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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.
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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.
Animated Documentary ‘Just A Guy’ Wins Top Prize At Animafest Zagreb 2020
Other prizewinners include Soetkin Verstegen’s “Freeze Frame” and Nadja Andrasev’s “Symbiosis.”
Kilkenny Animated Will Be The Ultimate ‘Wolfwalkers’ Event
Sketching tours of historic sites and projections on Kilkenny Castle are on the schedule for one of this year’s most unique animation events.
Balancing Local Identity And Global Ambitions: Malaysian Animation At Kre8tif! Conference
“Malaysia is like a hidden gem — not talked up a lot globally. It’s a quiet giant of animation.”
Virtual Events This Week: Lightbox Expo, Festival Stop Motion Montréal
For less than $50, you can attend a Californian convention and a Canadian animation festival from your couch this week.
After Broadcasters Pull Out Of In-Person Event, Cartoon Forum Pivots To Online
Hundreds of would-be attendees cancelled their participation in the past week leading the event to move online.
Pictoplasma’s First Virtual Edition Has A Stellar Lineup Of Animation Speakers And Films — And Even Better, It’s Free
The character art conference’s first virtual edition will be live-streamed on September 18–19.
Rebecca Sugar, Julia Pott, Sofía Alexander Lead Focus On Women In Animation At Pixelatl 2020
“Even though the industry is overflowing with female talent, it is not always highlighted,” says Pixelatl artistic director Christian Bermejo.
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