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11 Ways Animation Festivals Can Support Filmmakers
A filmmaker offers a few tips for festivals to attract animators—and ensure that they keep coming back.
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Unreal Encourages Filmmakers To Use Its Game Engine
Unreal's game development toolset is now free for filmmakers and artists.
Filmmaker Leah Shore Reviews ‘The SpongeBob Movie’ in Comic Form
An experimental comic-review of "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" by filmmaker Leah Shore.
Indiegogo and Vimeo Form Partnership to Support Filmmakers
Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced a partnership with Vimeo last weekend at Sundance that will make the video-hosting site as the preferred distribution platform for films funded on Indiegogo.
Sony Releases Free Zombie Character Rig from ‘Hotel Transylvania’
In a nice bit of Halloween-themed marketing savvy, Sony has released a free character rig of a zombie bellhop from "Hotel Transylvania."
Interview: John Canemaker on Discovering Disney’s Moviemaking Secrets
Animation historian John Canemaker talks about the process and challenges of creating the monumental new biography "The Lost Notebook: Herman Schultheis & the Secrets of Walt Disney's Movie Magic."
‘New Yorker’ Makes Animator Profiles Available For Free
As part of their website redesign, the "New Yorker" has made every article they've published since 2007 available for free on their website, including some animation-related pieces.
Why Filmmakers Should Apply For JAPIC’s Animation Artist Residency in Tokyo
The Japan Image Council has opened its call for applications for the Animation Artist In Residence Tokyo 2015. If you’ve had a film that has screened in an international festival or exhibition, I strongly encourage you to apply. As a previous resident of the program, I frequently find myself thinking about my wonderful experience in the residency.
Submit to Cartoon Brew’s 5th Student Animation Festival
For the fifth year in a row, we are pleased to announce our annual Cartoon Brew Student Film Festival. The mission for the festival is simple: to honor student-produced animated shorts and share them with the widest possible community of industry decision-makers, fellow students, and animation enthusiasts from around the world.
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 …
“Free Birds” Debuts with $15.8 Million
"Free Birds," the first animated feature from Reel FX, debuted in fourth place with an estimated $16.2 million at U.S. theaters.
“Free Birds” Reader Talkback
Dallas animation studio Reel FX makes their big splash into animated features this weekend with the release of their first film Free …
NFB Presents Get Animated!, An Online Showcase of Free Shorts
Yesterday, in honor of International Animation Day, the National Film Board of Canada launched a month-long online showcase of animated …
How Filmmakers Use Unscripted Audio in Animation: A Survey From “Moonbird” to “Waltz with Bashir”
One of the better-known shorts made by John and Faith Hubley is Moonbird, from 1959. This film came about when the Hubleys made a secret …
Read This If You Want to Make Cartoons While Living in Tokyo for Free
The Japan Image Council (JAPIC) has announced that they are now accepting applications for their “Animation Artist in Residence Tokyo …
NFB’s Free McLaren’s Workshop iPad App is a Must-Download
McLaren’s Workshop is a free iPad app from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) that provides access to over fifty films by …
Submit to Cartoon Brew’s 4th Student Animation Festival
It’s that time of year again. Our annual call for entries for Cartoon Brew’s 4th Student Film Festival, a yearly showcase of outstanding …
Cartoon Brew Gets Its Own Podcast: The Frenzer Foreman Animation Forum
You’ve read Cartoon Brew for years, but starting next week, you’ll be able to hear it, too. Welcome Joel Frenzer and Alan Foreman, …
Vimeo On Demand Lets Filmmakers Sell Their Videos Direct to Audiences
Last week at SXSW, Vimeo announced that Don Hertzfeldt will be among the introductory group of filmmakers to use their new Vimeo On …
Get Your Free, Interactive Making Of “ParaNorman” Book
To support its bid for a Best Animated Feature Oscar, Focus Features has released an interactive “making of” ParaNorman booklet. The …
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