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‘Clash’ Short ‘Lost & Crowned’ Scores Oscar Qualification
Lost & Crowned, the CG animated short film from Spanish writer-director Borja Peña Gorostegui, has qualified for Oscar consideration. The production team revealed the...
Magic Light Brings Beloved ‘Gruffalo’ & ‘Zog’ Characters Back in BBC Idents
Magic Light Pictures, the multi-Oscar-nominated production company, has been providing festive family treats to BBC audiences for more than a decade. This year, the...
Watch: Peter Ramsey Shares Career Lows and Highs on ‘Faceplant’
Ever since Sony Pictures Animation's widely acclaimed Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse first swung into theaters 2018, co-director Peter Ramsey has been in hot demand...
Palm Springs Int’l ShortFest: ‘The Fabric of You’ Wins Oscar-Qualifying Animation Prize
The 2020 Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its Festival juried award winners, chosen from the 332 shorts films that were part of the Official...
Disney+ Pixar Short ‘Out’ Stars Studio’s First Gay Main Character
A new film from the Pixar Animation Studios SparkShorts program of home-grown, experimental storytelling (Purl, Kitbull) has bowed on Disney+ and broken through a...
Kobe Bryant, NBA All Star & Animated Short Oscar Winner, Dies in Helicopter Crash
Sports icon Kobe Bryant, an 18-time NBA All Star who helped the Los Angeles Lakers to five championship wins, died Sunday morning in a...
Factory Toons Up ‘Mimi and the Mountain Dragon’ for a Musical Holiday Special
U.K-based animation studio Factory is best known for producing series such as Clangers, Scream Street, Newzoids and Norman Picklestripes. This month, along with Leopard...
News Bytes: Lost Miyazaki T-Day Toon, 30th Award for ‘Memorable’, KyoAni to Demo Burned Studio & More
Spike Lee to Direct 1980s-Set Hip-Hop 'Romeo & Juliet' Tale 'Prince of Cats'
The BlacKkKlansman helmer has signed on to direct the Legendary Ent. adaptation...
The View from the Top: 2019’s Top Feature Directors Talk Animation Today
As Oscar season kicks into gear, Animation Magazine caught up with some of the talented directors who helped bring the year’s most compelling animated...
‘Inside LAIKA and the Art of Missing Link’ Pop-Up Arrives in LA
It’s commonly believed that award season voters have a short memory, and they need to be reminded of the great movies that were released...
‘Hellboy’ Creator Builds ‘Forever House’ Animation Anthology
Mike Mignola, creator of acclaimed comic-book and film favorite Hellboy, is teaming up with Ben and Max Berkowitz (Not a Billionaire) and Rick and...
‘Frozen 2’ Special Look Ventures “Into the Unknown”
The original soundtrack for Disney’s hotly anticipated Frozen sequel has launched pre-orders (as well as pre-save on Spotify and pre-add on Apple Music) with...
Journey to the Enchanted Forest in New ‘Frozen 2’ Trailer, Stills
How do you create a mind-blowing sequel to the Oscar-winning, No. 1 grossing animated feature of all time? Audiences are about to find out,...
Rob Brydon, Sally Hawkins & Diana Rigg Set Sail with ‘The Snail and the Whale’
Multi-Oscar-nominated production company Magic Light Pictures (The Gruffalo, The Highway Rat, Revolting Rhymes) is continuing its tradition of providing animated holiday specials for the...
‘The Faith Journal Project’ Crowdfunds for Faith Hubley Installation
Marking the 95th anniversary of the birth of acclaimed animator Faith Hubley (1924-2001), a crowdfunding campaign has been launched to support the creation of...
41 Shorts from 20 Countries Selected for 3D Wire Fest
Spain’s 3D Wire Fest will feature a total of 41 short films in its 2019 edition -- 32 in the international competition and nine...
LAIKA Taps Universal Vet David Burke as CMO
Film industry veteran David Burke has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Oscar-winning animation studio LAIKA, creators of Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo...
BLE Spotlights British Animation with Top Execs Keynote Panel
Brand Licensing Europe has announced the first of two keynotes that will take place at this year’s event. Storyboard: The Best of British Animation...
TIFF: ‘Extinct’ Adds Voice Cast, J.K. Simmons Joins ‘Seal Team’
U.S.-Chinese animated comedy feature Extinct has announced key voice cast members ahead of its sales launch at Toronto Int’l Film Festival. International sales agent...
Japan Picks ‘Weathering with You’ as Int’l Feature Oscar Entry
The Japan Motion Picture Producers Association (known as Eiren) announced Monday that Makoto Shinkai’s new hit animated feature Weathering with You will represent the...
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