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Locksmith Animation Headline News

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.

Festivals Blogs

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.

Motion Graphics Headline News

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.

Stop-Motion Headline News

Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata’s ‘Negative Space’ Tops Montreal Stop Motion Festival

Sofia Carrillo’s ‘Cerulia’ awarded best independent film; Mark C. Smith’s ‘Two Balloons’ named best Youth Film.

Encounters ANIMATIONWorld

Q&A: Encounters Festival’s Kieran Argo Presents Six Top Picks for 2018 Edition

Encounters animation programmer Kieran Argo delves into this year’s Oscar-qualifying international competition.

Music Videos Headline News

Blinkink Delivers New Gorillaz Video, ‘Tranz’

U.K. animation specialists team up with Gorillaz director & co-creator Jamie Hewlett and director Nicos Livesey to create the world’s most famous virtual band’s first-ever performance video.

Awards Headline News

Emile Awards to Honor Clare Kitson with 2018 Lotte Reiniger Lifetime Achievement Award

Expanded two-day event including talks, master classes, workshops, exhibitions and screenings, runs December 7 & 8 in Lille, France.

Visual Effects Headline News

Outpost VFX Appoints Maurizio Giglioli Head of CG

Visual effects veteran has worked for some of the world’s biggest studios on major feature films including ‘Avengers: Infinity War,’ ‘Doctor Strange’ and ‘Star Trek.’

2D Events

Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival is Coming September 25 – 30, 2018

Begins: September 25, 2018

Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival celebrates the creativity, diversity and the impact of short film by connecting industry with audiences.

Licensing Headline News

Factory Acquires Rollo Rights, Launches Licensing Division

BAFTA-winning animation studio based in Manchester acquires licensing outfit Rollo Rights with a catalog including David McKee’s classic ‘Mr Benn,’ Rupert Fawcett’s ‘Off The Leash,’ ‘King Rollo,’ and ‘Towser.’

CAKE Headline News

‘Olobob Top’ to Launch on CBeebies

The new animated series, created by Steve Smith and Leigh Hodgkinson, with voice work by Stephen Mangan ('Episodes,' 'Postman Pat'), will launch on BBC television network CBeebies on Monday, July 17th, 2017 at 9:25 and 1:25 weekdays.

Bento Box Headline News

Sutikki Announces Licensees for New BBC Series ‘Moon and Me’

The kids and family division of Bento Box Entertainment announces lead partners including Redan, Immediate Media, Danilo, Jumbo Games, Amscan, Blueprint Collections and Paper Projects.

Axis Studios Headline News

Axis Group Unites Brands Under Axis Studios

The new global identity unites U.K. brands Axis Animation, Flaunt Productions and axisVFX under one banner, accompanies company growth and is being celebrated with a limited-edition art book showing the behind-the-scenes work that goes into ‘delivering the unexpected.’

Business Headline News

U.K. Animation Studio Blue Zoo Secures $92M Chinese Investment

Multimillion pound investment from Chinese investor CU Animation Company to facilitate the launch of joint venture Lanzu, with six new projects slated for production over the next five years.

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