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‘Ernest & Celestine’ Earns Top NYICFF Prize


March 19, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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The New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) has announced the winners of its 2013 awards, presented March 17 at the DGA Theater, with the 2D French feature Ernest & Celestine, and U.K. short I Am Tom Moody taking home the top juried honors. This year’s jury was comprised of [...]

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Matthew Modine On Board Bakshi’s ‘Coney Island’


February 18, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Over the weekend, we got word that actor Matthew Modine has signed up to voice the lead character in Ralph Bakshi’s upcoming short The Last Days of Coney Island. The project which has already brought in close to $78,000 in pledges on Kickstarter.com, aims to raise about $165,000 in the [...]

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‘A Cat in Paris’ Comes Home Oct. 9


October 3, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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Cinedigm Entertainment Group will release GKIDS’ 2012 Oscar-nominated animated film A Cat in Paris on DVD, Blu-ray, On-Demand and Digital platforms October 9. The critically acclaimed film directed was an official selection at the Berlin, Annecy, San Francisco and Seattle film festivals and was also nominated for a 2011 César [...]

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ShortsHD Celebrates Plympton


July 25, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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ShortsHD, the only TV network dedicated to short films, is launching a special collection of shorts from award-winning animation icon Bill Plympton on Animate! which kicks off July 25 at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. EST / 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. PST, repeating July 28 at 8 and 11 [...]

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‘Cat in Paris’ Stakes Limited Release; ‘Snow’ Hunts Wide


May 31, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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A live-action Snow White makes a big push at the box office this weekend, while an Oscar-nominated animated feature from France gets a limited release. Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman, starring Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron, is by far the biggest release of the week. The live-action visual-effects spectacle [...]

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Gkids to Release English-Language ‘Cat in Paris’


May 14, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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New York-based indie GKids will release an English-language version of the Oscar-nominated feature A Cat in Paris in select cities on June 1st. Directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol, the new translated version of the film will feature the voices of Marcia Gay Harden, Angelica Huston, Matthew Modine and [...]

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Plympton Rebuilds Winsor McCay’s ‘Flying House’


December 19, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image
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Indie animator Bill Plympton’s new treatment of Winsor McCay’s 1921 short The Flying House is ready to hit the festival circuit in the new year. The short, which won the Best Animated Film Award at the Williamsburg Independent Film Festival last month, was also one of the featured projects in [...]

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Girerd Discusses the Making of ‘Mia and the Migoo’


May 7, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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French animator Jacques-Rémy Girerd Looks Back at Mia and the Migoo This month, French animator Jacques-Remy Girerd’s traditionally animated feature Mia and the Migoo (produced by Folimage and distributed by GKids) opens in theaters across the U.S. Aimed at young viewers, the ecologically themed movie features the voice talents of [...]

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New Trailer for U.S. Release of ‘Mia and the Migoo’


April 14, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image
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GKids has released an official trailer for the U.S. release of Mia and the Migoo. Directed by Jacques-Remy Girerd, Mia and the Migoo is a hand-painted animated feature that won the best animated feature award at the 2009 European Film Awards. The U.S. version will debut April 22 and will feature [...]

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Girerd’s ‘Mia and the Migoo’ Gets Spring Release in U.S.


March 16, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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Independent distributor GKids is bringing Jacques-Remy Girerd’s animated feature film Mia and the Migoo to theaters in the United States, with an all-star voice cast lined up for an English-language dub. Doing the English dub are actors John DiMaggio, Whoopi Goldberg, Matthew Modine, Wallace Shawn, James Woods and Amanda Misquez [...]

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