Saturday, April 19, 2014
Greg McLeod Completes Animation Marathon
Greg McLeod, of BAFTA-winning Brothers McLeod fame, has completed his ambitious project to animate a second of footage each day for a year, and the 1,000+ hours of work have culminated ... Continue Reading →
‘Frozen,’ ‘Gravity’ Top BAFTA Awards
Frozen walked away with another cool honor this weekend, nabbing the BAFTA for Best Animated Film at a ceremony in London.
Directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck took home the honor ... Continue Reading →
‘Room on the Broom’ Wins Intl. Emmy Kids Award
Magic Light Pictures’ multiple award-winning Room on the Broom has won the animation category of the 2014 International Emmy Kids Awards.
Room on the Broom has picked up a raft ... Continue Reading →
Line-up Announced for Animex Festival 2014
Animation exec Max Howard and top game designer Georg Baker are among the speakers now set for the 2014 edition of the Animex international festival of animation and computer games ... Continue Reading →
R.I.P. British Animator Harold Whitaker
Animator and author Harold Whitaker passed away on Christmas Day in the U.K. The London animation veteran, who worked on acclaimed movies such as Animal Farm and Where the Wind Blows, ... Continue Reading →
Disney Junior Greenlights ‘Nina Needs to Go’
Disney EMEA today announced that it has green lit a new animated short-form series for preschoolers, titled Nina Needs to Go. Set to premiere on Disney Junior in early 2014 and air ... Continue Reading →
Milk to Deliver VFX for New ‘Doctor Who’ Series
Milk Visual Effects, the company behind the visual effects created for the BBC’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special: The Day of the Doctor – has been commissioned by the ... Continue Reading →
Anima Festival to Spotlight Zaramella and Ushev
The Belgian Anima festival has announced that it will feature career retrospectives on international artists Juan Pablo Zaramella (Argentina) and Theodore Ushev (Bulgarian born, Canadian ... Continue Reading →
‘Room on the Broom,’ ‘Adventure Time’ Win BAFTAs
BBC’s acclaimed TV special Room on the Broom, Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time and BBC/Aarmdan’s Timmy Time were among the top TV winners at last night’s British ... Continue Reading →
‘Cloudbabies’ Soar to Germany
Following a successful tour of the MIPCOM market in Cannes, Hoho Rights has announced a key sale for its CG animated preschool property, Cloudbabies (52 x 10), which will be floating ... Continue Reading →
