The UK video games industry trade association awarded Game of the Year accolades to ‘Helldivers 2,’ while The Chinese Room and Secret Mode's ‘Still Wakes The Deep’ earned both Best Audio Design and Heritage in Games.
Created by Samuel Lewek and his team at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, ‘Dancing in Norms’ reflects the upcoming event’s ‘Rhythm of Change’ theme; ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 is first confirmed presentation.
The CG animated film, which follows a busker and his cat, won Best Kids Animation; Warner Bros. Discovery’s animated series aimed at solving the greatest mystery in the universe nabbed the Kids: Factual & Entertainment award.
The upcoming free livestream event features a lengthy lineup of worldwide VFX talent, allowing viewers to interact with speakers via live chat, ask questions, win prizes, and more, on December 6 and 8.
The Sony Group CTO will present his talk, ‘Co-Creating Worlds with Game Designers, Animators, and Filmmakers’ on December 5, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. JST; SIGGRAPH Asia will be held in Chiyoda, Tokyo, December 3 - 6.
‘Sopa Fria’ takes the Jury Special award, while ‘Fire’ takes the Best Student Project award in the annual animated film competition; winners and other top contenders to screen at the Electronic Theater next week at the conference, held this year in Tokyo, Japan.
Screenings of the award-winning animated film will be held at the School of Visual Arts Theatre November 25 and December 7; Plympton will also appear at the Big Apple Holiday Con on November 23.
The Oscar-winning director of ‘Harvie Krumpet’ discusses his new, award-winning, decidedly not-for-kids stop-motion feature, including the use of sophisticated magnetic puppets, being forced to play board games as a kid, and how personal lubricant makes the best tears because it can go all day and not evaporate.
ASIFA-Hollywood’s annual celebration of excellence in animation is set for February 8, 2025 at UCLA’s Royce Hall; tickets include the pre- and post- receptions and ceremony.
The Animation Guild, TAG 839, continued ramping up negotiations with a third ‘March on the Boss’ to remind animation industry execs that members will stand together to achieve fair wages, job security, and guardrails around Generative AI use.
Director Pablo Leon and producer Jonathan Coria’s animated short follows a journalist documenting three different people who lived through the tragic 1980s in El Salvador, exploring themes of childhood loss, violence against women and the indigenous population, and regaining a sense of hope for the future.
The 13th edition of Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology will take place August 6-10, 2025, at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, with screenings of animated shorts and features as well as films from visionary filmmakers and a juried competition with over 30 awards.
Paul Debevic named chair of the 4-day conference on animation, VFX, interactive and immersive, which runs May 6-9, 2025 in Stuttgart.
The upcoming event is set to transform the city’s ‘Animation Week’ into a hub for seasoned and emerging creators to recharge, inspire, celebrate, and ignite their passion for storytelling, running November 21-24 in Burbank, California.
The UK animation festival, which brings together the animation industry's top talent, leading professionals, and a program with fans of animation in mind, runs November 10-14.
‘The Danish Poet’ director received the Lifetime Achievement Award and Canadian Film Prize for her new Mikrofilm/NFB short, ‘Maybe Elephants.’
Announced during SOFA 2024, the new projects, including ‘Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun’ Season 2, ‘The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You’ Season 2, ‘Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four!,’ and ‘Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms,’ will hit the streaming platform January 2025.
Gabby and her best friend Pandy Paws are set to soar through the streets of New York City, with festivities to air November 28 on NBC and stream on Peacock.
On display through July 2025, back by popular demand, the unique, large scale zoetrope features characters from animation studio’s famed franchise, giving visitors a birds-eye view of the optical illusion that makes all moving pictures possible.
The project, announced at MIPCOM, is an original concept built upon the group’s core themes, delivering a new adventure for young audiences and families.
‘Time Flies, and ‘Chelita, Como Me Duele Quererte,’ though completely different films, share the concept of lost time; they also share the use of exciting new software, developed by SCAD alum Noah Catan, that enables 3D lighting effects on 2D animation.
The Animation Guild, TAG 839, ramped up negotiations with a ‘March on the Boss’ to remind execs at the streamer that members will stand together to achieve fair wages, job security, and guardrails around Generative AI use.
With the demand for animation and VFX services rising, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Dancing Atoms Animation Studios’ groundbreaking new animation filmmaker competition, designed to nurture homegrown talent and showcase their work globally, is calling for anyone of Indian origin to submit a project idea for a chance at masterclasses, mentorships, prizes and to pitch to industry leaders at WAVES 2025.
Ahead of Lightbox Expo, the tech giant announces major updates to its digital painting and drawing app, now offered without charge to all users; the Expo runs October 25-27 at the Pasadena Convention Center.
DC Studios’ upcoming adult animated series, which tracks a secret team of incarcerated monsters recruited for missions deemed too dangerous for humans, debuts December 5.
