6 Unmissable Events At This Week’s Ottawa International Animation Festival
The festival's program runs the gamut from indie to industry, tech talks to rare retrospectives.
The festival's program runs the gamut from indie to industry, tech talks to rare retrospectives.
"You have more control over the scope of the animation process," says Mik Kirchheiner of animating directly with a tablet.
The feature, which will be rooted in lore and mythology from del Carmen's native Philippines, is part of an exclusive overall deal the veteran story artist has signed with Netflix.
The slate also includes eight acquisitions and 25 further projects in development.
"The more you expand your own emotional journey through life, the more the movie gives back to you," says Desrumaux.
Veteran animator Dave Pruiksma ("Beauty and the Beast," "Aladdin") reflects on what he learned at Disney and why he set up an online school.
A tribute to the talents the community lost this year: animators and cartoonists, directors and producers, voice artists, dancers, and basketball players.
Says Bollinger: "Witnessing Daffy Duck coming apart at the seams as his world was deconstructed in front of him … it was sheer genius!"
These upcoming animated features are from Asia, South America, and Europe.
Please don't show this to the Walt Disney Company.
"Covid accelerated the rate at which we made this transition," said CEO Bob Chapek, "but [it] was going to happen anyway."
The tech setup will extend Weta's remote collaborative workflow to its crew all over the world.
She worked as a visual development artist, character designer, and story artist on most of Disney's 2d features of the 1990s.
Fansubs, conventions, hentai, corrupt Italian politicians — it's all in there.
A Chinese girl and her pet rabbit board a rocket to space in this new feature from Netflix and Pearl Studio.
After a decade of studying and working in Europe, show creator Cheng Li is pushing to bring new ideas into Chinese series.
The director and production designer of Netflix's latest animated feature talk about their creative approach and influences, from "Citizen Kane" to bats in toilets.
Get drunk with your director, treat them like a spouse, and be ready to annoy them. This worked for Nicolas Schmerkin, at least.
Padrón created Cuba's most enduring cartoon character, directed its first animated feature, and drew some of its most popular comics.
Uli Meyer speaks to Cartoon Brew about the challenges of adapting Ronald Searle's artwork to animation.