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2024 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Tomato Kitchen’ Director Junyi Xiao
Junyi Xiao talks us through the years-long evolution of his film’s deeply personal narrative.
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‘Helluva Boss,’ Zach King Take Top Animation, VFX Honors At 2023 Streamy Awards
Vivienne Medrano won her first Streamy, while King notched his third award.
Five Highlights From Mexico’s Pixelatl, Starting Next Week
From A-list masterclasses to historic short film screenings, there’s a lot to see and do at Pixelatl 2023.
‘Lackadaisy’ Wraps Crowdfunding Campaign With More Than $2M Raised
Iron Circus Animation will produce a new five-episode season, three mini-episodes, and release them along with the viral pilot on Blu-ray.
Dave Creek, Lead Character Designer Of ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ Memorialized With Traveling Exhibit Of His Hand-Crafted Bonsai Treehouses
Dave Creek’s Traveling Treehouses are on display at Shriners Children’s Southern California in Pasadena.
2023 Animation Industry Layoff Tracker
Tracking layoffs across the animation, vfx, and gaming industries.
‘Gravity Falls,’ ‘The Owl House’ Artist S.H. Cotugno’s Viral Webcomic ‘The Glass Scientists’ Is Getting A Graphic Novel
Cotugno says the collaborative nature of animation production helped improve their mental health after months of working alone on the comic.
EA’s Bioware Is Laying Off 50 Employees
The layoffs are part of a larger restructuring happening at parent company EA, which is cutting 6% of its global workforce.
Netflix’s Adam Sandler Animated Comedy ‘Leo’ Gets First Teaser
The star-studded comedy will debut on Netflix worldwide on November 21.
‘Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget’ Will Premiere At The BFI London Film Festival
The film will screen on October 14, a full two months before its December 15 Netflix debut.
‘The Monkey King’ Scores Second Place On Netflix’s Global Top 10 List, ‘Miraculous’ Still Holding Strong
A strong debut from ‘The Monkey King’ continues a positive trend for Netflix original animation.
Nikita Diakur’s CG Avatar Teaches Itself Gymnastics In The Animator’s Latest Short ‘Backflip’
After deciding he’d never pull of the trick in real life, Diakur tasked a digital version of himself to learn how to backflip.
Nizo Yamamoto, Longtime Studio Ghibli Art Director And Background Artist, Dies At 70
Other films on which Yamamoto was art director include ‘The Girl Who Leapt Through Time’ and ‘Grave of the Fireflies.’
Paul Bush, British Filmmaker Who Experimented With Animation Techniques, Dies At 67
Bush excelled at trying out new techniques and experimental methods of creating moving pictures.
Vladimir Putin Approves Full Federal Financing For Kids’ Animated Features In Russia
The Kremlin has also said it will create a production hub in Moscow and lighten the tax burden on animation companies based in Russia.
John Warnock, Adobe Co-Founder, Dies At 82
Warnock co-founded Adobe, was a key figure in the development of the PDF format, and created the earliest version of Adobe Illustrator.
Six Portland-Based Animators Step In Front Of The Camera In New Doc ‘History, Mystery, & Odyssey’
The film screened in Portland over the weekend and is headed to the Ottawa Intl. Animation Festival next month.
10 Animated Works Feature Among This Year’s Student Academy Awards Finalists
Eight films were selected for the Animation category and an animated short features in both the Experimental and Documentary categories.
‘Snow White’ Director’s 91-Year-Old Son Slam’s Disney’s “Woke” Remake
David Hand, who worked at Disney for a spell in the 1990s, says his father and Walt would be “turning in their graves.”
Workinman Interactive Employees File To Form First IATSE Video Game Union
Workers at the Rochester-based studio want to improve working conditions and set a precedent for other gaming industry workers.
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