Submit Your Films to Animation Block Party 2019
Entries now being accepted for 16th annual edition, set to run September 20-22, 2019.
Tagged With: Independent Animation
WATCH: Réka Bucsi’s ‘LOVE’ Makes Online Debut as Vimeo Staff Pick
Free-flowing non-narrative short from the writer and director of 2018’s ‘Solar Walk’ traverses the universe in three separate chapters, depicting an ensemble cast of celestial bodies and otherworldly creatures in various states of attraction toward one another.
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Good Deed Entertainment Acquires ‘Loving Vincent’ Documentary
‘Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream’ opens in U.S. theaters March 2019 with double billings of the documentary and Academy Award and BAFTA-nominated independent animated feature.
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Fest Anča International Animation Festival Announces Call for Entries
2019 edition, taking place June 27-30 in Slovakia, is now accepting submissions for animated short films, student films, music videos and films for children.
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TRAILER: Michael Frei’s ‘KIDS’ to Screen at 69th Berlinale
Second collaboration between director and animator Michael Frei and game designer Mario von Rickenbach is from the publishers of David OReilly’s critically-acclaimed ‘Everything.’
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Motor Away: Špela Čadež’s ‘Nighthawk’ Makes Online Debut
Award-winning stop-motion short co-produced by Croatia’s Finta Film and Slovenia’s Bonobostudio takes traditional multiplane cut-out animation to a new level in a tale of a drunken badger set loose on the roads.
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WATCH: Boris Labbé’s ‘La Chute’ Makes Limited Online Debut
Produced in collaboration with Sacrebleu Productions, experimental animated short is in the running for France’s César Award.
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Sony Pictures Classics Releases New Trailer for ‘Ruben Brandt, Collector’
Sony Pictures Classics to distribute Milorad Krstić’s stylish animated heist thriller with an Oscar-qualifying run in 2019.
GKIDS Acquires ‘Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles’
Co-written and directed by Salvador Simó, and produced by Manuel Cristobal, ‘Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles’ received the Special Jury Prize at this year’s Animation Is Film Festival.
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Inaugural Miyu Gallery Animation Art Exhibition Opens in Paris
Selections from Simone Massi’s animation sequences on ‘Samouni Road’ make up first of four annual collections at new European gallery dedicated to artwork from auteur-created films.
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Hiroshima Grand Prize Winner ‘The Blissful Accidental Death’ Now Online
Sergiu Negulici’s animated short about a young man’s search for a woman after finding her 70-year-old secret love letter, is now available.
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Consider This: GLAS Animation To Present Short Film Showcase on December 7
Los Angeles screening event includes six Oscar-worthy independent animated shorts, with a special in-person appearance and Q&A by Jeron Braxton.
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The 20th Annual Animation Show of Shows Returns with a New Crop of Gems
This year’s provocative and inspiring program of 15 hand-picked films includes Oscar-winning director John Kahrs’ ‘Age of Sail’ and Student Academy Award winner ‘The Green Bird.’
Animated Spirits Film Festival Returns to NYC with 4th Edition
26 diverse European animated shorts, along with workshops and talks, coming to SVA campus November 4-9.
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‘KUAP’ and ‘Polska Warrior’ Take Honors at 2018 Cinekid Festival
Animated short films by Nils Hedinger and Camiel Schouwenaar among winners at Amsterdam’s annual awards for best youth and children’s films.
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Animation Nights New York Celebrates Third Annual ‘Best of the Fest’
AWN’s resident Miscweant shares his conference report on the cutting-edge XR Showcase and presentation by indie legend Bill Plympton.
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The Academy Presents ‘Women in Indie Animation’ at New York City’s Metrograph Theater
AWN’s resident Miscweant attends The Academy’s September New York City event honoring celebrated New York animators Signe Baumane, Emily Hubley, Candy Kugel and Debra Solomon.
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Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata’s ‘Negative Space’ Tops Montreal Stop Motion Festival
Sofia Carrillo’s ‘Cerulia’ awarded best independent film; Mark C. Smith’s ‘Two Balloons’ named best Youth Film.
ANNY Best of Fest 2018 Coming to NYC Seaport District October 6-7
Third annual Animation Nights New York conference offers animation screenings of top films, VR workshop presentations, industry panels and networking events.
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‘Ruben Brandt, Collector,’ ‘Seder-Masochism’ Among 11 Features to Compete at ANIMATION IS FILM
Initial feature competition lineup and jury announced for second annual edition running October 19-21 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
Sony Pictures Classics To Distribute ‘Ruben Brandt, Collector’
Sony Pictures Classics to distribute Milorad Krstić’s stylish animated heist thriller in North America and Latin America.
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The Academy To Present ‘Women in Indie Animation’ September 21
Monthly Academy at Metrograph residency program in New York City to present groundbreaking independent filmmakers Signe Baumane, Emily Hubley, Candy Kugel and Debra Solomon.
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Dancing Goddesses: How Nina Paley Animated Stone Sculptures for ‘Seder-Masochism’
We’ve been grooving all summer with the Pointer Sisters and Paley’s animated stone goddesses dancing to the infectious “You Gotta Believe” by Norman Whitfield -- now let’s see how they were made.
Unleash Your Inner Goddess with Nina Paley’s Biblical Epic ‘Seder-Masochism’
Groove into summer with the Pointer Sisters and Paley’s animated stone goddesses dancing to the infectious “You Gotta Believe” by Norman Whitfield.
Plympton’s ‘Revengeance’ Screening in NY & LA
Latest animated feature from indie king Bill Plympton and Jim Lujan playing at the IFC Center in New York August 3-9 followed by a one-week engagement at the Laemmle Monica in Los Angeles.
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