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Academy Makes Animation Category Rule Change
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made a new rule regarding the Animated Feature Oscar category. This new rule designates a maximum of two award recipients, one of whom must have a producer credit. The director and/or key creative individual shall continue to [...]
Bradford Animation Fest Open for Submissions
The Bradford Animation Festival–the U.K.’s longest running toon fest–is now open for submissions for its 19th edition, taking place in the centrally located city of Bradford, just west of Leeds, November 13-17. Conceived and organized by the National Media Museum, the Festival will be accepting short animated film submissions until [...]
Pitch Party 2013: Latest Judges Confirmed!
Animag is up and running with the 2013 edition of our annual Pitch Party contest — the online/print pitching competition that puts your animated project ideas into the hands of industry decision makers. Submissions are still open for this year’s contest, with the winners set to be announced in our [...]
2013 Asian Animation Summit Set for Phuket
The second annual Asian Animation Summit organizers have announced that the 2013 event will take place in Phuket, Thailand from December 9-11, following the Asia Television Forum. A five-star resort and spa on Karon Beach to be announced will host the Summit, which seeks to promote co-production and co-financing of [...]
Key Dates Announced for 41st Annie Awards
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced today its key dates for the upcoming awards season. The 41st Annual Annie Awards ceremony is set for Saturday, February 1, 2014. Location will be announced shortly. Call for entries will begin on Monday, September 2, 2013, with complete Rules and Category information to [...]
Annecy Announces Professional Conference Lineup
The upcoming Annecy Festival of Animation has announced this year’s lineup of professional animation panels. The pro conferences have been organized by Christian Jacquemart and Rene Broca. Here is the 2013 rundown: Development, Pipeline Choices, Post-Animation Tuesday, June 11th, 9:30 am-12:30 pm Speakers: Alexandre Bretheau and Pierrot Jacquet (Cube Creative [...]
Pitch Party ’13: Three More Judges Announced
Animation Magazine is proud to announce the next batch of judges confirmed for this year’s Pitch Party contest — the online/print pitching competition that puts your animated project ideas into the hands of industry decision makers. Submissions are now open for this year’s contest, with the winners set to be [...]
SIGGRAPH to Spotlight ‘Monsters University,’ ‘Frozen’
This summer’s big computer graphics confab SIGGRAPH at the Anaheim Convention Center in Calif. (July 21-25) will feature several hot sessions focusing on the vfx of big studio features, including Guillermo del Toro’s much anticipated Pacific Rim, Disney/Pixar’s Monsters University, Disney’s holiday feature Frozen, Fox’s Oscar-winning Life of Pi, Disney’s [...]
Course of the Force Returns, Benefits Make-A-Wish
The organizers of the Course of the Force Star Wars-themed charity run have announced that the event will return to Southern California this summer, once again benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundations of California with 100% of registration proceeds going to the organization. Conceived by Peter Levin and Team Nerdist with partners [...]
SVA Announces Dusty Winners
New York’s School of Visual Arts has announced the winners of the 24th annual Dusty Film & Animation Festival and Awards. The 2013 animation award recipients were Sara Ho’s Crabby Day, which earned the Outstanding Achievement in Traditional Animation and Traditional Character Design honors, Michele Malecki’s Catastrophe (Traditional Production Design) [...]
Academy Makes Animation...
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has...
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