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Directing An Animated Feature Is Like Winning The Lottery Or Is It? (Commentary by Kelly Asbury)
Two-time Oscar-nominated animation director Kelly Asbury writes about the lessons he’s learned and the gambles he’s taken in his long career.
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‘Festival Directors: Stop Inviting Problematic Men’ (A Commentary By Luce Grosjean)
On Friday at Animateka festival, distributor Luce Grosjean called on festival directors to crack down on sexual harassment. Watch her speech here.
ANALYSIS: Netflix Overtakes Disney In 2019 Annie Award Nominations
See the complete list of 2019 Annie Award nominations.
Reporters Should Stop Misleading People — ‘Frozen’ Isn’t The Highest-Grossing Animated Film Of All-Time
CNN, “L.A. Times,” and CNBC are just a few of the outlets that are not acknowledging “The Lion King” as the highest-grossing animated film of all time.
Commentary: What Is The True Creative Cost Of Redoing ‘Sonic The Hedgehog’?
Online trolls forced “Sonic the Hedgehog” to be remade even while it was still being made.
Commentary: CGI James Dean Provokes Backlash, But Animated Characters Based On Actors Are Nothing New
Actors don’t want themselves recreated in animation, except when they do.
‘It’s Time To Break Up Disney,’ Says Author Of New Book On Monopoly Power In America
A persuasive argument about why the Walt Disney Company should be broken up.
Youtube, Netflix Are More Loved By U.S. Kids Than Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, And Cartoon Network
Youtube is the most popular band amongst U.S. kids.
Cartoon Forum 2019: How To Make A Kids’ Series In An Age Of Anxiety
This year’s event found creators tackling the big issues of the day — discrimination, conflict, climate change — but are they going far enough?
The Bold Mix Of Animation Techniques In Amazon’s ‘Undone’ Is A Wake-Up Call For The TV Industry
In the tv animation industry, production techniques are reduced to a binary decision of 2d or cgi. “Undone” shows that it doesn’t need to be that way.
Does The ‘Cats’ Film Use ‘Digital Fur Technology’ — Or Animation?
Do we have another “Lion King” situation on our hands?
Coping With A Box Office Bomb: A Commentary By Kelly Asbury
Two-time Oscar-nominated director Kelly Asbury writes about his emotional journey in recent years after his last two animated features underperformed at the U.S. box office.
Men Still Outnumber Women On Animation Festival Juries. Here’s A Plan To Change That.
A group of industry figures has drawn up a list of prominent women in animation. They hope it will help festivals to pick more female jurors.
Commentary: Annecy Is Too Big. Annecy Is Just Right.
Is the Annecy Festival growing too big for its own good?
Jon Favreau Made An Animated ‘Lion King,’ But He Still Doesn’t Want You To Call It An Animated Film
“The Lion King” is a big technical leap forward for the art of animation. Innovation in the art form deserves to be celebrated, not belittled and hidden from the public.
For Latin American Creators, It’s About Telling Stories That Matter To Them
The challenge for Latin American creators: telling stories about subjects and themes particular to their identity, without sacrificing broad global appeal.
Quirino Forum: 6 Key Takeaways On The Current State Of Latin American Animation
Animation production throughout Latin America is booming, but the region must overcome many hurdles to fully develop its industry.
Academy Voters Don’t Watch The Animated Features They Vote On — And The Academy Is Fine With That
The Academy demands that voters view films in almost every category except for animated feature. That needs to change.
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.”
Op-Ed: Why I Filed The Wage-Theft Lawsuit Against Major Animation Studios
Georgia Cano, one of the three lead plaintiffs in the animation wage-fixing lawsuit, speaks out for the first time.
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