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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.
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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.”
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Welcome to O’Town’ By Euni Cho
A bunny travels to the big city in the hopes of becoming a successful musician, but faces the challenges of adapting to her new home.
Oasis Animation Workers Union Protests For Better Conditions In Montreal
Oasis has gone back on agreements in contract negotiations, the union says.
Canadian Screen Awards 2021 Animation Nominations
“Hotel Transylvania: The Series” and “Corner Gas Animated” lead the television categories with the most nominations.
Michael Fukushima Retires After 23 Years At The National Film Board Of Canada
Fukushima, who has retired, served as executive producer of the English Animation Studio for more than seven years.
Amazon Games Opens Fourth Development Studio In Montreal
The studio will be led by the core team behind Ubisoft’s “Rainbow Six Siege.”
How Montreal’s Diverse Animation Scene Has Weathered One Year Of Covid
Our series on Canada’s animation hotspots concludes with a profile of Montreal, home to one of the country’s most vibrant animation scenes.
Canadian Lobbyists Accuse Netflix’s ‘Bigfoot Family’ Of ‘Peddling Lies’ About Oil And Gas
The family film pits Bigfoot and his son against a nefarious energy company in Alaska.
These ‘Over The Moon’ Making-Of Videos Reveal The Challenges Of Creating A Lunar Fantasy World
The videos were released by Sony Pictures Imageworks, the animation studio behind the Netflix feature.
L’Atelier Animation Boards GFM’s ’10 Lives’; Chris Jenkins To Direct
The cg family feature was originally set to be co-produced by Chinese company Original Force.
Interview: The ‘Felix And The Treasure Of Morgäa’ Team On Creating A 100% Canadian Animated Feature
The cg family feature is set in Quebec, was made in Quebec, and was fully funded from regional and national sources.
Newly Announced Features: ‘This Was Our Pact,’ ‘Young Captain Nemo,’ ‘Redwall,’ ‘Toto’
Welcome to our new regular round-up of animated feature projects in the pipeline.
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