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Spoof Talk Show Fronted by an Animated Vladimir Putin Coming to the BBC
Produced by Phil McIntyre Television and Framestore for BBC Two, Tonight with...
John Kilshaw Joins Framestor as Snr. VFX Supervisor & TV Creative Director
Framestore has brought on board experienced visual effects supervisor and creative director John Kilshaw. Based in New York, Kilshaw will continue to build Framestore’s...
Toonz Media Group Takes Majority Stake in Telegael
India-based Toonz Media Group has acquired a majority stake in the Emmy winning, full-service production house Telegael (Ireland), extending the group’s global entertainment footprint...
WildBrain Appoints Elia Bouthors as Strategy & Innovation Director
WildBrain, a leading digital kids’ network and studio, has appointed Elia Bouthors to the position of Strategy and Innovation Director, effective immediately. In this...
Animation Production Days Wraps on Optimistic Note
The 13th edition of Animation Production Days drew to a close in Stuttgart Friday night. During the course of the two-day event, about 800...
Sarah Muller Rejoins BBC Children’s, Alice Webb to Head Education Division
Sarah Muller will be rejoining BBC Children’s as Head of Acquisition & Animation, taking over from Jackie Edwards following her departure to head the...
Spring Market Fever: Animation Execs View the Global Scene from MIPTV
The spring market season officially kicks off this month with the arrival of the international content market MIPTV in Cannes, France (April 8-11). The...
BFI Opens Applications for £57M Young Audiences Contents Fund
The BFI launched on Monday the U.K. Government’s Young Audiences Content Fund (YACF), and revealed the team, led by Head of Fund Jackie Edwards,...
Amy Bench’s ‘A Line Birds Cannot See’ Animates a DACA Child’s Journey
In an emotional short rendered in rich pastel-inspired animation, filmmaker Amy Bench delves into the story of a child immigrant’s terrifying journey to a...
Irish Animation Awards Announces 2019 Winners
The 2019 Irish Animation Awards were held Saturday in Dingle, with Paper Panther Productions striding to the fore with three awards: Best Animation, Best...
Sun & Moon Studios Resurrects ‘Doctor Who: The Macra Terror’ in Animation
Bristol-based Sun & Moon Studios is doing its part to help close the 97-episode gap of lost Doctor Who adventures in the BBC’s archives,...
Daytime Emmy Nominees: ‘Elena of Avalor,’ ‘Watership Down’ Lead Animation
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 46th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on CBS show The Talk Wednesday....
Animation Dingle Welcomes Nora Twomey, Bonnie Arnold for Stellar 7th Edition
The enchanting Irish coastal town of Dingle will once again welcome the animation world to its hearths this weekend for the seventh Animation Dingle...
TV & Streaming News Round Up 4
Catch up with Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.
Boat Rocker Studios (Canada), the BBC (U.K.) and UYoung (China) have teamed up to co-produce...
Cartoon Movie 2019: A New European Renaissance
***This article originally appeared in the March '19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 288)***
The 21st Edition of Cartoon Movie puts 66 new animated features...
UCL, Open City Docs Introduce VR Animation Short Course to UK
University College London (UCL) is launching a new, six-week short course on “Creating Animation in Virtual Reality” next month, offering students an opportunity to...
Natalie Setton Named SVP Global Content Distribution for Genius Brands
Genius Brands International continues to expand its global distribution business to support preschool series Rainbow Rangers and Llama Llama, appointing Natalie Setton as Senior...
21st Cartoon Movie Returns to Bordeaux with 325 Films Financed
The international animated feature film co-production forum Cartoon Movie will hold its 21st edition March 5-7, returning to Bordeaux in France’s Nouvelle-Aquitaine region for...
Magic Light Pictures Hops to ‘Velveteen Rabbit’ Hybrid Adaptation
Magic Light Pictures, the award-winning outfit behind the The Gruffalo specials, Room on the Broom and Highway Rat, is developing a new adaptation of...
Big Bad Boo Partners with Hope Works for Shorts
New York and Vancouver-based Big Bad Boo Studios (1001 Nights, The Bravest Knight) has partnered with U.K.-based children’s mental health initiative Hope Works to...
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