Tag "AFI"

Ang Lee to Receive VES Visionary Award

January 4, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The Visual Effects Society announced today that it will honor Oscar-winning filmmaker Ang Lee with the VES Visionary Award at the 11th Annual VES Awards on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The award honors an individual who has uniquely and consistently employed [...]

Ambience Ups the Ante for ‘Adventures of Figaro Pho’

October 30, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Sydney-based production company Ambience Entertainment is celebrating the release of its short-format toon star’s new 13 x half-hour series The Adventures of Figaro Pho, which premieres on Australia’s ABC3 today. Conceived and directed by award-winning illustrator Luke Jurevicius, the excessively paranoid Figaro Pho first hit the toon scene in 2008 [...]

TCM Plans 75th Anniversary Screening of ‘Snow White’

March 21, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Turner Classic Movies (TCM), in collaboration with D23: The Official Disney Fan Club, will present a 75th anniversary screening of Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Disney’s first hand-drawn feature-length animated film. In addition, legendary actor Kirk Douglas will present the first general public screening of the [...]

‘Chico and Rita’ Wins Best Euro Animated Film Prize

December 5, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

As we’re waiting to hear about Annie Award nominations on Monday (Dec. 4), we can update you on some of the recent animation noms and wins that happened over the past few days. Over the weekend, the Spanish feature Chico & Rita, which is directed by Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal [...]

Experimental Animator Robert Breer Dies at 85

August 15, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

We are sad to report that pioneering experimental animator Robert Breer passed away on August 12 at the age of 85. Born in Detroit, Mich., Breer, moved to Paris after graduating from Stanford in 1949, began his career as a painter, and was heavily influenced by the European artistic movement [...]