NFB Announces Get Animated! 2012 Schedule & Lineup

October 22, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is launching the sixth edition of its free program, Get Animated!, which offers many of the country’s top animated films to communities across Canada in celebration of International Animation Day (October 28). Scheduled for Oct. 26 to November 10, the event will offer [...]

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‘Rabbi’s Cat,’ ‘Pixels’ Win Top Honors at Annecy

June 13, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Joann Sfar and Antoine Delevaux’s 2D animated feature The Rabbi’s Cat (Le Chat du Rabbin) won the Cristal Award for Best Feature at the Annecy Festival. Based on the popular graphic novel by Sfar, the movie follows the adventures of a cat in 1930s Algeria who learns to speak after swallowing [...]

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‘Planet Sheen,’ ‘Sym-bionic Titan’ Win Top Pulcinellas

April 11, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment

The 15th edition of Italy’s popular Cartoons on the Bay festival drew to a close this past weekend in Rapallo. Among the animated TV shows honored with the top Pulcinella awards this year were Nickelodeon’s Planet Sheen (Best Children’s Series), Tiger Aspect’s Tinga Tinga Tales (Best Preschool Series) and Cartoon [...]

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