Citizens Endows Fred Rogers Productions with $100K Grant
The sum will support two FRP initiatives: Writers’ Neighborhood, and community engagement events inspired by its series ‘Alma’s Way.’
The sum will support two FRP initiatives: Writers’ Neighborhood, and community engagement events inspired by its series ‘Alma’s Way.’
The annual awards recognize the best in children’s TV and digital media; Nickelodeon nabs 10 trophies, while Disney takes home 5, BBC Studios 4, and...
Category: Diversity and Inclusion
The annual awards recognize the best in children’s TV and digital media; Nickelodeon nabs 10 trophies, while Disney takes home 5, BBC Studios 4, and DreamWorks Animation 3.
Mix of animated films and works inspired by award-winning graphic novels includes ‘Legend of Destruction,’ The Most Precious of Cargoes,’ ‘Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse,’ and ‘The Property.’
Chris Sanders and DreamWorks’ blockbuster feature led the festivities with wins in 9 categories, while Netflix and Riot Games’ fan-favorite series took home 7, in a fun but emotional ceremony...
2025 Kidscreen Awards Winners Announced
The annual awards recognize the best in children’s TV and digital media; Nickelodeon nabs 10 trophies, while Disney takes home 5, BBC Studios 4, and DreamWorks Animation 3.
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Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Unveils Official Selections for 25th Anniversary Edition
Mix of animated films and works inspired by award-winning graphic novels includes ‘Legend of Destruction,’ The Most Precious of Cargoes,’ ‘Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse,’ and ‘The Property.’
‘The Wild Robot,’ ‘Arcane’ Dominate at 52nd Annual Annie Awards
Chris Sanders and DreamWorks’ blockbuster feature led the festivities with wins in 9 categories, while Netflix and Riot Games’ fan-favorite series took home 7, in a fun but emotional ceremony dedicated to victims of January’s tragic fires and highlighted by several tributes to LA’s firefighting finest, a real-time fundraiser, and 2 building-clearing false fire alarms.
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PBS KIDS Unveils ‘Phoebe & Jay’ Animated Series
The new preschool show, which promotes early literacy skills that empower young audiences to navigate their world, premieres this Fall.
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Adobe Introduces Software Updates, Invests in Filmmaker Community
Company unveils new Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects and Frame.io innovations to streamline post-production and save time; the Film & TV Fund has been expanded with $5M to accelerate career growth for underrepresented creators.
Apple TV+ Sets ‘Goldie’ Animated Kids’ Series Premiere
Inspired by Emily Brundige’s award-winning short film, the show celebrates uniqueness and the act of embracing your true self; streams February 14.
‘You Got Moxie!’: Changing the Game of Changemaking in Entertainment
Collective Moxie founder & CEO Julie Ann Crommett, a seasoned DEI advisor and former Disney and Google executive, shares insights gleaned from her podcasts with industry leaders like Pixar’s Danielle Feinberg and Disney’s Carlos Lopez Estrada, who discuss their own experiences and how they’ve worked to embrace inclusivity and effect change in their artistic efforts.
Disney Removes Trans Narrative from ‘Win or Lose’
Pixar’s first longform series will no longer feature the storyline, with the studio explaining, ‘many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline.’
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The Ed Asner Family Center Hosts ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ Staged Table Read
The December 14 radio play-focused fundraiser benefitted the non-profit center, an LA resource for special needs individuals; event featured Tom Kenny, Joey King, Mark Hamill, Tom Bergeron, Phil Lamarr, and many others.
Applications For WIA’s 2025 ‘Stories x Women’ Now Open
Selectees for the unique pitch development program receive a series of mentoring and coaching sessions led by animation experts who will prepare them to present at Annecy 2025; application deadline is February 7, 2025.
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Triggerfish, UNESCO Team for ‘The Creator Labs’ Initiative
Applications for the program to advance women in the African animation industry are open now until January 5, 2025; opportunity is open to talent across Africa, with a Director Lab for aspiring directors and an Animation Art Lab for artists.
