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Festival Stop Motion Montréal Announces Virtual 13th Edition
This one’s for the stop motion gang!
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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.
ECAS, A Free Eight-Month Animation Course In France, Is Expanding
France’s TeamTO is partnering with Toronto’s House of Cool to teach storyboard classes.
Nelvana At 50: Mapping Out The Studio’s Future With President Pam Westman
In today’s animation industry, which is growing and evolving at warp speed, 50 years seems like a geological age. When Nelvana …
Technicolor Aims To Create Up To 4,000 Animation And VFX Jobs In Next Year
As it doubles down on animation and vfx, the conglomerate is hoping to double its animated feature output.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Altötting’ By Andreas Hykade
You know, when I was a boy, I fell in love with the Virgin Mary. It happened in a little Bavarian town called Altötting.
Ottawa Animation Festival Goes Virtual For 2nd Straight Year
The festival looks to build on the “huge success” of its first virtual edition.
Disney Reportedly Planning To Close Most North American Disney Stores
The Disney Store will soon be nothing but a memory.
Mercury Filmworks Unveils Debut Original Feature ‘Once Our Land’
The service studio behind “Hilda” announced a major push into original content in November.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Freedom’ By Joe Bluhm And Michael McDonald
A coming-of-age story of a boy with Down Syndrome who learns to navigate the world with a loving mother, an absent father, a classroom bully, and a life-long crush.”
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