AWN Blogs
Creative Career Coach: Hot Tips for Attending Conferences and Festivals
SIGGRAPH is coming to Los Angeles August 6-10 – have a plan to make the most of your time at the event, or any other such industry gathering.
Hollywood’s Inflection Point
VIEW 2023 Welcomes ‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’ Writer/Director Sam Fell
Fell will attend in person, presenting on the making of Netflix and Aardman’s upcoming animated comedy about the new adventures of freedom-fighting chickens Ginger and Rocky; the VIEW Conference takes place October 15-20 in Turin, Italy.
‘Nimona’ Directors Head to VIEW 2023
Nick Bruno and Troy Quane are set to attend the upcoming conference in-person to present their new animated feature, now streaming on Netflix, based on the New York Times best-selling graphic novel by ND Stevenson; the VIEW Conference takes place October 15-20 in Turin, Italy.
Distribution and Marketing in the Age of AI
As AI tools democratize content development and production, traditional distribution and marketing channels may ironically be more influential than ever.
Creative Career Coach: Go for It and Other Advice from Dad
Sometimes, fathers can be a source of sage career advice – some noted animators share a bit of the wisdom passed down from their dads.
Re-VIEW: ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ – Simply a Delight
The Universal Pictures and Illumination hit deftly re-imagines the much-loved game as an entertaining, 90-minute action-packed family spectacle.
STARCHASER: THE LEGEND OF ORIN ANIMATION CELS SOLD ON EBAY
If you're a collector of rare animation cels, sorry, you missed my eBay auction which ended June 20th
Re-VIEW: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ - Furthering the Found Family Theme
‘Elemental’ Director Peter Sohn to Attend VIEW 2023
Pixar’s VP / Creative Director will be there in-person at the upcoming conference, presenting the studio’s new 3DCG film that just premiered at Cannes and hits theaters June 16.
Henry Selick, Doug Chiang, and Hal Hickel to Speak at VIEW 2023
The stop-motion legend, Lucasfilm executive creative director, and senior ILM animation supervisor, respectively, will head to Turin to deliver a suite of in-person talks and workshops; Italy’s premier international event on Computer Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Digital Cinema, 2D/3D Animation, VR and AR, Gaming, and VFX runs October 15-20.
The Fleeting Nature of Competitive Advantage: From Sabermetrics to AI Content Creation
Plus: a big ol’ postscript on how the Writers Guild of America strike will inadvertently boost the utility and quality of ChatGPT.
Kneading Bread and AI
‘Dog Apartment,’ ‘Nayola’ Take Top Honors at ITFS 2023
The festival wrapped its 30th edition with an April 30 ceremony honoring winners of the main competitions, with Priit Tender and José Miguel Ribeiro, respectively, taking home the big awards.
Jan Pinkava to Head Animationsinstitut at Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg
Oscar-winning British-Czech animator, director, and screenwriter – known for Pixar’s Ratatouille and Gerri’s Game - takes the reigns in June, promising to remain faithful to his predecessor Andreas Hykade’s principal ‘The person is more important than the project.’
FMX 2023 Announces New Program Updates
Wētā FX ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ panels added to a vast array of already confirmed programming for the upcoming 4-day hybrid event, running April 25-27 and online April 28 in Stuttgart.
ITFS’ APD Announces ‘New Voices – New Stories’ Conference
Part of the 17th Animation Production Days running April 26-28 in Stuttgart, the conference takes place on April 26 and offers animation professionals a platform to discuss current developments in the industry.
ANIMAKOM VI INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ANIMATION FESTIVAL 12 – 19 December 2022 Bilbao, Spain
There was no better way to ring out the 2022 animation festival season than with a trip to beautiful Bilbao in the Basque Country of Spain for AnimaKom.
Studio Pupil crowdfunding campaign on Voordekunst.nl
Tired, depressed, sick, cold, nauseous, tense, exhausted... In 2014, cartoonist, graphic novelist and illustrator Maaike Hartjes suffered a burnout.
FMX 2023 Shares More Program Updates
The 4-day hybrid event, which runs April 25-27 and online April 28, revealed more on-site programming, including sustainability in media productions panel, VFX insights into HBO’s ‘The Last of Us,’ challenges of adapting literature into animation and games, and masterclasses with Ed Hooks and Craig Caldwell.