Balancing Indie & Industry: 5 Takeaways From Nick Cross’s GLAS Talk
The filmmaker and “Over the Garden Wall” art director reflects on his unusual career path.
Events
CEE Animation Forum Selects 42 Projects In Record Year For Submissions
The pitching event is a key platform for Central and Eastern European animation in particular.
San Diego Comic-Con Goes Virtual This Summer; E3 And Anime Expo Set To Follow
Vaccines or no vaccines, Covid is far from done with wrecking the events calendar.
European Animation Events Are Committing To Virtual Editions Into The Spring
Anima Festival, Cartoon Movie, Tricky Women, and Animation Dingle are among the festivals that are avoiding physical gatherings.
Quirino Awards Announce 265 Entries, Plan In-Person Event In May
The major get-together for Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American animation is due to take place on Tenerife on May 27–29.
An Exhibition About Veteran Studio Ghibli Producer Toshio Suzuki Is Coming To Japan
The exhibition will look at Suzuki’s early career as a magazine editor and how it shaped his work as a producer.
Cartoon Movie: 5 Distinctive Feature Projects For Younger Audiences
Hedgehogs, ninjas, rainbows, and trolls — kids are well catered for at this year’s event.
Stream 100 Films For Free (Wherever You Are) At The Best Austrian Animation Festival
The online festival, which takes place January 18–31, will showcase the cutting edge of Austria’s indie animation scene.
INBTWN, A New Online Animation Event, Launches With Glen Keane Interview
INBTWN bills itself as an “animation convention & festival built from the ground-up for today’s digital audiences.”
Call For Entries: Annecy Festival, Next Lab, Quirino Awards, Sustainability Animation Residency
Find out what the events are looking for and how to apply.
Montreal’s Les Sommets Animation Festival Unveils Program For Special Pandemic Edition
The festival’s industry events will be held online and free to all. Film screenings have been postponed to next year.
Seven Animated Features That Caught Our Eye At The American Film Market
These upcoming animated features are from Asia, South America, and Europe.
Hiroshima City Says It Plans To Hold Animation Festival In 2022; ASIFA Protests
A rift has emerged between the organizations that ran Hiroshima Int’l Animation Festival for more than 35 years.
SIGGRAPH Cancels In-Person Conference For Second Year In A Row, Shifting To Virtual Format
Organizers say it’s impossible to hold the event in person given “continued uncertainty surrounding the future of COVID-19 and worldwide travel precautions.”
Ideatoon 2020: A Snapshot Of Latin American Animation Today
We speak to finalists in this year’s pitching contest about the benefits and challenges of creating animated IP in the region.
Hiroshima Int’l Animation Festival Closes After 35 Years, To Be Replaced By General Arts Event
The new event will still feature an animation element, but the festival’s co-founder and director Sayoko Kinoshita will not be involved.
Giant Pimples, Headless Chickens, And Paris’s Queer Scene: 3 Highlights From Cartoon Springboard
Springboard is where Europe’s young generation of animation creators come to pitch their brightest ideas.
As Pandemic Rages, Annie Awards, Kidscreen, And GLAS Go Virtual In 2021
Forget about live animation events in the U.S. in the first half of next year.
CEE Animation Forum Pitches: A Look At The Future Of Europe’s Adult Animation
We dive into the feature projects presented at this year’s pitching forum.
Ed Catmull Heads Line-Up At View Conference’s Free Virtual Edition
Italy’s View Conference is offering 125 events free to stream this year.
