Tag "Moxie"

Platform Animation Fest Announces Fantastic Lineup

October 3, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Los Angeles residents are in for a treat next month when the acclaimed animation festival Platform pays a visit to the REDCAT theater (October 26-28). In collaboration with CalArts and the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, the fest will showcase exciting and innovative new animated films and talent while also [...]

Platform Animation Festival Comes to L.A.’s REDCAT

August 26, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

We were thrilled to learn that the acclaimed Platform International Animation Festival, which took place in Portland in 2007, is scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles in October. Curated by the talented Irene Kotlarz, the event will take place at Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater in downtown Los Angeles on [...]

Short on Minutes, Long on Talent

June 2, 2012 by Ellen Wolff No Comments divider image

The 2012 edition of the Annecy Festival puts an amazingly diverse and creative range of animated shorts from all over the world in the spotlight. Animated short film submissions poured in by the thousands to Annecy for the 2012 festival, which runs from June 4-9. Though just 49 shorts were [...]

Annecy Announces 2012 Festival Lineup

March 20, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

The popular and very influential Annecy Festival has announced a diverse and colorful selection for its 2012 lineup (June 4-9). This year, the selection includes 49 shorts, 55 graduation films, 60 TV and commissioned films (21 TV series, 2 TV specials and 37 commissioned films). The feature film selection will [...]

The Long and Short of It

November 18, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Although the 45 shorts which have been qualified for this year’s Academy Awards have been announced already, this is a list we compiled from all the projects that have won awards at festivals around the world this year. For a more up to date list of Oscar qualifying shorts, visit [...]

‘Dead But Not Buried,’ ‘Moxie’ Win at Ottawa

September 26, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Indie British animator Phil Mulloy’s Dead But Not Buried won the Best Animated Feature Award at the 2011 Ottawa International Animation Festival this weekend. The fact that Mulloy also took the same prize last year at the fest for the film’s prequel Goodbye Mister Christie must set some sort of [...]