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Annecy Preview: 6 Highlights From This Year’s Virtual Program
For less than $17, experience the first virtual edition of the famous Annecy festival.
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Faith, Nazis, And The Queen Of Scratch: A Conversation With Andreas Hykade
We speak to the renowned filmmaker ahead of the Annecy premiere of his autobiographical new film “Altötting.”
No AI, Perpetual License, Developed By Artists: Moho’s Free Side Quest Update Now Exports 2D Characters To Unity, Unreal, Godot, And Blender
Moho’s free 14.4 Side Quest update lets animators export full 2D rigs and animations to Unity, Unreal, Godot, and Blender using the glTF format.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Egg’ by Martina Scarpelli
A woman is locked in her home with an egg. She eats the egg, she repents. She kills it. She lets the egg die of hunger.
Animation Artists Reveal Salary Disparities With #AnimationPaidMe Hashtag
Industry artists are tired of pay secrecy and are sharing their salaries on social media.
‘Kill It And Leave This Town,’ The Striking Polish Feature That Was 14 Years In The Making (Interview)
Ahead of its Annecy screening, director Mariusz Wilczyński tells us how he made “the first feature animated art film in the history of Polish cinema.”
Cannes’s Official Lineup Contains A Record Four Animated Features
Is the festival warming up to animation at last?
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.
Revisiting ‘Clayfighter,’ The Series That Tried (And Failed) To Show What Stop-Motion Gaming Can Do
Youtube’s Rebeltaxi looks back at the goofy fighting series, an early example of how clay modeling could be used in video games.
READ: Sony Pictures Animation Executive Karen Rupert Toliver Writes Open Letter About Recent Events
“Part of our job in entertainment is to help throw focus on that painful reality,” writes Toliver. “We need to encourage people to not look away from uncomfortable things, but instead breathe into that discomfort.”
Studio Ghibli Reveals New Details About ‘Aya And The Witch,’ Its First CG Feature
A twist: it may not come to cinemas at all.
Studio Ghibli’s Steve Alpert: Disney ‘Could Have Pushed The Ghibli Films Harder’ (Interview)
Ghibli’s former head of international speaks about the studio’s awkward relationship with Disney — and much more — ahead of the release of his memoir.
How To Create A ‘Scooby-Doo’ Haunted House: Step-By-Step With ‘Scoob!’ Production Designer Michael Kurinsky
Some tips to get started: push color, disregard how light really behaves, and don’t let the background upstage the characters.
The Best Animation Instagrams Of The Week
A look at animators on Instagram.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Utopia’ by Optical Arts
A journey through an imaginary Mausoleum in Chandigarh, Le Corbusier’s modernist city in Northern India.
Indie Animators Have Kept Busy During Lockdown. Here’s A Few Of The Things They’ve Made.
MC Hammer dishes out health advice, a British man reflects on lockdown in Beijing, and artists pay tribute to endangered species.
Watch The First Trailer For ‘Wish Dragon,’ A Co-Production Between Sony And China’s Base Animation
The film will be the first to come out as part of Sony Pictures Animation’s new international initiative.
Here Are The Biggest Animation Stories Of May 2020
It’s not all Covid. Honest.
‘Bob’s Burgers’ Meets Broadway: ‘Central Park’ Launches On Apple TV+ with Solid Reviews
The animated musical sitcom is one of Apple’s first forays into original animation.
Citing Coronavirus Impact, Technicolor Is Shutting Down Mill Film Brand, Merging Studio With Mr. X
An official statement says: “Covid-19 is changing the entertainment industry … The merger is a direct and necessary response.”
Rony Abovitz Resigns As CEO Of Troubled AR Company Magic Leap
Abovitz wanted to make a popular augmented-reality entertainment system. He failed.
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