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Animation Block Party Spotlight on Mari Jaye Blanchard
Animation Block Party (www.animationblock.com) is the premier animation festival of the East Coast. In this interview series, the founder of ABP, Casey Safron will be introducing Animation Magazine readers to some of the award winning animators who have screened at past ABP festivals. Mari Jaye Blanchard’s film Craft won the Audience [...]
More Awards: ACE Eddie and Canada’s Genie Noms
The American Cinema Editors have announced three nominees for the best edited animated feature, while Canada’s Genie Awards also announced nominees for visual effects and animated short films. The A.C.E. Eddie nominees for the Best Edited Animated Feature Film are: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, Michael Kahn, [...]
BAFTA Toon Noms: ‘Tintin,’ ‘Arthur Christmas,’ ‘Rango’
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has nominated three features for its Best Animated Film Category. Announced Tuesday by actors Daniel Radcliffe and Holliday Grainger with BAFTA chairman Tim Corrie, the nominated films are: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, directed by Steven Spielberg Arthur Christmas, [...]
‘Tintin’ Nabs Top Toon Honor at Golden Globes
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn scored a major notch in its awards belt by taking home the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature at a ceremony Sunday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The film,which uses motion-capture and animation techniques, surely benefitted from the star power [...]
‘Pooh,’ ‘Cars 2′ Return to Big Screen at El Capitan
Disney has scheduled a return engagement in Hollywood for two of its summer releases: Winnie the Pooh and Cars 2. The features will begin playing at the El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard starting this Friday, Nov. 4, and continuing through Nov. 20. Screenings of Pooh will include the short [...]
Animated Feature Oscar Entries Due Nov. 1
It’s officially awards season: The entry forms and supporting materials for a film to be considered in the animated feature film category for the 84th annual Academy Awards is 5 p.m. PT tomorrow, Nov. 1. The deadline for submitting the required accompanying film prints is Nov. 11. This year’s race [...]
Comic-Con: ‘Dapper Men,’ ‘Wilson’ Tie for Key Eisner Award
The Will Eisner Comic Book Industry Awards ended for the first time in a tie, with the Best Graphic Album-New award going to two books: Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee, and Wilson, by Dan Clowes of Ghost World fame. The awards, presented to recognize the [...]
‘Family Guy,’ ‘Simpsons,’ ‘Robot Chicken’ Lead Toon Emmy Noms
Fox’s Family Guy leads animated contenders in the nominations for the 63rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards with four nominations, even as it missed being nominated for Outstanding Animated Program. The Fox series earned three music-related nominations: two for Outstanding Music Composition in a Series and one for Outstanding Original Music [...]
SIGGRAPH Names Computer Animation Festival Winners
SIGGRAPH has announced the Computer Animation Festival’s Best in Show, Jury Award, and Best Student Project recipients for SIGGRAPH 2011 in Vancouver, set for Aug. 7-11. A total of 77 films will be shown during the festival. Nominees were chosen by an expert panel of jury members from 891 submissions [...]
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 [...]
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