Although held in my own backyard, I haven’t attended the Beijing International Film Festival for a while. But last week I had good reason to peel myself away from work and family obligations to attend this year’s festival, for the sake of an invitation and
LUDWIGSBURG, GERMANY– With more than 280 events and the top-notch FMX Forum, there is much to explore in the FMX 2019 schedule. The most recent conference programming announcement includes newly confirmed presentations on Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame and Captain Marvel as well as the ITFMX screening
TRIVANDRUM, INDIA — Toonz Media Group has announced the 2019 edition of its Animation Masters Summit (AMS), being held May 3 – 4 at the TechnoPark Campus in the city of Trivandrum, Kerala in Southern India. Since 1999, Toonz has celebrated annually the ‘Art of
The 2019 VIEW Conference is now accepting submissions for its 2019 film competitions: the VIEW Award 2019 for short animated films with its €2,000 first prize, and the ItalianMix award for short Italian films. Professionals or students, individuals or groups may submit entries and compete. Entries must be 2D or 3D animated films of 30
LONDON — Animated Women UK, an organization supporting women in the UK’s VFX and animation industries, announced that its Helen North Achieve Programme is open for entries. The program focuses on supporting women in the VFX and animation industries to achieve their potential. Applications for the
LAIKA CEO Travis Knight on the set of ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ which he produced and directed. Travis Knight, CEO of Portland’s LAIKA Studios, whose fifth and latest stop-motion / CG feature, Missing Link, opened to a less than stellar box office this past
SAN FRANCISCO — Fresh off the heels of a successful Game Developers Conference (GDC 2019), Unity Technologies, creator of the world’s most widely used real-time 3D development platform, today announced that Unity 2019.1 is now available to creators worldwide. Unity 2019.1 includes almost 300 new
LAIKA’s new animated comedy-adventure, Missing Link, got off to a rough start at the box office in its opening weekend, generating just $5.8 million, according to Box Office Mojo estimates. Tracking estimates had put the film between $10-$15 million, which while modest, still proved highly
With today’s release of their fifth animated feature, the stop-motion/CG hybrid tour de force Missing Link, LAIKA brings to audiences the studio’s most ambitious, expansive and funniest film to date. One of the industry’s most creative and technologically innovative animation studios, LAIKA has once again
Marvel Studios’ ‘Avengers: Endgame’ is in theaters April 26. Fresh off of a history-making awards season, SIGGRAPH 2019 has announced Marvel Studios executive vice president of production Victoria Alonso as its keynote speaker. SIGGRAPH 2019 will run July 28 – August 1 in downtown Los