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Ottawa 05 Preview

The Ottawa International Animation Festival (September 21-25, 2005) has issued a call for entries for its 2005 edition. Entry forms are …

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OSCAR NOMINEES

Here’s the raw list:Best animated feature film of the yearThe IncrediblesShark TaleShrek 2Best animated short filmBirthday Boy (An …

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AS A PUBLIC SERVICE…

The United Nations has announced the release this week of The Three Amigos, a series of 20 short, professionally produced animated Public …

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ANNIE AWARD NOMINEES

Asifa Hollywood announced it’s nominees for it’s annual Annie Awards today. The list is too long to post here but key nominees are:Best …

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NY Dispatch #2

The New York trip continues at breakneck pace. In fact, there’s so much left to do that I’ve extended my stay in NY for another week. …

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THE NEW MCBOING BOING

The latest issue of Animation Magazine has a blurb on the new Gerald McBoing Boing show being developed for Cartoon Network (U.S.) and …

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A Little Abstraction

It’s not often that a trailer for an abstract/non-narrative animated short interests me enough to want to write about it, but the trailer …

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Book Plugs

BREW pal, New York cartoonist/animator Mark Newgarden, has written a new book which I’m very much looking forward to picking up when it’s …

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Animated in Montreal

A couple cool cartoon finds to report from my recent sidetrip to Montreal. The first was my discovery of cartoonist La Palme. In one of …

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Design Books Galore

Illustrator Mark Frauenfelder’s recent post on Boing Boing about the forthcoming Jim Flora book is a reminder of what a wonderful time it …

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DVD Plugs

A few DVD’s of note that I’ve received in the mail recently: Politics and animation always seem to mix nicely, and the on-line short …

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Directed by Monkmus

Here’s Badly Drawn Boy’s “The Year of the Rat” music video as directed by Canadian animator Monkmus. I wasn’t familiar with Monkmus’ …

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UCLA FESTIVAL OF PRESERVATION

Every two years the UCLA Film and Television Archives opens it’s vaults and presents it’s latest restorations to the public in a gala …

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CUTTING EDGE CLASSICS

Shout Factory has released a second set of animated shorts from the Spike & Mike Festival archives,

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Must-Have McLaren

What is surely to be one of the must-have animation DVD releases of next year. In early-2005, the National Film Board of Canada will …

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MORE SCARY LICENSING SHOW STUFF

I’m still poring over all the Licesning Show material sent into the Brew by our New York spies.Warner Bros. KRYPTO THE SUPERDOG and THE …

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Annecy Report #2

There was an older gentleman sitting in front of me on the bus a couple days ago, and he was talking to some other folks about Harry …

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Annecy Report #1

I’d originally planned to write daily reports from Annecy, but there’s so much to see and do here that I’m not exactly finding a whole …

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