Tag: AMPAS
97th Oscars Shortlists: All about the Animation & VFX Contenders
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 97th Academy Awards, including Animated Short Film and...
Motion Picture Academy Issues 487 New Membership Invites
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited 487 artists and executives to join its membership, which is charged with determining the...
New Oscars Rules Link Animation & International Feature Eligibility
The Academy’s Board of Governors has approved awards rules and campaign promotional regulations for the 97th Academy Awards.
For Academy Awards consideration, a feature film...
Academy Sets Ceremony, Key Dates for 97th Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC today announced the 97th Oscars will take place on Sunday, March 2, 2025. The...
Academy Splits Animated Features & Shorts into Their Own Branch; Sets Animation Nominees Panels
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) voted Monday, Feb. 26 to separate the existing "Short Films...
Manchester Animation Festival Becomes Oscar-Qualifying Competition
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has designated Manchester Animation Festival as an Academy Award®-qualifying festival on the Short Films Qualifying Festival...
Motion Picture Academy Invites 37 Members to Shorts & Animation Branch
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has issued its list of new member invitees, including dozens of talented filmmakers across animated short...
LAIKA President Travis Knight Appointed to Academy Museum’s Board of Trustees
Travis Knight, president and CEO of Portland-based animation studio LAIKA, has been appointed to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Board of Trustees.
The museum...
AMPAS Elects a New Board of Governors
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has a new Board of Governors. announced its newly elected Board of Governors. The governors will...
Academy Will Require Longer Theatrical Runs for Best Picture Oscar Eligibility
The Board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has approved a major change in eligibility rules for Best Picture beginning with...
95th Academy Awards: ‘Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio;’ ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ Win Animation Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented the 95th Academy Awards (oscars.org) on Sunday, March 12, broadcasting live from the Dolby Theatre in...
Academy Invites 397 to Membership for 2022
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 397 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves...
Marlon West, Paul Debevec Among Newly Elected AMPAS Board of Governors
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced its newly elected 2022–2023 Board of Governors. The governors will take office at the...
Animayo Closes Successful Live Event with Double the Oscar-Qualifying Honors
In a note to Animayo Gran Canaria 2022 participants, festival director & producer Damián Perea congratulated the events' top-notch speakers, visiting schools and studio...
Oscars: Animated Short & Other Categories Forego Live Announcements in ‘Tighter’ Ceremony’
In a letter to AMPAS members, Academy President David Rubin revealed that this year's 94th Oscars ceremony is aiming for a 'tighter and more...
Visual Effects Society Announces Special 2021 Honorees
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry's global professional honorary society, announced today its newest Honorary Members, VES Fellows and inductees into the VES...
VES Names 2021 Special Honorees
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s global professional honorary society, announced the Society’s newest Lifetime members and this year’s recipients of the VES...
‘Step into the River’ Wins Top Prize at Palms Springs ShortFest
The 2021 Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its Festival juried award winners as part of Closing Night at the Camelot Theatres (Palm Springs Cultural...
VFX Master Rob Legato to Receive HPA Lifetime Achievement Award
The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) has announced that Robert Legato, the legendary visual effects supervisor and renowned creative, will receive the organization’s Lifetime Achievement...
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Japan Foundation to Screen 3 Kyoto Animation Films
The Los Angeles arts and culture center will pay tribute to the victims of the KyoAni arson...
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