‘Carl the Collector’: A Lovely Walk Inside the Mind of Autism
Zachariah OHora discusses the unique challenges, and constant joy, of creating his PBS KIDS’ series about the everyday adventures of Carl, a warm-hearted autistic racoon who enjoys collecting things and loves his friends and family in Fuzzytown.
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Aardman Appoints 3 New Members to Board of Trustees
Caroline Norbury OBE, Deep Sehgal, and Laurence Green boast experience across advertising, creative industries, and Film & TV; will help ensure company runs to the standards and values of its employees and Aardman’s founders.
Adrian Rashad Driscoll Joins RADiCAL Advisory Board
The teacher and EAST Initiative advocate plans to promote RADiCAL’s mission of democratizing content creation by empowering young people in underprivileged and under-represented communities via emerging technologies.
Disney Shelves ‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’ Episode Featuring Trans Character
The Season 2 episode ‘The Gatekeeper’ reportedly focused more heavily on the recurring transgender character Brooklyn; it is unclear why the episode was ultimately pulled.
CTN eXpo 2024 to Debut International Student Exchange Program
The upcoming event is set to transform the city’s ‘Animation Week’ into a hub for seasoned and emerging creators to recharge, inspire, celebrate, and ignite their passion for storytelling, running November 21-24 in Burbank, California.
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Elizabeth Cox Confronts the Weird, Wacky, and Wild of STEM in ‘Ada’
The new 2D/3D series explores implications of new technology with humor and curiosity, wrestling with topics ranging from AI to kidney donors; screens November 6 at the Bilbao Seriesland Web Festival.
WAVES Animation & Filmmaking Competition – Empowering India’s Creative Economy
With the demand for animation and VFX services rising, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Dancing Atoms Animation Studios’ groundbreaking new animation filmmaker competition, designed to nurture homegrown talent and showcase their work globally, is calling for anyone of Indian origin to submit a project idea for a chance at masterclasses, mentorships, prizes and to pitch to industry leaders at WAVES 2025.
LAIKA Partners with Portland State University on Workforce Development
The award-winning ‘Coraline’ animation studio and PSU launch a 3-year pilot program aimed at preparing a diverse pool of career-ready graduates to support the region’s creative industries.
Unpacking Kenji and Brooklynn’s Trauma in 'Jurassic World: Chaos Theory' Season 2
Showrunner and EP Scott Kreamer digs deep into the lives of two key ‘Nublar Six’ members, and how their seemingly reckless actions, centered around efforts to find the truth and expose the dinosaur trafficking they’ve uncovered, in reality keeps them from dealing with some uncomfortable truths about their losses; new season now streaming on Netflix.
Industry Event News in Brief for 10/8/24: Awards, Call for Entries, and New Dates
The latest info for Madrid’s Cartoon Springboard; Vancouver’s Spark Animation; Bordeaux’s Cartoon Movie; South Africa’s Durban FilmMart Institute’s DFM Pitch and Finance Forum, and Greece’s Animasyros 2024 Festival.
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ACE Canada and WIA Vancouver Announce Final Cohort 4 Participants
9 artists were selected to participate in the immersive training program for mid to high-level animation professionals who identify as women and non-binary; will work together over the next year to create a short film, with mentorship and guidance, to earn a ‘key credit.’
Former Disney and Google Exec Julie Ann Crommett Launches ‘You Got Moxie!’ Podcast
Each week, the Collective Moxie founder & CEO discusses steps and strategies behind making meaningful change across a wide set of industries; upcoming episodes include Pixar Animation’s Danielle Feinberg and Kamala Avila-Salmon, Founder & CEO, Kas Kas Productions/Former Head of Inclusive Content at Lionsgate.
Exclusive: Bad Witch Pics Drops ‘Brim Broome Boulevard’ Trailer
New stop-motion film, animated by a team at Portland-based HouseSpecial that includes veterans of ‘Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio,’ ‘Wendell & Wild,’ and ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas,’ follows a child who wanders through a set of mysterious doors on a journey of self-discovery where fear and fashion intertwine.
