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 …
While the Internet has killed off the print animation magazine (or at least the demand for such publications), it hasn’t yet diminished …
The Sundance Film Festival announced today their short film selections for the 2009 festival which runs January 15-25 in Park City, Utah. …
French animation school Gobelins has released the latest batch of their student films. From a purely technical standpoint, the quality of …
After surviving internment in concentration camps in the United States, these artists paved the way for Japanese-Americans in the animation industry.
Michael Sporn has a complete list of all the animated shorts eligible for an Oscar this year, along with links to their official …
Animation is such a ubiquitous part of our contemporary lives that it can no longer be confined to mere screen projection. It …
Gary is a French student CG film created by Clement Soulmagnon, Yann Benedi, Sebastien Eballard and Quentin Chaillet at Supinfocom. The …
Award-winning filmmaker Signe Baumane writes to tell me that yesterday somebody flagged her one-minute short The Very First Desire Now …
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 …
Animators beware! There’s a new collaborative animation project called Mass Animation that is asking animation artists (both pros and …
As part of the Atlanta Underground Film Festival, ASIFA-Atlanta will be presenting Animation Attack!. The three-screening series takes …
Selections were announced this week for the 2008 Ottawa International Animation Festival (September 17-21). Four features and 101 short …
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present Normand Roger on The Animation Soundtrack, on Sunday, August 10, at 7:30 …
This commercial simply blew me away. It was produced by The People’s Republic of Animation, an outstanding animation studio in Australia, …
Brooklyn’s homegrown cartoon festival Animation Block Party will return for its fifth edition from July 25-27. Over 100 animated shorts …
I’m a longtime fan of the incredible (and overlooked) stop motion paper cut-out animation sequences created by Bill Justice and Xavier …
Recently I became curious to find out what is the most viewed original piece of animation on YouTube. The answer turned out to be a bit …
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 …
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences new lobby exhibition, Ink & Paint, opens to the public on Friday May 16th. It highlights …
Digital animators and visual effects artists at Sony Pictures Imageworks created this unofficial short that shows two artists concerned …