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International Flavors: A Look at This Year’s Student Oscar Animation Winners
The Student Academy Awards changed things up in more ways than one this year. The 2024 ceremony was held in London, far across the...
‘LUKi & the Lights’ Director Toby Cochran Illuminates Us on His Poignant ALS Short
A charming, spirited robot has to face new challenges when he starts to malfunction and is diagnosed with ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, in...
Tech Reviews: DaVinci Resolve 19, ZBrush for iPad, Nuke 15.1v2
Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve 19
After a protracted beta phase (compared to previous releases), Blackmagic finally released Resolve 19, and as usual, I don’t have...
How the ‘Mighty Monsterwheelies’ Showrunners Rolled Classic Ghoulies into an Accessibly Spooky Pre-K Show
It's October, and all-things Halloween reign supreme across our screens this month! One charming trick-or-treat morsel is the new DreamWorks Animation series Mighty Monsterwheelies, which...
Let the Games Begin! The Animal Champs of ‘Athleticus’ Return for the Summer Olympics
Nicolas Deveaux’s whimsical animated series Athleticus has been featuring animals competing in athletic races since it was introduced in 2018. Produced by France’s Arte...
Teaching Toons & VFX in a Changing World: Spotlight on Six Popular College Courses Across the U.S.
An “alphabet soup” of new technologies is coursing through college classes these days: AI, AR, XR and VR are affecting curricula in increasingly interesting...
Adventure Island: ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ Creatives Share the Joys & Challenges of Their Beautiful Adaptation
'It’s a proper adventure story full of action and excitement, but at the same time it is also extremely gentle, with a complex emotional...
‘The Creator’ VFX Supe Jay Cooper on Creating a Retro-Futuristic World
While traveling from one hole to another on a golf course in Park City, Utah, visual effects supervisor Jay Cooper (Babylon) took the time...
Director Julio Soto Gurpide Spins a Tale of Mystery in ‘Inspector Sun’
A mysterious web of intrigue is spun in the new CG-animated movie Inspector Sun. The feature, which is set in the 1930s, aboard a...
How the Duo Behind ‘Curses!’ Combined History & Humor in One Spooky Series (New Clip)
Animated shows playing with horror themes and spooky characters seem to be quite the rage this fall. Premiering only a few weeks after DreamWorks’...
‘Dew Drop Diaries’ Producers Introduce Us to DreamWorks’ New Fairies on the Block
Tinker Bell is getting some major competition this month as DreamWorks Animation is introducing a group of three-inch-tall fairies in its new preschool show,...
‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ Directors Discuss Their Ecologically-Themed Annecy Premiere (Exclusive Interview)
The new animated feature Kensuke’s Kingdom is one of the many highly anticipated features making their debut at the Annecy Festival this month. Based...
‘Rally Road Racers’: A Wacky Ride for the Underdogs
When writer-director Ross Venokur was growing up, he loved to watch screwball comedies like Cannonball Run, Smokey and the Bandit and It’s a Mad,...
Crafting a CG Animal Menagerie for Apple TV+’s ‘Jane’ (Exclusive Clip)
We’ve learned to expect excellence when we see Dr. Jane Goodall’s name attached to a project. That’s certainly the case with Apple TV+’s new...
‘Fox and Hare Save the Forest’: A Sneak Peek at Submarine’s Friendship-Fueled Adventure
Flemish author Sylvia Vanden Heede’s charming children’s books have been lauded for their memorable forest friends (Fox, Hare and Owl) and the beautiful illustrations...
Animating an Amiable Fable in ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’
***This article originally appeared in the January '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 326)***
About three years ago, Charlie Mackesy’s charming illustrated book The Boy,...
‘La Calesita’ Director Augusto Schillaci Takes Us on a Special Ride
When Augusto Schillaci’s heartfelt CG-animated short La Calesita (The Merry-Go-Round) debuted at Annecy in June, audiences praised its heartwarming portrayal of an old merry-go-round...
Magic Light’s ‘The Smeds and the Smoos’ Animates a Star-Crossed Alien Tale (NEW TRAILER)
***This article originally appeared in the January '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 326)***
Over the past decade, TV audiences in the U.K. have grown...
Buzzing Around with ‘Lloyd of the Flies’ Creator, Aardman’s Matthew Walker
Aardman Animations’ brand-new animated series, Lloyd of the Flies has already generated a lot of buzz in the U.K. The show, which premiered on...
‘The Liberator’ Studio Launches Proprietary Software Suite Trioscope Platform
Trioscope, the cutting-edge company behind The Liberator (Netflix), Night of the Cooters (produced by George R.R. Martin) and Takeover (starring Quavo) announced the launch...
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