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Other Ottawa International Animation Festival winners included ‘Eri,’ ‘The Comet,’ Adult Swim’s ‘The Elephant,’ and Don Hertzfeldt’s ‘Paper Trail.’
At OIAF, animation professionals shared practical advice on preparing for a market, building relationships, following up, and attending when money is tight.
Selected from more than 100 submissions, Curtis’s series pitch won a CAD $11,300 prize package. Gino Baldeon’s ‘tiny BIG adventure’ was runner-up.
A panel of local industry vets tackled AI’s effect on entry-level jobs, creative control, and the growing problems with large AI models.
Nine competition features, five shorts presentations, studio previews, retrospectives, and filmmaker talks will run October 16–19 in Hollywood.
BLON festival director Laura Almantaitė discusses Lithuania’s growing animation industry, its emerging talent, and the festival’s record year.
Seven features will compete in alongside new shorts from Don Hertzfeldt and Niki Lindroth von Bahr, industry talks, retrospectives, and Canadian showcases.
Executives from Production I.G, Nippon Animation, Foliascope, Robot Playground, and Salamander will discuss anime’s global expansion.
Marcel Jean will step down as Annecy’s artistic director after 15 years, with the festival now searching for his successor.
The Vancouver festival also honored Canadian short ‘Distance,’ student film ‘The Memory Clocksmith,’ and the late educator and fest Chair, Keith P. Blackmore.
VAF handed out awards for its 2026 competition on Friday evening in the quaint Danish city, where Anna Mantzaris’ ‘Please’ emerged as the event’s big winner.
Clarity, personal stakes, and specificity are among Dominique Bazay’s essentials for a successful animation pitch after decades spent on both sides of the room.
The Estonian filmmaker discussed his experimental process, childhood influences, unexpected breakthroughs, and the value of creative rejection.
The seventh Tokyo Gap Financing Market will present 24 international feature projects during TIFFCOM, taking place October 28–30.
Marc Torices and Khris Cembé bring a cult comic character to the screen in a Spanish short combining 2D and stop-motion animation.
The Korean director shares exclusive production artwork and discusses the dark humor, hand-drawn aesthetic, and strange romance behind her graduation film.
Brad Bird and Laika lead a particularly strong animation lineup that also includes ‘Iron Boy,’ ‘Julián,’ ‘Rogue Trooper,’ and ‘My Friend the Sun.’
The program spans seven decades of anime, pairing landmark works by Osamu Tezuka and Mamoru Oshii with new films from Shingo Natsume and other emerging talents.
Developed through Berlinale Talents and presented at the Annecy Animation Showcase in Cannes, the mixed-media feature will debut in Brazil this fall.
‘My Good Boy’ director Sara Priorelli explains drawing love as something squashy, strange, and never quite explained in full.