Nickelodeon Opens Submissions for 2016 Global Animated Shorts Program
Twenty-two pitches selected from 2015 program to be developed into animated shorts.
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Filmakademie Short ‘Citipati’ Wins 2016 VES Award
Diploma film directed by Andreas Feix and produced by Francesco Faranna wins the VES Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project.
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‘Hedwig’ Animator Emily Hubley Calls Back the Dogs for Kate Vargas
The daughter of pioneering animators Faith and John Hubley creates a new music video for ‘Call Back the Dogs,’ the new single from New York-based “dark-folk” musical artist Kate Vargas.
Academy Announces Oscar Week 2016 Events
‘Kung Fu Panda’ 2 & 3 director Jennifer Yuh Nelson to host shorts program; ‘Big Hero 6’ producer Roy Conli and directors Don Hall and Chris Williams to host feature animation program.
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Hiroshima Int’l Animation Fest Opens 2016 Submissions
To be held August 18-22, the deadline for submissions to HIROSHIMA 2016 is April 1.
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‘My Dad’ Wins Slamdance Animation Prize
Director Marcus Armitage wins the jury award for short animation for ‘My Dad’; Josh Shaffner receives an honorable mention for his short film ‘Flaws.’
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U.K. Short ‘Edmond’ Wins Top Animation Award at Sundance 2016
Short Film Jury Award in Animation goes to the U.K.’s ‘Edmond’ from director Nina Gantz; U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing is given to Penny Lane and Thom Stylinski for animated documentary ‘NUTS!’
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NFB Announces Hothouse 11 Participants
For the first time, Hothouse animators will be able to work with NFB’s Oscar-winning Animation Studio via their closest NFB production center.
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GIRAF Announces 2015 Winners, Opens 2016 Call for Entries
‘Le repas dominical’ by Celine Devaux named best international short; ‘Tarboz’ by Chad VanGaalen wins best Canadian short; Seth Boyden’s ‘An Object at Rest’ wins audience award.
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GLAS Animation Festival Announces Special Guest Henry Selick
GLAS Animation Festival announces inaugural competition jury members, including Jeremy Clapin, Hisko Hulsing, Kirsten Lepore, Nobuaki Doi, Sara Gunnardottir, Gerben Schermer, Rachel Ho, Brooke Keesling, Linda Simensky, Tom Brown, Tom Fulp and Peter Millard.
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Stop-Motion Short Celebrates 350 Years of The London Gazette
U.K. production company Lambda Films collaborates with animator Eleanor Wright to produce a stop-motion animated short film celebrating the 350th birthday of the longest-running English print newspaper.
Nominations Unveiled for France’s César Awards
Best Animated Feature contenders are ‘Adama,’ directed by Simon Rouby; ‘April and the Twisted World,’ directed by Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci; and ‘The Little Prince,’ directed by Mark Osborne.
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CG-Animated Sci-Fi Short ‘Empsillnes’ Now Online
Short film conceived and directed by Jakub Grygier taps GPU technology for efficient CG rendering.
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HAFF Announces World Premieres of ‘Ticking Away’ and ‘Löss’
Dutch shorts ‘Ticking Away,’ by Michael Sewnarain, and ‘Löss,’ by Yi Zhao, join Igor Kovalyov’s ‘Before Love’ in the Holland Animation Film Festival 2016 international shorts competition.
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New York Int’l Short Film Festival Wants Your Shorts
The New York International Short Film Festival is now accepting submissions of live-action, documentary and animated short films and videos; the deadline for entries is February 13.
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New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival Previews 2016 Feature Slate
Running Feb. 26-March 20, animated feature slate includes special preview screenings of Funimation’s ‘The Boy and The Beast’ and Mark Osborne’s ‘The Little Prince.’
Blacklist & Studio AKA Tell the Sweetest Story Ever Told About Salt
Blacklist and Studio AKA craft a 90-second short film for Morton Salt that provides a dog’s eye view of the changing winter landscape and how it affects family pets and their backyard best-friendships.
Disney Launches Signature Collection with ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’
Available on Digital HD January 19th and on Blu-ray Combo Pack February 2nd; digital bonus materials include a rare 1928 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit animated short, ‘Hungry Hobos.’
GLAS Animation Fest Announces Children’s, U.S. & International Selections
First annual GLAS Animation Festival runs March 36, 2016 in Berkeley, CA.
HAFF Unveils 2016 Feature Film Competition Selections
2016 edition of the Holland Animation Film Festival to include the world premiere of Igor Kovalyov’s short film, ‘Before Love.’
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Nominations for 88th Academy Awards Unveiled
Nominees for Best Animated Feature are ‘Anomalisa,’ ‘Boy and the World,’ ‘Inside Out,’ ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie,’ and ‘When Marnie Was There.’
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Bob Balser Memorial to be Held January 16
Memorial celebration for Bob Balser, the animation director for The Beatles’ 1968 feature, ‘Yellow Submarine,’ to be held Saturday, January 16 at the Marina City Club in Marina del Rey, CA.
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CARTOON Movie Announces 2016 Program & Dates
With 55 projects from 19 European countries selected to date for European pitching event, more than 700 animation film professionals are set to gather March 2-4 in Lyon, France.
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GLAS Animation Festival Unveils 2016 Competition Selections
Selections announced for Narrative, Non-Narrative, Graduate, Student and Commissioned Film competition categories.
Sylvain Chomet’s ‘Thousand Miles’ Feature Enters Production
Inspired by the writings and drawings of Federico Fellini, ‘The Thousand Miles’ marks the four-time Academy Award-nominated director’s highly-anticipated return to feature animation following his 2003 debut, ‘The Triplets of Belleville,’ and 2010’s ‘The Illusionist.’
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