Amid Amidi, Author at Cartoon Brew

Awards

Disney’s Twitter Oscar Campaign For ‘Incredibles 2’ Didn’t Go As Planned

Fans of Sony’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” overran Disney’s Twitter Oscar campaign for “Incredibles 2.”

Job Listings

New Job Openings At Animation Studios This Week: Awesome Inc, Hornet, Dream Logic, Steamroller, RIT

Apply for these job positions in the animation industry.

Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Foreign Body’ by Marta Magnuska

“Foreign Body,” winner of best student film prizes at Ottawa, Holland, and Etiuda & Anima animation festivals, is now online.

Cartoon Brew Pick

Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Nachtstück’ by Anne Breymann

At night the forest creatures gather to gamble, putting their innermost at stake.

Business

After Record Results, Activision Blizzard Will Lay Off Nearly 800 Employees

Activision Blizzard just had the best year in its history. So why did they announce mass layoffs?

Awards

Competing Against Dozens Of Live-Action Films, ‘This Magnificent Cake!’ Wins Clermont-Ferrand Grand Prize

“This Magnificent Cake!” won the top prize in a majority live-action film line-up.

Box Office Report

‘Lego Movie 2’ Collapses At U.S. Box Office In Opening Weekend

Everything is not awesome for Warner Animation Group (WAG).

Cartoon Brew Pick

Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Rapunzel’ by Juan Pablo Machado

Knights climb the tower to find Princess Rapunzel and deliver her from a monster.

Cartoon Brew Pick

Short Pick Of The Day: ‘A Pearl’ by Saad Moosajee and Art Camp

A hybrid digital and traditional process was used to create this music video for Mitski’s “A Pearl.”

Awards

VES Awards 2019 Winners: ‘Spider-Verse’ Sweeps Animation Categories

“Avengers: Infinity War” and “Lost in Space” also came up big at this year’s VES Awards.

Box Office Report

‘How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ Takes Top Slot At Global Box Office

“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” is setting international records ahead of its U.S. launch.

Awards

‘Another Day Of Life’ Wins Goya Award For Best Animated Feature

The film combines cg animation and documentary footage to recount the true-life adventures of a Polish journalist in Angola at the start of the country’s civil war in 1975.

Cartoon Brew Pick

Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Purl’ by Kristen Lester

An earnest ball of yarn named Purl gets a job in a fast-paced, high energy, bro-tastic start-up.

Awards

Annie Awards 2019 Winners: ‘Spider-Verse’ Wins 7 Awards Including Best Feature; Netflix Sweeps Series Awards

“Spider-Verse” won every award for which it was nominated.

Awards

Animated Feature ‘Dollhouse’ Tops Slamdance 2019 Awards

Women animators dominated the festival this year, winning all of the animation and experimental short awards, as well as the top narrative feature prize.