The Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF 2019), an Academy Award-qualifying festival, is now open for film submissions. The festival, held October 18-22 in Bucheon, South Korea, accepts animated films in the following categories: Competition Feature, Short, Graduation and TV & Commissioned. Over KRW 46,000,000 (Approx.
Google Spotlight Stories, the award-winning experimental immersive storytelling studio behind the Academy Award-nominated short film Pearl and last year’s Oscar-shortlisted Age of Sail, is no more, according to an email sent out by GSS executive producer Karen Dufilho on Wednesday. “Google Spotlight Stories is shutting
‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ co-director Bob Persichetti served as head of story and voiced the role of Oooh Cat (pictured right) in the original 2011 ‘Puss In Boots.’ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse co-director Bob Persichetti has been signed to direct the sequel for DreamWorks Animation’s
On the heels of the studio’s Oscar win for best animated feature for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Sony has announced a fourth installment in director Genndy Tartakovsky’s Hotel Transylvania series, according to a post on Twitter from The Hollywood Reporter writer Borys Kit. Because kids
LOS ANGELES – Statuettes were handed out at the 91st Academy Awards Sunday night, with the Oscar for Best Animated Feature going to Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller for Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Pixar short Bao, directed by
Three Oscar-nominated animated features – ‘Incredibles 2,’ ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ and ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ were directed or co-directed by CalArts alumni. Source link
Following backlash from the American Society of Cinematographers and the American Cinema Editors, the Motion Picture Academy announces a return to its traditional format for the 91st Academy Awards telecast. Source link
Director Trevor Jimenez and production designer Chris Sasaki discuss their artistic process for bringing the Annie Award-winning hand-painted animated short film to the screen. Source link
The Motion Picture Academy garners backlash for relegating four craft awards to commercial breaks during the live telecast for the upcoming 91st Oscars. Source link
Animated Feature event to be hosted by DreamWorks Animation producer and Bonnie Arnold; USC School of Cinematic Arts professor Tom Sito to host Animated Short Film event. Source link