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FMX Headline News

FMX 2017 to Host Academy Award Winners and Nominees

Academy Award-winning short film ‘Piper,’ Oscar-nominated ‘Pear Cider and Cigarettes,’ Theodore Ushev’s ‘Blind Vaysha,’ and more to be spotlighted at FMX 2017.

2017 Oscars ANIMATIONWorld

Backstage at the 89th Academy Awards

AWN celebrates Hollywood’s biggest night out backstage at the 89th Academy Awards, gathering remarks from the Oscar-winning teams behind best animated feature ‘Zootopia,’ best animated short ‘Piper,’ and best visual effects for ‘The Jungle Book.’

2017 Oscars Headline News

‘Zootopia,’ ‘Piper’ & ‘The Jungle Book’ Win Oscars at the 89th Academy Awards

Oscar gold: Walt Disney Animation Studios’ ‘Zootopia’ wins Best Animated Feature, Pixar’s ‘Piper’ wins Best Animated Short, and Disney’s live-action remake of ‘The Jungle Book’ wins Best Visual Effects at the 89th Academy Awards.

Autodesk Headline News

Autodesk Helps Power Oscar-Nominated Features, Wins Sci-Tech Award

All five VFX Academy Award nominees employed Autodesk technology to help deliver Oscar-worthy visual effects; Arnold renderer honored with a 2017 Sci-Tech Award.

Virtual Reality Headline News

Unity CEO John Riccitiello to Deliver Keynote Address at VRLA Expo

The VRLA Expo running April 14-15 in Los Angeles will feature a full slate of demos, educational sessions, experimental work, panels and presentations.

Glassworks Headline News

Delve Behind the Scenes of the Animated Sequences from ‘A Monster Calls’

Barcelona-based animation studio Glassworks teams with Headless Productions to deliver two animated tales for J. A. Bayona’s new film.

2017 Oscars VFXWorld

Worlds Apart: Artistic Effects, Invisible Effects, Spectacle & Fantasy at the 89th Academy Awards

The 2017 VFX Oscar-nominated films showcase the versatility and range of visual effects artists.

Awards Headline News

MPSE Presents 64th Annual Golden Reel Awards

Disney’s ‘Moana’ wins award for Best Sound & Music Editing in an animated feature film; Nickelodeon holiday special ‘Albert’ wins Best Sound & Music Editing in the TV animation category.

Framestore Headline News

Framestore Twists and Turns for ‘SS-GB’

Framestore teams with production company Sid Gentle Films and writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade to direct and craft the twisting, turning title sequence for the adaptation of Len Deighton’s 1978 alternate history novel.

Awards Headline News

Pixar’s ‘Finding Dory’ Wins Big at 53rd Cinema Audio Society Awards

Pixar’s ‘Finding Dory’ wins top honors for outstanding achievement in sound mixing for an animated feature film at the 53rd CAS Awards.

animago Award Headline News

animago AWARD 2017 Now Accepting Submissions

Deadline for submissions of work in 3D Animation, Visual Effects, and Visualization spanning 11 categories for consideration at the animago AWARD 2017 is May 31st.

Pluralsight Headline News

Pluralsight Partners with SideFX for All-Day Houdini Training Event

New Houdini 16 coursework to cover everything from character creation to environments; free event to feature speakers from Pluralsight, SideFX, TriHelix and Feline Arts.

Academy Awards ANIMATIONWorld

2017 Oscar Voting Guide: Animation & VFX Contenders Vying for Academy Awards

With voting for the 89th Academy Awards closing on Tuesday, take a final look at AWN’s coverage of the contenders for Feature Animation, Short Animation and Visual Effects.

Laika VFXWorld

Integrating VFX and Stop-Motion: Steve Emerson on Hybrid Filmmaking Approach of ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’

By Dan Sarto | Friday, February 17, 2017 at 3:57pm

As part of AWN's Professional Spotlight Series recorded during VIEW 2016, the Oscar-nominated VFX supervisor talks about a decade of filmmaking innovation and advancement at LAIKA.

Feature Film VFX VFXWorld

ILM Works its Magic for ‘Doctor Strange’

VFX supervisor Richard Bluff describes Industrial Light & Magic’s dazzling New York and Hong Kong sequence work in Marvel’s supernatural adventure hit.

Business Headline News

Conductor Technologies Raises Series A Funding

Walden Venture Capital and Autodesk invest in revolutionary new cloud rendering platform behind the visual effects for 2016 blockbusters ‘Deadpool’ and ‘Star Trek Beyond.’

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