Italy’s View Conference...
Italy’s popular computer graphics conference View has announced its 2013...
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13 Animators, 12 VFX Artists Invited to Join AMPAS
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 13 animators, 12 visual effects artists and a total of 178 filmmakers and film industry executives to join its ranks. Animators on the invite list includes such high-profile names as Sylvain Chomet, Tomm Moore, Teddy Newton and Bob Peterson. Visual [...]
Rule Revisions Affect Animation, VFX Oscar Noms
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revised its rules for animated features, visual effects and best picture for the 84th annual Oscars ceremony. In the animated feature film category, the need for the Board of Governors to vote to “activate” the category each year was eliminated, though [...]
Oscar Week Includes Look at Animated Shorts, Features
Animation gets its due in Oscar Week — a series of events planned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the week leading up to the 83rd annual Academy Awards. On Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m., the Academy will present Shorts! The 2010 Animated and Live Action Short [...]
Academy Honors 10 Scientific and Technical Achievements
The Scientific and Technical Achievements are one of the less-covered areas of the annual Academy Awards, generally because they go to people and companies few people know about for things that may not make a lot of sense. But they are important, because this is where the technology that will [...]
Songs From Eight Animated Films Make Oscar Short List
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has declared 41 songs are in contention for the Original Song Oscar, including several from animated and VFX-driven pics. Included in the list are songs from the animated features Despicable Me, How to Train Your Dragon, Idiots and Angels, The Illusionist, Legend of [...]
15 Advance in VFX Oscars Race
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has narrowed to 15 the list of contenders for the Best Visual Effects Oscar. The qualifying films are: Alice in Wonderland The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Clash of the Titans Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part [...]
Oscars Short-List 10 Animated Shorts
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has advanced 10 entries for voting in the best animated short film Oscar race. The films, whittled down from a list of 33 qualifiers, includes: The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger, Bill Plympton, director (Bill Plympton Studio) Coyote Falls, Matthew [...]
Amazon’s LoveFilm and...
LoveFilm and Disney have signed a new pact which allows the Amazon subscriber...
CN All About ‘Adventure...
Cartoon Network Enterprises is riding the runaway Adventure Time train...
