LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its newly elected 2019 – 2020 Board of Governors. They will assume their posts July 1. Newly elected to the Board: Ellen Kuras, Cinematographers Branch Ruth Elaine Carter, Costume Designers Branch Donna Gigliotti,
In an awards ceremony held at the Bonlieu this past Friday evening, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival announced their Special Prize winners for 2019. 14 awards for animated shorts and feature films were presented. Girl in the Hallway, by Valerie Barnhart, took home the
The 43rd Annecy International Animation Film Festival wrapped up earlier this evening, with 20 prizes awarded across a range of features, shorts, TV programs and VR experiences. Record attendance (12,300 badge holders meant lots of foot traffic and extremely long session queues) showed that again
CHICAGO — SIGGRAPH 2019 has announced the award winners and lineup of 24 short films, breakdowns, scientific visualizations, advertisements, and more, set to appear in the Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater next month. Showcasing the latest in computer graphics, the one-night-only Electronic Theater event will
The 29th World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb 2019 closed Saturday at Tuškanac cinema. After over 400 screened films and many side events in six festival days, the most festive moment came – the best authors and films were announced. In the Grand
The €100,000 CineCoPro Award is the most generous award for German co-producers of international co-productions. It will be presented as part of a curated competition at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2019. This year at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN, the €100,000 CineCoPro Award will be presented. As many as ten
TRIVANDRUM, INDIA — Toonz Media Group’s 2019 Animation Masters Summit has concluded its successful, two-day edition in celebration of the Art of Animation. Under the theme, “Connecting Content: Seeing the Big Picture,” this year’s summit brought together an exciting line-up of master speakers from the
‘Gun Shop,’ by Patrick Smith. ASIFA-East held its 50th Annual Animation Festival Awards Ceremony on Sunday, May 5, handing out awards across a variety of categories and crafts, from student, commercial, and independent entries to excellence in writing, design, and animation. The awards ceremony, which included
LOS ANGELES — The Academy’s Board of Governors has approved Oscars rules for the 92nd Academy Awards. Notable changes and updates are as follows: In the Animated Feature category, the theatrical release of eight eligible animated features in the calendar year is no longer required
Montreal — The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has announced The Tesla World Light, an animated short directed by Matthew Rankin, is now streaming free of charge worldwide on NFB.ca, Facebook and YouTube. The film has won 10 awards and screened as an official