6 Unmissable Events At This Week’s Ottawa International Animation Festival
The festival’s program runs the gamut from indie to industry, tech talks to rare retrospectives.
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Exclusive Trailer Premiere: Marta Pajek’s Post-Apocalyptic Short ‘Impossible Figures And Other Stories I’
Pajek’s new short will world premiere this month at the Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival.
TRAILER: Netflix’s ‘A Tale Dark & Grimm’ Series, Premiering Next Month
Simon Otto, the show’s supervising director, was head of character animation on the “How to Train Your Dragon” trilogy.
Building A Pinscreen: How To Make One Of The Rarest Tools In Animation
A new full-sized pinscreen — only the third in existence — has arrived in Quebec. Its creator talks us through the painstaking process of assembling it.
Jacques Drouin, Master Of Pinscreen Animation, Dies At 78
Drouin was known for the striking shorts he made at the National Film Board of Canada, such as “Mindscape” and “Imprints.”
‘Cryptozoo,’ ‘Mad God’ Among Winners At Fantasia Fest 2021
Another winner was “Hayop Ka! The Nimfa Dimaano Story,” a decidedly adult rom-com from the Philippines.
DNEG Plans To Expand To Toronto And Create Up To 500 Canadian Jobs
The new Toronto base will work on vfx for film and episodic projects, feature animation, and technology.
Mainframe Studios Opens Toronto Studio, Virtually At First
The Vancouver-based studio is capitalizing on rapid growth in the pandemic.
Festival Stop Motion Montréal Announces Virtual 13th Edition
This one’s for the stop motion gang!
IATSE Union Is Providing Free Legal Support To Laid-Off Tangent Staff
The union’s main goal is to ensure that ex-employees receive their severance payments.
Walt Disney Animation Studios To Open Vancouver Studio For Disney+ Series
The studio is set to open in January 2022. Its first production will be a “Moana” spin-off series.
Tangent Animation Shuts Down Production. As Many As 400 People Laid Off
The studio was working on multiple feature animation projects for Netflix at the time of shutdown.
Cinesite Montreal Makes Four Senior Hires As Studio Grows
The studio is welcoming vfx supervisors Dottie Starling, Damien Hurgon, and Ellen Poon, as well as feature animation head of production Nathan Santell.
‘Inside Out’ Copyright Suit Receives Boost From Canadian Court
Damon Pourshian, who claims Pixar ripped off his student film “Inside Out,” has won an appeal in an Ontario court.
Fantasia Fest Adds ‘The Deer King,’ Phil Tippett’s ‘Mad God’ To Lineup
The festival will also host the world premiere of a documentary about Tippett, directed by his daughter.
Ottawa Animation Festival Announces Selections For Its 45th Edition, Including 7 Animated Features
The virtual edition of Ottawa will run from September 22 to October 3.
Digital Dimension And Lex+Otis Launch Krakn Animation
Based in L.A. and Montreal, the new studio will work on “premiere real-time 2d and 3d series and features.”
‘Poupelle Of Chimney Town’ And Satoshi Kon Doc Among Titles In Fantasia Fest Lineup
The virtual festival will run August 5–25 and be geo-locked for Canadians.
Montreal’s Oasis Reaches Deal With Its Animation Workers Union
Oasis’s union was the first animation union to be accredited in Canada.
Cats, Droughts, And Shadowy Millionaires: 3 Promising Feature Pitches At Annecy
We watched all the feature pitches at Annecy’s MIFA market. Here are the three we liked best.
