Stories By Mercedes Milligan
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North America
Elliot Lim, Aaron Kemnitzer Launch Bicoastal Studio Bullpen
January 21, 2019Longtime creative partners Elliot Lim and Aaron Kemnitzer have joined forces once again to launch Bullpen,...
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Europe
Diana Cam Van Nguyen Keeps Anidoc Tradition Alive 100 Years On
January 21, 2019In 2018, Winsor McCay’s The Sinking of the Lusitania — considered to be the first animated...
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Europe
FMX 2019 to Welcome ILM’s Rob Bredow, Google Spotlight’s Jan Pinkava
January 21, 2019Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media April 30 – May 3, 2019, Stuttgart/Germany, Haus...
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North America
DHX Appoints Lara Ilie VP Rights Strategy, Rachel Taylor Commercial Director WildBrain
January 21, 2019Global children’s content and brands company DHX Media has appointed Lara Ilie to the position of...
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Festivals and Events
Call for Entries: Pixelatl’s IdeaToon 2019 Seeks LatAm Projects
January 21, 2019IdeaToon by Pixelatl has opened its call for animated television and feature film projects from creators...
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Europe
PGS, France Televisions Back 3rd Season of ‘The Jungle Bunch’
January 21, 2019Award-winning kids’ distributor PGS Entertainment and commissioning broadcaster France Televisions are on-board the newly greenlit third...
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Europe
UCL, Open City Docs Introduce VR Animation Short Course to UK
January 21, 2019University College London (UCL) is launching a new, six-week short course on “Creating Animation in Virtual...
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North America
Brad Bird: Lasseter Misconduct Not “Black and White”
January 21, 2019In an interview with Kevin Fallon for The Daily Beast’s Oscar Talk coverage published Sunday, Incredibles...
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North America
‘Coco,’ ‘Toy Story 3’ Director Lee Unkrich Trading Pixar for Personal Life
January 20, 2019After a quarter century serving as part of the creative core of Pixar Animation Studios, director...
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Festivals and Events
‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Takes 2019 Producers Guild Award
January 20, 2019The 30th annual Producers Guild Awards, presented by Cadillac, were held Saturday in Los Angeles, celebrating...
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North America
Bradley Bolke, Voice of Chumley the Walrus, Dies Age 93
January 20, 2019Voice actor Bradley Bolke, whose most memorable roles includes Chumley the walrus in the 1960s Tennessee...
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Features
GKIDS Serves Up ‘This Magnificent Cake!’ in LA March 1
January 18, 2019GKIDS has taken a slice of distribution rights to the internationally acclaimed stop-motion mid-length feature This...
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Features
New Clips: ‘A Silent Voice’ Echoes Back in US Cinemas
January 18, 2019ELEVEN Arts and Fathom Events are bringing Naoko Yamada’s acclaimed coming-of-age anime drama A Silent Voice...
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Europe
‘Two Minute Tales’ S2 Challenges Gender Roles and Champions Diversity
January 18, 2019U.K.-based preschool learning and entertainment app Hopster is launching a second season of its hit animated...
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Festivals and Events
Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri to Receive VES Lifetime Achievement Award
January 18, 2019The Visual Effects Society has named Chris Meledandri, acclaimed Oscar-nominated producer and founder and CEO of...
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Festivals and Events
MPSE Announces 66th Golden Reel Award Nominees
January 18, 2019The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) today announces nominees for the 66th Annual MPSE Golden Reel...
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Features
News Bytes: International Teasers, Toons Writers’ Dilemma, Pixar in Prague & More
January 17, 2019VOID Festival Spotlights Iranian Animation The Copenhagen animation fest (January 24-Feb. 2) will screen a program...
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Asia
Fantawild’s ‘Boonie Bears’ Head to South Korea
January 17, 2019Animation studio Fantawild has sealed a deal with Media to Media in South Korea to bring...
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Features
Shout! Dates ‘Tito and the Birds’ US Theater Flight
January 17, 2019The strikingly artistic, internationally acclaimed Brazilian animated feature Tito and the Birds will be sharing its...
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Asia
42nd Japan Academy Prize Animation Nominees Announced
January 17, 2019The animated feature nominees for the 42nd Japan Academy Prize, being held in Tokyo on March...
Recent Posts
This morning, the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards were announced at 5:30 by Tracee ...
Longtime creative partners Elliot Lim and Aaron Kemnitzer have joined forces once again to launch ...
In 2018, Winsor McCay’s The Sinking of the Lusitania -- considered to be the first ...
