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Annecy Announces Animated Feature Lineup
Nine animated features from around the world will be competing for the prestigious Cristal Award at the Annecy Animation Festival this June. The features, as reported by Variety today are (in alphabetical order): 2096: A Story of Love and Fury Directed by: Luiz Bolognese (Buriti Films, Gullane, Brazil) [...]
Disney Painter Edward Levitt Has Died
Edward Levitt, a background painter for Walt Disney Animation Studios during animation’s Golden Age and a key influence on the Cartoon Modern movement of the 1950s, died April 2 in Palmdale, California. He was 96 years old, Cartoon Brew reports. Born in New York City April 17, 1916, Levitt grew [...]
Animation People: Enzo D’Alò
Italian director Enzo D’Alò serves up a faithful new animated feature based on the original Adventures of Pinocchio. Although Italian author Carlo Collodi wrote his hugely influential children’s novel The Adventures of Pinocchio in 1883, many people remember Walt Disney’s 1940 animated feature when they recall the tale of the [...]
Scenes from the New European Renaissance
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 [...]
N.Y. Intl. Children’s Fest. Unveils Stellar Lineup
The organizers of this year’s New York International Children’s Festival have unveiled an A-list line-up of acclaimed animated features from all over the world scheduled to screen at the fest (Feb. 28-March 25). Benjamin Renner’s Cesar-nominated, charming 2D-animated feature Ernest and Celestine kicks off the festival on March 1st at [...]
Cartoon Movie to Spotlight 55 Animated Pics
The annual Cartoon Movie event has lined up a rich slate of programs for this year’s edition, which will be held in Lyon, France, March 6-8. The 2013 schedule includes premiere screenings of such highly anticipated projects as: Ernest & Celestine. Directed by Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar and Stephane [...]
Lee’s ‘Adam and Dog’ Shines During Award Season
Minkyu Lee discusses his Annie-winning, Oscar-nominated, Genesis-themed short Adam and Dog. Companionship between humans and animals is an oft-explored concept in the film world, no less in the animation realm. But one of this year’s Best Animated Short nominees seeks to breathe new life into an old trope: MInkyu Lee’s [...]
14 Features to Look For in 2013
If you think 2012 was a good year for animated movies, wait until you find out what the new year has in store for us. Of course, the accuracy of our little list of animated pics waiting in the wings is at the mercy of the studio gods, who love [...]
Teleclub Nabs JUNIOR Rights for Switzerland, Liechtenstein
Studio100′s German language JUNIOR Channel will be broadcast over premium pay TV channel Teleclub in Switzerland and Liechtenstein as part of a new deal as Teleclub, a subsidiary of leading Swiss film rights & content trading company Cinetrade AG has acquired the corresponding rights. JUNIOR will be available in these [...]
French Studio 2D/3D Launches Oceans e-Game
Angouleme, France-based animation studio 2d3D has created a new customizable video postcard to promote the upcoming social game Oceans, the Game. The game will be released in the spring of 2013 using assets from the documentary feature Oceans by Jacques Perrin, which has been seen by more than 12 million [...]
‘Star Trek’ Beams...
Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness landed on top of the domestic box office...
Universal Releases New Clip...
Universal has released the first clip from Illumination’s eagerly anticipated...
