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Montreal

Montreal

The latest industry news from Canada’s largest animation hub with over 21,000 workers in 2D, 3D, VFX, video games, and VR/AR.

Les voisins de mes voisins sont mes voisins Les voisins de mes voisins sont mes voisins
Festivals

Montreal’s Sommets Starts Today With Reformatted Canadian Animation Competition

The festival’s opening night film is Anne-Laure Daffis and Léo Marchand’s Les voisins de mes voisins sont mes voisins.

By Jamie Lang | 2 months ago

Arthur produced by Oasis Animation Arthur produced by Oasis Animation
Artist Rights

Six Departments At Montreal’s Oasis Animation Join Existing Union

Oasis animators voted to unionize in 2019, and will now be joined by comp, rigging, scene planning, storyboards, and layout and color workers.

By Jamie Lang | 2 months ago

"Iwájú"
Artist Rights

Cinesite Staff Can Now Work Permanently From Home

“Things will never be the same again for our teams,” says the company.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 4 months ago

The Man Who Planted Trees
RIP

RIP Lina Gagnon, Animator Who Worked On ‘The Man Who Planted Trees’

Gagnon was also an influential educator, teaching animation at Cégep du Vieux-Montréal for over two decades.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 4 months ago

Feature Film

First Trailer For ‘The Bob’s Burgers Movie,’ Disney’s First 2D Feature In Over A Decade

After years of delays, reschedulings, and stretches of radio silence, “The Bob’s Burgers Movie” is gearing up for a release on May 27.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 6 months ago

Health

Animating Anxiety: Caroline Robert Discusses Her New Interactive Web Project ‘Brainstream’

Have you ever given a brain massage before?

By Chris Robinson | 7 months ago

"The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run"
Business

Montreal Targets American Talent In Its New Animation & VFX Recruitment Drive

High-caliber projects, low living costs: that’s the pitch Montreal is making to West Coast workers.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 9 months ago

Fireheart
Feature Film

Watch The Trailer For ‘Fireheart,’ The Second Feature From Montreal’s L’Atelier Animation

The movie is coming to UK and Ireland theaters on February 11, 2022.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 9 months ago

"Iwájú"
CGI

Disney’s Nigerian Series ‘Iwájú’ To Be Produced By Cinesite In London And Montreal

“Iwájú” is set to premiere in 2023 on Disney+.

By Amid Amidi | 10 months ago

Fantasia winners 2021
Awards

‘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.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 10 months ago

Dune
Business

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.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 10 months ago

A Stone in the Shoe
Festivals

Festival Stop Motion Montréal Announces Virtual 13th Edition

This one’s for the stop motion gang!

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 11 months ago

Cinesite Montreal hires
Business

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.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 11 months ago

Phil Berge
Cartoon Culture

A Montreal Artist Is Keeping Classical Hand-Drawn Animation Alive By Tattooing It Onto People

His current, and most ambitious, project to date is a 60-frame cycle of Koko the Clown dancing.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 11 months ago

The Deer King, Mad God
Anime

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.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 11 months ago

Krakn
Business

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.”

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 12 months ago

Fantasia Festival 2021
Anime

‘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.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 1 year ago

Arthur
Artist Rights

Montreal’s Oasis Reaches Deal With Its Animation Workers Union

Oasis’s union was the first animation union to be accredited in Canada.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 1 year ago

Rugrats
Business

Technicolor Is Integrating Its Animation Studios Under The Mikros Animation Brand

Mikros Animation will now produce both episodic series and feature animation.

By Amid Amidi | 1 year ago

Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Feature Film

Deer Dance To Irish Folk Music In The Trailer For ‘Riverdance: The Animated Adventure’

The film is the first release from London-based animation production company Aniventure.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 1 year ago

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