Tag "Esben Toft Jacobsen"

Scenes from the New European Renaissance

February 12, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Innovation and creativity in the feature space is alive and well at the 15th edition of Cartoon Movie in France. A Spanish 3D blockbuster about an Indiana Jones-type adventurer (Tad, the Lost Explorer), a hand-crafted animated project about the friendship between a mouse and a bear (Ernest & Celestine), and [...]

Cartoon Movie to Spotlight 55 Animated Pics

January 11, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The annual Cartoon Movie event has lined up a rich slate of programs for this year’s edition, which will be held in Lyon, France, March 6-8. The 2013 schedule includes premiere screenings of such highly anticipated projects as: Ernest & Celestine. Directed by Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar and Stephane [...]

Ready for their Market Close-Ups

October 10, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

We know what many of the TV animation industry will be doing during the first 10 days in October. They’ll be checking out all the new animated shows in production and early stages of development at the MIPCOM market in Cannes. Here are some of the intriguing shows and newsworthy [...]

Stop-motion Short ‘Oh Willy…’ Wins Cartoon D’Or

September 17, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

Oh Willy…, a stop-motion animated short film by Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels, has won the Cartoon D’Or. The honor, given to the best European animated short of the year, was chosen from a field of five finalists and presented last week at Cartoon Forum in Toulouse, France. [...]

Work Begins on ‘Beyond Beyond,’ New Film from Jacobsen

September 14, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Copenhagen Bombay has finalized financing for and begun production on a new animated feature film from director Esben Toft Jacobsen tentatively titled Beyond Beyond. The film is about a rabbit, Johan, who sets to find his mother and reunite her with her family, only to find her in a kingdom [...]

Nominees Announced for Cartoon D’Or Short Prize

July 11, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The European Association of Animation Film, Cartoon, has announced the five finalists for the Cartoon d’Or 2012, the pan-European award for the best animated short film of the year. The award ceremony will take place on Thursday 13 September in Toulouse, during the 23rd Cartoon Forum, the co-production platform for [...]