Fantoche 2016
International Audience Award is given to Great Britain’s ‘Mr. Madila,’ directed by Rory Waudby-Tolley.
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Fantoche 2016 Boasts Star-Studded Program
Switzerland’s largest animation festival to host a raft of luminaries at its 2016 edition, including voice artist Peter Krause, filmmakers Georges Schwizgebel, Konstantin Bronzit and Kaspar Jancis, and DreamWorks Animation director and story artist Simon Otto.
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GKIDS Announces Acquisition of ‘My Life as a Zucchini’
Critically acclaimed stop-motion animated Cannes selection directed by Claude Barras is Best Foreign Language submission from Switzerland for the 2017 Academy Awards.
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