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Melbourne Animation Fest Reveals Guests, Films

May 28, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

The Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF) is gearing up for its 2013 edition, taking place in the Australian city’s ACMI: Federation Square from June 20-30. The 11-day event will feature forums and over 400 animated shorts from around the world—from the recently released to the historical and retrospective, including never-before [...]

Priit Parn Set for U.S. Appearance at N.Y. Retrospective

September 18, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Influential Estonian animator Priit Parn will make a rare appearance in the United States next week at a specially curated screening program of his work at the Spectacle Theater in Brooklyn, N.Y. A former plant ecologist, Parn began making films in the 1970s, employing a style that embraces dark humor, [...]

Meet Mr. Robinson

February 6, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image

Longtime Ottawa Animation Festival director Chris Robinson tells us about how he and his team put together a world-class, kick-ass toon event. Anyone who has attended Ottawa’s wonderful animation festival since 1976 will tell you that it’s one of the best global events of its kind. It’s not just the [...]

Academy Screens 45 Shorts for Oscar Consideration

November 15, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image

Last weekend, the Academy screened the 45 projects that were submitted for Best Animated Shorts consideration. Members of the Shorts and Animation branch of the Academy will vote for the 10 titles to be included on the short list and we will finally learn about the final five nominees with [...]

Rising Stars of Animation: 2011

October 7, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

We searched high and low to find some of the brightest, bravest and most talented up-and-coming over-achievers in the toon scene. Zack Keller & Ed Skudder Co-Creators, Dick Figures [6 Point Media] Work goes faster when you have a good buddy helping you out—or hurling insults at you, or postulating [...]

Ottawa Fest Reveals Official Selection

August 9, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg’s award-winning The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, the new Pixar short La Luna directed by Enrico Casarosa, Bill Plympton’s Guard Dog Global Jam and Fernando Trueba & Javier Mariscal’s Spanish film Chico & Rita are some of the highlights of this year’s Ottawa [...]