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Awards Headline News

Nominations Announced for 89th Academy Awards

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 6:42am

Abstract: Nominees for Best Animated Feature are ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ ‘Moana,’ ‘My Life as a Zucchini,’ ‘The Red Turtle,’ and ‘Zootopia.’

Artifact Design Headline News

Executive Producer Kitty Snyder Joins Artifact

Former director of creative partnerships for the Atlanta branches of Deluxe Entertainment’s Beast, Company 3 and Method Studios has contributed to campaigns for brands including Airheads, Lowe's, Mohawk and Coca-Cola.

Laika Headline News

BAFTA Los Angeles Presenting Master Class with Travis Knight

Masterclass with the president and CEO of the award-winning feature film animation studio LAIKA to be held at The Landmark Theater in West Los Angeles on Thursday, January 26.

Academy Awards Headline News

Watch the 89th Oscars Nominations Livestream on AWN!

Guillermo del Toro among 11 Academy Award-winning and nominated Academy members to share personal anecdotes about their Oscars experience.

Licensing Headline News

Rocket Licensing Celebrates 10 Years

Leading UK licensing agency founded by Charlie Donaldson and Rob Wijeratna has successfully generated hundreds of millions in retail sales for a diverse roster of brands spanning entertainment, preschool and lifestyle properties.

Licensing Headline News

LIMA to Induct Three Industry Veterans to Hall of Fame

Allan Feldman, Dell Furano, CEO, and Cyril Speijer will be honored Tuesday, May 23, at the LIMA Licensing Awards Ceremony during Licensing Expo 2017.

Chaos Group Headline News

Chaos Group’s V-Ray Wins Academy Award

Photorealistic production renderer used on more than 150 feature films since 2002, including recent hits like ‘Doctor Strange,’ ‘Deadpool,’ and ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ to be honored for advancing the use of fully ray-traced rendering in motion pictures.

Chinese animation industry ANIMATIONWorld

Building A Home for Story, VFX and Technology in China

An ambitious new Beijing Film Academy initiative seeks to elevate Chinese content creation for the modern era.

Maxon Headline News

MAXON Cinema 4D Bolsters 3D Animation and VFX Workflows for Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’

Leading design studios Sarofsky, Perception and SPOV credit Maxon’s Cinema 4D for inspiring creation of main-on-end titles, previz for main assets, medical animations and a new Marvel Studios logo.

Outpost VFX Headline News

Outpost VFX Delivers Ghostly Effects for ‘Under the Shadow’

Bournemouth, U.K.-based VFX studio provides 88 complex shots for director Babak Anvari’s BAFTA-nominated film set in in 1988 during the Iran-Iraq war, including cloth simulations, CG characters, digital doubles, and digital matte paintings.

Lucasfilm Headline News

Lucasfilm Won’t be Using a CG Carrie Fisher in Upcoming ‘Star Wars’ Films

Lucasfilm publishes a statement on the official Star Wars website dispelling rumors of a possible CG Princess Leia or General Leia Organa in future installments.

Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Headline News

Deluxe Promotes Jackie Lee & Dave Grove

Former EFILM exec Grove named SVP of Global Feature Sales; Lee, formerly the SVP of Feature Services for Deluxe’s Company 3, takes on expanded role as SVP, Global Client Strategy, Creative Enterprise Sales.

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