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“I wasn’t aiming for realism,” says "MirrorMask" director Dave McKean. “CG can go anywhere and be anything, [but] so much of it is just trying to be photoreal, and that seems a very narrow target."
The Sony Pictures Animation film is the best start for a Netflix original animated feature since the March release of "Plankton: The Movie."
Singing, instrument-playing stop-motion rabbits, dripping paints, felt, and an urban landscape made of wood and found materials, "Weeping Monolith" is a wondrous sensory overload.
Four "Zootopia" shorts using "traditional Chinese animation techniques" will debut in China this November.
"The ultimate challenge," said co-director Chris Appelhans, "is that pop music, above all, needs to be a bop and it needs to be hooky, and it needs to be irresistible."
On this week's livestream, we're celebrating what has become an increasingly rare occurrence in Hollywood: the release of original animated features.
Aaron Guzikowski ("Raised by Wolves," "Prisoners") is attached to write the film.
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, directors of the iconic 'Madame Tutli-Putli,' are back with their latest stop-motion film that pushes the art form to new places.
"The Chuck E. Cheese Christmas Special" will debut later this year.
Animaj's business model is unique compared to other animation AI startups because it is also a content company that owns and monetizes children's IP.
Festivals and events, writes Matt Jones, must "evolve beyond their current model of celebration without substance."
"Let us live; let us go home; stop the bombs," said Annecy's artistic director Marcel Jean at Saturday night's closing ceremony.
The film is scheduled to release in summer 2027.
The network also announced a new series in development by Genndy Tartakovsky, among other announcements.
BAFTA-nominated screenwriter John August ("Corpse Bride," "Frankenweenie") is writing the film.
A deep dive into three new indie Canadian features screening at Annecy.
Midjourney founder David Holz has previously admitted that his product is "a big scrape of the internet" and that he has stolen hundreds of millions of images without permission from rightsholders.
The residency is set to launch in 2027 in the city of Annecy.
The film, which premiered at Cannes last month, is screening in competition at Annecy this week.
Here's a look at the exciting new features in Harmony 25.