“You are shitting in my mouth and calling it a Sundae.” -- Ronnie Dobbs (‘Mr. Show’)
International animation festival with a mission toward ‘awakening insight, justice, and compassion through animation’ runs September 14-16 on Vashon Island, WA.
Clip puts spotlight on screening of family 3D title ‘Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants’ and a program of erotic animated short films.
Does the Middle Kingdom’s growing use of quality previsualization efforts portend greater VFX-heavy film success to come?
‘Kim and Jim’s Wormhole’ and ‘Wool Wool Town’ are in production and will premiere later this year.
Leading animation event set for June 11-16 in France.
From Strand Releasing, Chinese independent animated feature from the director of ‘Piercing I’ lands in New York on January 26th and in Los Angles on February 2nd.
Four-time Oscar-winner’s first solo-directed feature pits caveman against caveman in a stone-age football comedy adventure.
Weta VFX supervisor Martin Hill details the challenges of crafting a species of benevolent creatures and their world for the first eight minutes of director Luc Besson’s Academy-shortlisted sci-fi fantasy adventure.
Independent Chinese production from filmmaker Liu Jian opens January 26th in New York with national release to follow.
Winners in 16 categories will be announced at a gala ceremony March 15 in London.
New signal film for the third annual edition of the Berkeley, CA-based festival is directed by Tel-Aviv based illustrator, animator and avid doodler Ori Toor with music and sound by Skillbard.
Debut feature from Studio Ghibli alums Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura taps into the visual style and storytelling sensibility for which the legendary studio is known, hoping to pick up the mantle of creating world-class animation for all ages.
Director Gerben Schermer has left the festival to make room for new management, with Peter Lindhout set as interim director.
Easing of restrictions on public entertainment prelude to plans to build hundreds of cinemas across the country.
Dedicated to honoring the best in animation for over 50 years - the Anncey International Film Festival is coming up June 11 – 16.
Creative teams from 10 Oscar hopefuls present their contributions at the Academy’s annual Visual Effects Bake-off held on Saturday, January 6 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, CA.
Industry mainstays Rob Churchill and Danny DelPurgatorio join as firm grows into the second largest VFX and design studio in Second City.
French animation festival launches in America with 12 U.S. and New York premieres.
First animated feature from Japan’s Studio Ponoc arrives in select theaters January 19th, preceded by a special Fathom Events premiere screening on January 18th.
Culture Secretary establishes $82 million contestable fund to invest in homegrown programming for kids.
Stream the mind-bending debut feature from the director of ‘Lu over the Wall’ and ‘Night is Short, Walk on Girl.’
From digital signage and sci-fi cityscapes to a completely remade Las Vegas locale, Rodeo FX delivers 75 visual effects shots for the sequel to Ridley Scott’s classic 1982 feature film.
GKIDS releases Goya-winning Spanish post-apocalyptic fairytale in the U.S.
From Dubai-based animation and VFX studio Barajoun Entertainment, first fully Middle Eastern-funded and produced CG-animated film is set for release in the U.S. on February 2nd.
