Singer Says Quicksilver...
Just in time for the Memorial weekend, fanboy favorite Bryan Singer announced...
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Disney Inducts 2003 Legends
The Walt Disney Company yesterday recognized individuals who have contributed their creativity and imagination to the Disney heritage with the 2003 Disney Legends ceremony. Company Vice Chairman Roy E. Disney presided over the ceremony, which saw 10 honorees join the 152 previously honored actors, filmmakers, animators, composers and other creatives. [...]
L.A. Screenwriting Expo Looks at Animation
Among the 150 seminars and workshops to be presented at this weekend’s Screenwriting Expo 2 are various programs dedicated to the craft of scripting animation. The event takes place Oct. 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Jeffrey Scott, award-winning animation writer and author of How to Write For Animation, [...]
Nemo Animator to Keynote Techimage’s Pipeline
The Pipeline 2003, an annual U.K. event for digital artists and animators presented by Techimage, will feature a keynote address by Mark Walsh, directing animator on Pixar’s Finding Nemo. The event will be held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London on Nov. 20. The schedule of events will [...]
Animadrid to Feature Harryhausen Tribute
While stop-motion animation legend Ray Harryhausen destroyed many cities with his rampaging monsters over the years, he spared Madrid. But that’s not why the Madrid Regional Govermment and Fifth Annual Animated Image Int’l Festival of Pozuelo de Alarcón (Animadrid 2003) is honoring the man behind the movie magic of Jason [...]
Comic Book Legend Stan Lee Energizes MIPCOM Jr.
You just know you can count on Spider-man and X-men creator Stan Lee to inject some superhero-size excitement to the scaled-back MIPCOM Junior market. His appearance at a special dinner event held at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes was clearly the highlight of the two-day children’s televison market held in [...]
Students Vie for $10,000 Angelus Award
The 8th annual Angelus Awards Student Film Festival has selected 21 finalists from around the world for their achievements in filmmaking, animation and documentary works. The college or graduate-level students were chosen from more than 470 submissions. Six winners will be chosen and honored during the 2003 Angelus Awards ceremony [...]
Hollywood Film Fest Nominates Nemo
Nemo surfaced today as The Hollywood Film Festival’s Board of Advisors announced the nominees for the 2003 Hollywood Movie of the Year Awards. The ceremony will be held on October 20 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The Disney/Pixar family fish tale directed by Andrew Stanton will be [...]
Italy Reels From Cartoon Forum
The 14th annual Cartoon Forum wrapped up over the weekend. Organized by CARTOON, with the support of MEDIA, Programme of the European Union, and Italian partners such as the Varese Chamber of Commerce, the Province of Varese, the City of Varese, the Region of Lombardy and Rai Fiction, the event [...]
AMD Animation and Digital Film Contest Decided
AMD has announced the winners in its Athlon 64 Processor Animation and Digital Film Contest. Izabela Bzymek of Vancouver, British Columbia, walked away with the grand prize in the Computer Character Animation category for her entry, for Loco Melones, and Daniel Zdunczyk of Wroclaw, Poland won the grand prize in [...]
Cartoon d’or Nominees Announced
Five European short films have been selected to compete for the coveted Cartoon d’OR award at this year’s Cartoon Forum, taking place Sept. 17-20 in Varese, Italy. The 13th annual award ceremony will take place on Saturday, Sept. 20 during the closing evening. The films were chosen by a jury [...]
A Real-Life Replica of...
Cowabunga, dude! A real-life replica of Simpsons’ hometown of Springfield is...
Blue Sky’s...
Epic, the new animated adventure from director Chris Wedge and his gifted team...
