Books

2009 Animation Book Preview

While the Internet has killed off the print animation magazine (or at least the demand for such publications), it hasn’t yet diminished …

Events

Sundance Shorts Line-Up Announced

The Sundance Film Festival announced today their short film selections for the 2009 festival which runs January 15-25 in Park City, Utah. …

CGI

2008 Gobelins Student Films

French animation school Gobelins has released the latest batch of their student films. From a purely technical standpoint, the quality of …

Shorts

2008 Oscar-Eligible Animated Shorts

Michael Sporn has a complete list of all the animated shorts eligible for an Oscar this year, along with links to their official …

CGI

French student film Gary

Gary is a French student CG film created by Clement Soulmagnon, Yann Benedi, Sebastien Eballard and Quentin Chaillet at Supinfocom. The …

Ideas/Commentary

Mass Animation Project Pays

Some happy news to report today. The Mass Animation project that we mentioned here last week released a new set of details today on their …

Events

Animation Attack! in Atlanta

As part of the Atlanta Underground Film Festival, ASIFA-Atlanta will be presenting Animation Attack!. The three-screening series takes …

Events

Ottawa ’08 Film Selections

Selections were announced this week for the 2008 Ottawa International Animation Festival (September 17-21). Four features and 101 short …

Events

The Animation Soundtrack

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present Normand Roger on The Animation Soundtrack, on Sunday, August 10, at 7:30 …

Events

Animation Block Party ’08

Brooklyn’s homegrown cartoon festival Animation Block Party will return for its fifth edition from July 25-27. Over 100 animated shorts …

Disney

Disney’s Paper Cut-out Animation

I’m a longtime fan of the incredible (and overlooked) stop motion paper cut-out animation sequences created by Bill Justice and Xavier …

Books

The Art of Pixar’s Short Films

A while back I mentioned briefly on this site that I had been offered an opportunity to write a book for Pixar, and today I thought I’d …

Events

Academy Exhibit of Classic Animation

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences new lobby exhibition, Ink & Paint, opens to the public on Friday May 16th. It highlights …

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