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Animafest Announces Juries, Guests and Must-See Special Programs
June 2, 2019The 29th World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb kicks off this week, running June...
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Jellyfish Pictures Expands with New Virtual Animation Shop in Sheffield
May 30, 2019BAFTA and multi-award winning VFX and animation studio Jellyfish Pictures is opening of a new virtual...
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Illuminated Films Options Upcoming Picture Book ‘Look Up!’
May 29, 2019The Illuminated Film Company has purchased the option and licence of the highly anticipated picture book...
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Canada’s National Film Board Plans an Annecy Tour de Force
May 27, 2019The National Film Board of Canada will make a strong showing at this year’s Annecy International...
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Women in Animation, Les Femmes s’Animent Set Annecy Summit Lineup
May 24, 2019Women in Animation (WIA) and Les Femmes s’Animent (LFA) have revealed some details of the third...
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WildBrain Appoints Elia Bouthors as Strategy & Innovation Director
May 24, 2019WildBrain, a leading digital kids’ network and studio, has appointed Elia Bouthors to the position of...
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VIEW 2019 Announces First Speakers, Dean DeBlois and CH Kim to Keynote
May 23, 2019The first set of speakers for VIEW 2019 have been announced. The annual International Digital Media...
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Brand Licensing Europe Announced Animation Pavillion
May 23, 2019Brand Licensing Europe 2019 (ExCel London, October 1-3) will shine a light on the creative powerhouse...
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GO-N Enjoys Digital Boom
May 23, 2019GO-N Productions, the France-based kids’ animation studio behind international hits such as Simon, Zip Zip, Tib...
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‘I Lost My Body’ Takes Cannes Critics’ Week Prize
May 22, 2019The dark, surreally romantic animated feature film I Lost My Body has been awarded the Nespresso...
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Cloudco Leashes Presales for ‘Claude’ with France TV
May 22, 2019Global TV distributor Cloudco Entertainment (formerly known as American Greetings Entertainment) and Emmy-nominated and BAFTA-winning studio...
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‘Strictly’ Star Joe Sugg Guests on Cartoon Network’s ‘Gumball’
May 21, 2019In a first for award-winning animated series The Amazing World of Gumball, Cartoon Network UK announces...
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Poland’s Animarkt Stop-Mo Forum Announces Schedule
May 20, 2019Animarkt Stop Motion Forum has announced the slate for its 2019 edition, which takes place Oct....
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Cartoon Digital Makes Italian Debut in Sardinia
May 17, 2019The European digital animation professionals’ meet-up Cartoon Digital will take place in Italy for the first...
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Koch Films Acquires Animagrad’s ‘Mavka’ for German Territories
May 17, 2019German distributor Koch Films has snagged rights to the upcoming animated feature Mavka. The Forest Song...
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Annecy: Disney Premiering 3 Experimental Shorts, BTS of ‘Frozen 2’
May 16, 2019In what has become an annual tradition at Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Walt Disney Animation...
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Marie Congé Appointed Ankama Head of Global Distribution
May 15, 2019French entertainment indie Ankama — which creates, publishes and distributes games, animation and manga including the...
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StudioCanal Shops New Animated Feature ‘Around the World’ in Cannes
May 13, 2019French distributor and producer StudioCanal is opening sales for a new English-language animated film Around the...
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Wise Blue Studios Powers Up ‘Hero Dad’ with Unity Real-Time Animation
May 10, 2019Billed as one of the first real-time animated TV series produced with the Unity engine, Spain-based...
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Exclusive Trailer: Sci-Fi Short ‘EXT’ Premieres at Cannes Animation Day
May 9, 2019A sleek and visually impressive CGI showpiece short, EXT, will make its world premiere at the...
The Universal Kids TV network has announced new animated preschool adventure series Powerbirds will premiere ...

***This interview, updated Dec. 11, originally ran in the November ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine ...

The traditionally animated Disney classic Sleeping Beauty was the sole representative of toon history to ...
