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Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Featherweight’ By Sean Pecknold
Music video for Fleet Foxes’s “Featherweight.”
Previously on Cartoon Brew
‘Belle,’ ‘The Summit Of The Gods’ Among Lineup At L.A.’s Animation Is Film
L.A. dwellers: here’s your chance to see the buzziest indie features on the festival circuit.
Re:Anima Joint Master In Animation Has Opened A New Call For Applications
The program offers an intensive two-year exploration of animation from an artistic perspective in Ireland, Belgium, or Portugal.
Netflix Acquires Roald Dahl Story Company
Dahl’s iconic works include “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “James and the Giant Peach,” “Matilda,” and “The BFG.”
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Colors And Shapes By Sam Mason
Music video for Mac Miller’s “Colors and Shapes.”
Spain’s Weird Market Unveils 19 Project Presentations For Onsite Edition
Angolan war feature “Nayola” and dark gourmet drama “Paradise Buffet” are among the projects.
‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ Set To Return As Both A Movie And Series
The film will serve as an “epic conclusion” for the original series, while establishing the world for the new series.
Marvel’s Victoria Alonso Upped To President Role As Studio Expands Animation Production
“I’m especially thrilled about ramping up our studio’s animation efforts, which is a personal passion of mine,” says Alonso.
Readers Reveal Their Fave Halloween Animation, From ‘Paranorman’ To ‘Peanuts’
We asked Cartoon Brew readers about their ghoulish picks for the Halloween season.
Kre8tif! Pitches: Five Promising Projects From Southeast Asia
Meet musician monkeys, a gun-toting frog, a Singaporean Sherlock Holmes, and more …
For The First Time, An Iranian Short Tops Fantoche Festival
Mahboobeh Kalaee’s experimental mixed-media short “The Fourth Wall” won Fantoche’s international competition for best film.
Facebook Returns VR Drawing Tool Quill To Its Creator
Good news for vr animators: the newly rebranded “Quill by Smoothstep” will still be free.
Academy Museum Will Spotlight Animation’s Legacy Of Racism And Sexism
A gallery will examine problematic characters, from Speedy Gonzales to the crows in “Dumbo.”
SCAD Animationfest’s Virtual Edition To Feature Guests From Pixar, Nickelodeon, Fox, And More
Pros and alumni will gather online for SCAD’s annual festival on September 23–25.
Soyuzmultfilm, Russia’s Venerable State Animation Studio, Is Being Privatized
The shift marks the end of Soyuzmultfilm’s 85-year history as a state-owned animation studio.
Video Essay: Why The Animation On ‘Rick And Morty’ Needs To Change
A Youtuber argues that to make ‘Rick and Morty’ more visually exciting, it “has to start with improving the schedule and paying the artists better.”
Book Review: ‘She Animates: Soviet Female Subjectivity In Russian Animation’
This study of undervalued women animators from Russia and the Soviet Union doubles up as a good primer on the history of animation in the region.
DNEG Introduces Overtime Pay For UK Staff, Breaking With Industry Norm
“It is the right thing for the staff, the right thing for the industry to do,” said DNEG exec Chris Burn.
Anne Jolliffe, Australia’s ‘First Woman Animator,’ Dies At 87
Against the odds, Jolliffe forged a successful career as an animator and studio owner, working on films like “Yellow Submarine” and Bob Godfrey’s “Great.”
‘Baby Shark’ Feature Coming To Theaters Next Month
In case you haven’t heard the song enough already …
Here’s A Chart Of The Most Popular Animation Channels On Youtube (Exclusive)
Who’s winning the animation game on Youtube? Not who you might think.
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