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Chomet Working on New ‘Triplets of Belleville’ Prequel
Didier Brunner, the prolific French animation producer behind films such as Kirikou and the Savage Beast, The Secret of Kells and this year’s much-anticipated Ernest and Celestine told Animation Magazine that he and director Sylvain Chomet are working on a new prequel to the Oscar-nominated 2004 Triplets of Belleville. The [...]
Annecy Unveils Full List of Professional Conferences
Christian Jacquemart and René Broca, who have organized the wonderful professional conferences at the Annecy Animation Festival in the past few years, unveiled the full list of this year’s program to Animag today. Here is a full rundown of the 2012 panels, which promises to be quite informative and inspiring. [...]
Annecy Selects 18 Animated Features
The Annecy Animation Festival has announced a rich program of new animated features from all around the world screening during its 2012 event (June 4-9). Ten features films (in competition) and 8 out-of-competition titles were selected out of a record number of 82 movies submitted for the fest. Features in [...]
Fei Productions Launches Animated ‘Yaya’ Feature
French studio Fei Productions is working on a new animated feature based on Patrick Marty’s four-volume graphic novel La Balade de Yaya (The Ballad of Yaya), which has sold 40,000 copies in France. The Franco-Chinese co-production tells the story of a resourceful young girl’s Dickensian adventures who loses her parents [...]
Ottawa Festival Unveils Yamamura’s 2012 Poster
The Ottawa International Animation Festival revealed its very cool 2012 poster yesterday. Created by acclaimed Japanese animator Koji Yamaura (Mount Head, Muybridge’s Strings) who won the grand prize in 2007 for his short A Country Doctor. “Drawing a poster for Ottawa 2012 is a great honor for me, “says Yamamura. [...]
TV Animation Veteran Jim Duffy Dies from Cancer
We are sad to report the passing of TV animation veteran Jim Duffy this weekend after a long battle with cancer. He passed peacefully at home in his sleep surrounded by his family at the age of 75. Duffy was born in the U.S., but spent his career between London [...]
Annecy to Focus on Irish Animation
The organizers of this year’s edition of the Annecy International Animation Festival (June 4-9) have announced that there will be a special focus on Irish animation at the event this year. Among the many shorts and TV highlights are The Depository by Andrew Kavanagh, Butterfly by Glenn Marshall, The Polish [...]
Academy to Screen Méliès’s ‘Trip to the Moon’
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present the original hand-colored version of Georges Méliès’s landmark 1902 film A Trip to the Moon on Tuesday, September 6, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif. An original color print of the film was recently [...]
L.A. Shorts Fest Sets Premiere Look at Pixar’s ‘La Luna’ Short
L.A. Shorts Fest kicks off next week with the unquestionable highlight for animation fans being the North American premiere of the new Pixar short film La Luna, followed by a special presentation on the making of the film by director Enrico Casarosa. The keynote presentation will include a look at [...]
Girerd’s ‘Aunt Hilda!’ Begins Production
Acclaimed toon helmer Jacques-Remy Girerd’s upcoming project Aunt Hilda! has landed SND-M6 Group as its theatrical and DVD distributor. Girerd, whose 2009 feature Mia and the Migoo had its U.S. release only two months ago, told the press at the recent Annecy Festival that his new feature will be an [...]
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