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Animation Collective Late Night Work Club to Visit Cardiff

Award-winning artists, directors and animators Nicolas Ménard, Louise Bagnall, Conor Finnegan and Eimhin McNamara will screen their animated films in Chapter, Cardiff on Saturday, July 22nd as a preview event for the new Cardiff Animation Festival (April 2018), both of which are organized by Cardiff Animation Nights.

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OIAF 2017 Headline News

Two Masaaki Yuasa Features to Compete at OIAF 2017

Two films -- Annecy Cristal winner ‘Lu Over the Wall’ and ‘Night is Short, Walk On Girl’ -- from Japanese anime director Masaaki Yuasa to compete at the 41st edition of the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

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Studio 100 Media Headline News

Studio 100 Media’s ‘The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill’ to Air on Nat Geo Kids in LATAM

The 52 x 12’ CGI-animated series starring a cheeky koala starts on the newly launched platform after distributor Comarex brokered the pay-TV deal with National Geographic, and the series is produced by Flying Bark Productions in association with Telegael Teoranta (Ireland) and Giant Wheel (India).

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Festivals Headline News

‘Sore Eyes for Infinity’ wins Anča Award

In addition to the 800 Euro main award at the festival in Žilina, Slovakia, juries bestowed awards for the best music video, student film, video game pitches and video game jam.

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3D Wire Headline News

3D Wire 2017 Announces Call for Projects

This year’s edition of the animation, video game and transmedia event calls for projects in three categories: Portuguese-Spanish animation and video games, European transmedia and new media projects and international online animation series, with a submission deadline of July 28.

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Awards Events

3D Wire 2017 Calls for Projects

Begins: November 1, 2017

3D Wire to be held in Segovia, Spain from October 2-8, 2017

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Opinion ANIMATIONWorld

Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode XXXII - Paradise is Not So Bad

Every Friday, Chris Robinson unleashes improvised and hastily scribbled cheer or loathing on the animation community to be digested, swallowed or... expelled. Today: some cheer for Animafest Cyprus' unwavering devotion to indie art.

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VIEW 2017 Headline News

VIEW Conference Adds Oscar-Winning VFX Talent to 2017 Speaker Lineup

Four-time Oscar winner Joe Letteri, Oscar winner John Nelson, two-time Oscar winner Bill Westenhofer, and Oscar winner Martin Hill join the roster of more than 25 top industry professionals already confirmed for Italy’s computer graphics conference.

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Cinesite Headline News

Smith Global Media Acquires Distribution Rights to ‘Gnome Alone’ and ‘Charming’

Wide theatrical releases planned for 3QU Media’s CG-animated features produced at Cinesite’s Montreal studio.

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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.’

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Mondo Headline News

MONDO to Premiere New Animated Series ‘Lastman’ at Rooster Teeth Animation Festival

Adult Swim’s new ‘Apollo Gauntlet,’ from Six Point Harness, also to Screen at RTX Austin 2017.

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GKIDS Headline News

GKIDS, Fathom Set One-Day Screening Event for ‘Mune: Guardian of the Moon’

French feature film from the producers of ‘The Little Prince’ debuts in U.S. movie theaters on Saturday, August 12.

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SIGGRAPH 2017 Headline News

Floyd Norman to Deliver Keynote Address at SIGGRAPH 2017

The subject of the 2016 documentary film ‘Floyd Norman: An Animated Life,’ Disney legend to discuss his life and career during a fireside chat kicking off SIGGRAPH 2017.

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China Headline News

WingsMedia Plans Ambitious, Collaborative Sci-Fi Franchise Expansion

Tiny Island Productions will adapt and expand their ‘Dream Defenders’ animated series for the China market with a TV series, feature film, comics and an augmented reality experience, all as part of WingsMedia’s hope to grow ‘Starship MZ’ properties into China’s Marvel Universe equivalent.

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Spark CG Headline News

SPARK CG Launching Canada 150: Indie Animation Special Series

Special series spotlighting Canadian animators with Robert Valley, Bruce Alcock, Danny Antonucci, Cordell Barker, Theodore Ushev and Janet Perlman runs July 8 through December 9 at Vancouver Film School.

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GKIDS Headline News

GKIDS Unveils New Poster & Trailer for ‘Girl Without Hands’

Animated feature debut directed by Sébastien Laudenbach and produced by France’s Les Films Sauvages opens in New York on July 21st and in Los Angeles on August 4th.

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Business Headline News

Animasia Studios Teams with Pilla-Scheetz Productions for ‘Nine Lives of Claw’

Malaysian animation studio to develop 2D animated concept from co-creator Gary Pilla into a multi- platform brand covering animated series, mobile games, and toy line merchandise.

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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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SPARK ANIMATION Headline News

‘Book of Life’ Director Jorge R. Gutiérrez Joins Spark Animation 2017 as Conference Chair

Visionary Mexican animator, character designer, painter, writer and director will be bringing his work and experience from south of the border to the Great White North to curate and host Western Canada’s largest animation event.

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Awards Headline News

‘The Burden,’ ‘Over the Wall’ Win Cristal Awards at Annecy 2017

Sweden’s ‘The Burden’ directed by Niki Lindroth Von Bahr wins Cristal Award for a Short Film; Japanese director Masaaki Yuasa’s ‘Lu Over the Wall’ receives Cristal for a Feature Film.

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Short Films Headline News

Four Visionary Animation Artists Take on Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’

Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to fund four Vivaldi-inspired original animation works by Theodore Ushev , Atsushi Wada, Priit and Olga Pärn, & Anna Budanova launches July 25th.

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Adult Swim Headline News

Adult Swim To Premiere ‘Apollo Gauntlet’ at Rooster Teeth Animation Festival

Adult Swim to premiere the first two episodes of new 2D-animated adventure comedy series created by Canadian animator Myles Langlois and produced by 6 Point Harness, Mosaic, and Williams Street.

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Festivals Headline News

Annecy Fest, GKIDS & Variety Launching ‘Animation Is Film’ Festival

Inaugural edition to take place October 20-22, 2017 at Mann’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.

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Events Headline News

Premieres and Cannes Sensations at Fantasia 2017

Montreal’s genre festival presents the North American premieres of Cannes sensation 'The Villainess' and Takashi Miike’s 'Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable,' Luc Besson’s 'Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,' new creations from Masaaki Yuasa and a lifetime achievement award for Larry Cohen.

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Annecy 2017 Headline News

Digital Dimension Unveils Two New Properties at Annecy 2017

Two new CG-animated series -- ‘Improbable Pirate Adventures’ and ‘Time Travelling Caveman Scientist’ -- to be produced at Montreal-based 3D and VFX studio using the Unreal 4 game engine.