Tag "Bruno Bozzetto"

Spike & Mike’s 30th Fest Extended to 4/13

April 9, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

There must be a lot of sick and twisted toon fans out there: due to sold-out screenings, Spike and Mike’s Festival of Animation 30th Anniversary Extravaganza will be running additional shows in La Jolla, Calif. until Saturday, April 13. This year’s collection features new, technically advances films as well as [...]

Bruno Bozzetto to Receive ASIFA Prize

April 8, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

The upcoming Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market (June 10-15, 2013) will see Italian cartoon legend Bruno Bozzetto honored with the coveted ASIFA Prize for outstanding achievement in the art of animation. The 75-year-old animator, who produced his first short in 1958, will be awarded the Prize during a special [...]

Bruno Bozzetto Serves Up New Animated Short

January 25, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Oscar-nominated Italian animator Bruno Bozzetto (Allegro non Troppo, Grasshoppers) is back in a big way this year with a new animated short titled Rapsodeus and a new merchandise line inspired by his most popular characters. Rapsodeus, which has already debuted at several festivals including Annecy and Hiroshima, is now viewable [...]

La Dolce Vita Animata

April 2, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Indie animation producers in Italy continue to deliver the goods despite tough financial challenges and the slow growth of revenue from multimedia projects. A lot has happened and evolved in the Italian animation business since the heydays of Bruno Bozzetto’s Allegro Non Troppo in the mid-1970s. While the state-funded RAI [...]

Bruno Bozzetto Plans New Feature

January 23, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image

Italian animator Bruno Bozzetto, who earned an Oscar nod in 1991 for his short Grasshoppers and is well known for his politically satiric works and hapless Signor Rossi character, has announced plans for his first feature film project in 36 years, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 73-year-old Bozzetto has revealed [...]

Academy Puts Production Art Database Online

June 28, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made available online a tremendous resource for animation and filmmaking aficionados with its new Production Art Database. The database contains records for more than 5,300 items from the library’s collection, including motion picture costume and production design drawings, animation art, storyboards [...]