Animation UK and BFI Promote British Animation at Annecy 2020
Lupus Film’s ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ was honored as best TV Special at the YouTube livestream of the official Annecy Awards.
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Animated Women UK Launches ‘Achieve Online 2020’ Workshops
Career development workshop series aimed at supporting women in UK’s VFX and animation industries continues June 5.
This Thing of Ours Launches Digital Presence with Trio of Animated Vignettes.
New London-based animation and design studio defines itself with surreal animations exploring 3D and 2D illustrated textures and places.
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Gutsy Animation’s ‘Moominvalley’ Coming to the Nordics
Based on stories by Finnish-Swedish author and artist, Tove Janson, the award-winning animated series relays and preserves important parts of Nordic cultural heritage.
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Call for Entries: Manchester Animation Festival 2020
Submissions now being accepted for the UK’s largest animation festival, taking place November 15 -19; entry deadline is July 13, 2020.
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Alice Loveday Joins London-Based Hoi Polloi
New director brings whimsy and passion to her stop-frame 2D work.
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COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund Applications Now Open
Relief fund launches to provide urgently needed support for workers and freelancers hit by UK production closures.
Aardman and The National Lottery Unveil Film to Inspire Great Ideas
#CelebrateNationalLottery25 offers people a chance to make a difference in their own communities.
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Call for Entries: The British Animation Awards 2020
Submissions are being accepted, now through November 30, 2019, for the 13th edition of the BAA.
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Sean Clarke Taking the Helm at Aardman
On heels of studio’s recent transition to employee ownership, co-founder Dave Sproxton stepping down after 43 years as Managing Director.
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Amy Wixson Joins Outpost VFX as Executive Producer
Industry veteran will be based in LA and service studio’s US and international film, TV and SVOD production clients.
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Encounters Film Festival Announces Expanded Animation Lineup
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, Bristol’s largest international film festival, coming September 24-29, reveals an extensive program of animation-related activities.
Funimation Acquires UK Anime Distributor Manga Entertainment
Acquisition sets the stage for Sony Pictures Television subsidiary’s anime distribution dominance in the UK and Ireland.
Winners Announced for 7th International Emmy Kids Awards
Seven winners span five countries: Brazil, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands & The United Kingdom.
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BFI Launches £57M Young Audiences Content Fund
Led by Jackie Edwards, newly-announced YACF team includes John Knowles as Production Executive, Harriet Williams as Development Executive and Hesham Sabry as Business Affairs Executive.
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Halo VFX Bankrupt with ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Visual Effects Artists Still Unpaid
Media and entertainment trade union BECTU calls for new industry code of practice to better protect freelance workers when companies go into administration.
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Outpost VFX Launches First International Facility in Montréal
VFX producer Becca Scott and VFX supervisor James Rustad to oversee new Montréal studio.
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Boat Rocker, BBC Enter Co-Production Deal for ‘Love Monster’ with China’s UYoung
Based on the ‘Love Monster’ series of books by British author and illustrator Rachel Bright, new 2D-animated preschool series will premiere on CBeebies and on major Chinese broadcasters and digital platforms.
Locksmith Animation Appoints Dónall Crehan Chief Business Officer
Former All3Media general counsel to oversee London animation studio’s legal and business affairs, business strategy and development, commercial operations and the implementation of its long and short-term strategic plans.
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24th Encounters Festival: September 25-30, 2018 – Bristol, England
Being both a live action and an animated short film festival, the Encounters Festival schedule was packed with film programs of every description.
Blue Zoo Opens New 2D Animation Studio in London
Creating more than 60 new jobs, Blue Zoo announces new dedicated 2D animation studio across the road from its central London head office.
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Manchester Animation Festival Announces 2018 Winners
‘Bloeistraat 11’ by Nienke Deutz and ‘Travelogue Tel Aviv’ By Samuel Patthey win awards at MAF2018.
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Aardman Employees To Receive 75% Ownership Stake
Aardman Animations founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton transfer ownership of the famed Bristol-U.K. stop-motion studio to employees in a bid to retain its independent status.
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MANIMATION Announces 2018 Lineup
One-day U.K. animation industry event kicks off ahead of the Manchester Animation Festival on Monday, November 12.
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Blue Spill Delivers 4K HDR Pop Art Treatment for Netflix’s ‘Take Your Pills’
U.K.-based boutique motion graphics and visual effects facility creates psychoactive graphics and a hallucinatory title sequence for feature documentary exploring the widespread adoption and dangerous effects of Adderall.
