AWN Blogs
Next PreVIEW Panel Set: ‘Five Oscar Contenders for Best Animated Short’
Join the free February 28 online discussion with the directors of ‘My Year of Dicks,’ ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse,’ ‘The Flying Sailor,’ ‘Ice Merchants’ and ‘An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It;’ watch the nominated shorts on the Animation Showcase.
Career Coach: Honing your Skills
46TH CINANIMA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL 7 to 13 November 2022 Espinho, Portugal
The National Competition which showcases the best of Portuguese animation is the highlight of the festival.
Animated Characters: The Art of Babbitt – Part 2
Animator, director, character designer, teacher, and writer Nancy Beiman shares Part 2 of her extensive, 2-part, 1979 interview with famed animator Art Babbitt, whom she met as a 21-year-old Cal Arts student after visiting Richard Williams’ L.A. studio on a dare.
Next PreVIEW Panel Set: ‘Five Oscar Contenders for Best Animated Feature’
Join the free March 1 online discussion with the directors of ‘Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio,’ ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,’ ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,’ ‘The Sea Beast,’ and ‘Turning Red.’
THE 2023 HUMANITAS PRIZES ARE OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
Have you written a script that embraces our common humanity? Do yourself and the world a favor! Enter it!
Animated Characters: The Art of Babbitt – Part 1
Animator, director, character designer, teacher, and writer Nancy Beiman shares Part 1 of her extensive, 2-part, 1979 interview with famed animator Art Babbitt, whom she met as a 21-year-old Cal Arts student after visiting Richard Williams’ L.A. studio on a dare.
FMX 2023 Tickets Now on Sale
The hybrid edition, focusing on the art, technology, and business of animation, visual effects, and interactive and immersive media, returns to Stuttgart April 25-27 with an exclusive online day April 28.
We Need to Chat
ChatGPT will be for creators what plastic surgery is for actors: everyone will use it, but few will admit it.
Immersed in Stop Motion: ANIMARKT 5 – 8 October 2022 and StopMoLab 29 April to 31 December 2022 Lodz, Poland
SERGE BROMBERG SENTENCED IN 2020 FIRE CASE
On Tuesday 24 January 2023 Serge Bromberg, former Artistic Director of Annecy International Animation Festival and founder of Lobster Films was sentenced to a 5-year suspended prison sentence with 1 year of house arrest under electronic surveillance for his negligence in a nitrate film fire that resulted in the death of 2 people in August 2020.
Re-VIEW: ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ – A Miraculous Vision
In his triumphant return to the exotic world of Pandora, director James Cameron once again employs the most vibrant and stunning visual artistry to share with audiences his central theme of diversity.
Nancy Denney-Phelps Presented the Giannalberto Bendazzi Award at Paris International Animation Film Festival
Nancy Denney-Phelps has been awarded the Giannalberto Bendazzi at the Paris International Animation Film Festival
Call for entries - International Animation Film Festival (IAFF) Golden Kuker Sofia, Bulgaria
CALL for ENTRIES International Animation Film Festival (IAFF) Golden Kuker submission deadline is16th of APRIL
I Wanted to Walk Out of Kantor’s ‘Letter to a Pig’: But This is Not What You Think
Animation First 2023 - Fri, Jan 27 through Sun, Jan 29
FIAF is delighted to present the sixth edition of Animation First, the only U.S. festival dedicated to showcasing the legacy and innovation of French animation!
‘¡AI, Caramba!’
A Look at ‘My Year of Dicks’
Created and written by Pamela Ribon, and directed by Sara Gunnarsdóttir, the Annecy Cristal winner and Oscar-shortlisted animated short, a refreshing tale of a 15-year-old girl’s discovery of sexuality and her fearless rite of passage, is now a Staff Pick on Vimeo.