AWN’s resident Miscweant questions LAIKA chief Travis Knight about his directorial debut, ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ his approach to filmmaking, and his roots in stop-motion animation.
Documentary feature chronicling the right-wing media phenomenon that helped create GOP Presidential nominee Donald Trump features animated sequences created by Bill Plympton.
Boat Rocker Media’s newest acquisition takes over production of key projects at the recently-shuttered Toronto studio.
First full-length animated feature from Swiss director Claude Barras to be submitted into the running for an Oscar nomination in the Foreign Language Film category at the 89th Academy Awards.
Directed and produced by Pavel Sadílek with the involvement of Polish animation studio Se-ma-for and post-production specialists Magic Lab, ‘Nagano: The Birth of Heroes’ celebrates the Czech Republic ice hockey team’s victory at the 1998 Olympic Games.
Godzilla's first-ever animated feature film to be produced by the Tokyo-based animation studio behind Production I.G’s ‘Ghost in the Shell,’ ‘Knights of Sidonia,’ and the forthcoming ‘Blame!’ to be written by Gen Urobuchi and directed by Kobun Shizuno and Hiroyuki Seshita.
Stop-motion animated Swiss-French co-production selected to open the 14th International Animation Film Festival Baden, Switzerland; other features in the spotlight include LAIKA’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ Michael Dudok de Wit’s ‘The Red Turtle,’ Chris Prynoski’s ‘Nerdland,’ Sang-ho Yeon’s Seoul Station,’ and more.
Contract workers at Vancouver-based Nitrogen Studios allege they were denied pay for overtime work, and, in many cases, denied credit for working on the film at all.
Blu-ray release of what may be Walt Disney Animation Studios’ best all-animal animated feature ever is packed with extras, including roundtable chats with the character design, environments and animation teams.
British Queen to honor Emmy Award-winning producer and creative driver behind U.K. Expo Pavilion and London 2012 British Business Embassy.
One-night showing of ‘The Little Prince’ followed by a Q&A with the director to be held Sunday, August 7 at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Greater NY.
New features from Ann Marie Fleming and Alanis Obomsawin join shorts by Justin Simms and Theodore Ushev at the Toronto Independent Film Festival.
Director Chris Renaud will return to direct ‘The Secret Life of Pets 2’ with co-writer Brian Lynch returning to write the screenplay.
Disney legend known for animating some of the studio’s greatest villains to sign copies of his book, ‘The Nine Old Men: Lessons, Techniques, and Inspiration from Disney's Great Animators,’ at Barnes & Noble at The Grove shopping center in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 28.
Incumbent governor Jon Bloom re-elected to the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch; Craig Barron returns to the Visual Effects Branch.
Veteran animator Hubley to be honored with the Crystal Anvil Award during the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s 25th annual film festival celebrating the outstanding achievements of UCLA TFT students.
First-time governors are Kate Amend, Documentary Branch; Daniel R. Fellman, Executives Branch; Albert Berger, Producers Branch; Bob Rogers, Short Films and Feature Animation Branch; and Mark Mangini, Sound Branch.
