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42nd Annie Award Nominations Announced: Complete List
Laika's "The Boxtrolls" topped the noms with a total of thirteen; the awards will be handed out January 31, 2015, in Los Angeles, California.
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‘Blue Umbrella’ Director Saschka Unseld Joins Passion NY
Saschka Unseld, who conceived and directed the Pixar short "The Blue Umbrella," has moved to the East Coast to become the creative director of Passion New York,
Interview: Anim’est Festival Director Mihai Mitrică on Romania’s Budding Animation Scene
While animation has been made in Romania for many decades and the country has even produced some internationally recognized figures like Ion Popescu-Gopo, the contemporary animation scene hadn't received much exposure until the founding of the Anim'est festival.
CBTV Student Fest: ‘Epilogue to a Breakup’ by Guy Elnathan
After a harsh breakup, our hero, Guy, decides to leave it all and fly to New Zealand hoping to find true love. However, he must first defeat his inner demons before he can put the past behind him.
Alvy Ray Smith, Glen Keane, and Tom McGrath To Headline VIEW Conference
The VIEW Conference, which is the largest computer graphics event in Italy, has announced the line-up for its 15th annual conference, which will take place October 14 to 17 in Turin (Torino), Italy.
The Revolution in Interactive Storytelling Has Arrived, and Surprise, Google Is Behind It
Last week, Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group released the second animated short, Buggy Night, in its Spotlight Stories, a …
Animation Breakdown’s Alex McDonald and Kevin Sukho Lee on Launching A New Festival
The Los Angeles indie animation event of the season takes place tomorrow, Saturday March 8th, at The Cinefamily. Animation Breakdown Roundup! is a collection of over two dozen shorts by seasoned indie stars (Vince Collins, Emily Hubley), current filmmakers (Kirsten Lepore, Takeshi Murata, Devin Flynn, Allison Schulnik, Galen Pehrson, Amy Lockhart, Matt & Paul Layzell, Garrett Davis, Charles Huettner, Caleb Wood, Alex Schubert) and next-wavers (Peter Millard, Sean Buckelew, Quique Rivera Rivera.)
Let’s Talk About the Animation in “The Lego Movie”
Attempting to predict box office results is a fool’s errand, but it’s safe to say at this point that The Lego Movie, which opens this …
Animation Oscar Nominations: Full Coverage
See which animated features, shorts, and VFX films from 2013 are nominated for an Oscar!
“Animation For Adults” Film Series Will Screen in Los Angeles
Beginning next Thursday and continuing through January 25, the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles will present the film series "Animation for Adults."
Complete List of 2013 Annie Award Nominations
Seven animated features lead the nominations for ASIFA-Hollywood's 41st Annie Awards.
Director Jimmy Hayward Talks “Free Birds”
Earlier this month, Dallas-headquartered Reel FX released their first animated feature Free Birds. Over its first three weekends in …
Book Review: “The Noble Approach: Maurice Noble and the Zen of Animation Design”
"The Noble Approach: Maurice Noble and the Zen of Animation Design" ranks among the most unique and delightful animation books in recent memory.
13 Animation Directors You Might Not Have Known Also Voiced Characters
Whether it be for lack of budget or a desire to take center stage, TV series creators lending their own voices to their animated …
“Brain Divided” by Josiah Haworth, Joon Shik Song & Joon Soo Song
Welcome to the fourth annual Cartoon Brew Student Animation Festival. Every Monday morning for the next eight weeks we’ll be debuting …
Your Guide to Animation Events at San Diego Comic-Con (Day 1)
This morning, Comic-Con International: San Diego released the event schedule for Thursday, July 18th, the first day of programming at the …
Annecy Film Festival Review by Bill Plympton
Bill Plympton, the King of Indie Animation, shares his experiences from the world's largest animation festival, Annecy.
“Monsters University” and “Blue Umbrella” Reader Talkback
Pixar’s fourteenth feature film, Monsters University, opens this weekend in the U.S. and many other countries. The film, directed by Dan …
2015 Award Season Tracker
Cartoon Brew will regularly update this page with information about the contenders for various end-of-year animation awards, including …
Bob Godfrey, RIP
Bob Godfrey, the Oscar-winning director of animated shorts and creator of beloved TV shows like "Roobarb" and "Henry's Cat," is dead at 91.
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