‘Miffy’ Movie Goes Gold

February 27, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments

Having hit a total audience of 120,000 moviegoers in The Netherlands, Miffy the Movie has attained the status of “Golden Film.” The first feature outing for Dick Bruna’s popular bunny character is directed by Hans Perk from a script by James Still and premiered in The Netherlands on January 30, [...]

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Scenes from the New European Renaissance

February 12, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

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 [...]

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What Animation Means to Me…

April 2, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment

On the occasion of our 25th anniversary, we asked our readers and the top movers and shakers in the industry to tell us what animation has meant to them and how it has changed their lives. Here is just a sampler of the many wonderful and touching responses we received. [...]

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Dutch Favorite ‘Miffy’ Graduates to the Big Screen

July 5, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

Miffy, the most popular animated white rabbit from the Netherlands, is coming to the big screen in her first feature film. Telescreen Filmproductions and Mercis, which manages the rights to the work of Miffy’s creator, Dick Bruna, have joined in this project with Warner Bros. Netherlands and Dutch public broadcaster [...]

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