Taiwanese Short ‘Night Bus’ Wins Grand Prix At Animafest Zagreb 2021
The Oscar-qualified “The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks” won the top feature prize.
Russia
Russia Warns Disney Against Distribution Of Pixar Short ‘Out’
The Russian government says “Out” violates its law against the distribution of “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships” among minors.
Russia’s Far East Earmarked For Creation Of New Animation Hub
Soyuzmultfilm, Russia’s venerable state-owned studio, is behind the initiative.
True Crime Meets Animation In This Strange Case Of Pirated Russian Animation In Hollywood
A highly improbable crime caper concerning classic Soviet animation.
Russia’s Vverh Animation Studio Announces Its Closure
The studio, which produced the recent 2d feature “Ginger’s Tale,” didn’t provide a reason for the closure.
Box Office Report: ‘Soul’ Nears $100M Worldwide, Becomes Pixar’s All-Time #2 In China
Meanwhile, Studio Ghibli’s “Earwig and the Witch” took $132,768 in five days in North America, and “The Croods: A New Age” remains one of the top releases in the U.S.
‘Frozen’ May Have Helped Solve A Mystery Surrounding 9 Dead Soviet Hikers
More than 60 years after the deaths, there has been a breakthrough in the case — and Disney was involved.
‘Soul,’ ‘Wish Dragon,’ ‘Demon Slayer’ Lead Strong Weekend For Animation At Global Box Office
This weekend, animated films topped the box office in many major territories with a functioning theatrical sector.
Oscars 2021: Here Are 5 Qualified Features You May Not Know About
There’s much, much more to this year’s race than “Soul” and “Wolfwalkers.”
Seven Animated Features That Caught Our Eye At The American Film Market
These upcoming animated features are from Asia, South America, and Europe.
European Film Awards 2020: Four Animated Features Nominated
Here are the contending animated features at this year’s European Film Awards, set to be presented virtually on December 12.
Anatoly Prokhorov, ‘Kikoriki’ Creator And Pioneer Of Russian Independent Animation, Dies At 72
Prokhorov co-founded the Soviet Union’s first private animation studio and created the hugely successful series “Kikoriki.”
The ‘Hello Neighbor’ Game Has Spawned A Hit Animated Series Pilot
The six-minute video, which was produced at Malaysia’s Animasia Studio, has racked up 12 million views and counting.
Oscar Shortlist For Animated Shorts Emphasizes Foreign Animation
Seven of the ten shorts on the shortlist for the 2020 Academy Awards were made outside of the United States.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Wild’ by Petrick
A video is dedicated to the lives of endangered bird species.
The Russian Animated Series ‘Jinglekids’ Aims For Ambitious Visuals With A Small Team
Showrunner Anton Vereschagin shares the pipeline and tech challenges that come with producing a high-quality cg series in Russia.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Sketches’ by Vladimir Tomin
Today’s Short Pick is “Sketches,” a funny piece of experimental cg from Russia.
Animation Around The World: Latvia, Ecuador, Finland, Russia
Watch the third episode of our new limited series about animation production around the world.
Trailer: ‘The Snow Queen: Mirrorlands’ Set For New Year’s Launch In Russia
“The Snow Queen: Mirrorlands,” the fourth installment in the popular Russian animation franchise, is due to open in Russian theaters on January 1, 2019.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Optics’ by Maxim Zhestkov
An experimental film that explores the behavior of artificial light and color in digital environments.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘9 Ways To Draw A Person’ by Sasha Svirsky
By mixing abstraction, collage, drawing, and animation the author invites us into a spontaneous and unsystematic research of potential of the animation and leads us into the world of irrepressible imagination.
