WarnerMedia is “doubling up” on local original content, catering to the Asian audiences’ hunger for it, says Giorgio Stock, Warner’s new chief in Asia. President of WarnerMedia entertainment networks distribution and advertising sales, EMEA and APAC spoke in Singapore on Tuesday Stock was delivering a keynote speech at the Asia TV Forum & Market. It[…..] […]
The British Academy Children’s Awards were held at London’s The Brewery on Sunday, December 1, crowning many worthy animated winners. Determined by BAFTA, the Awards celebrate the very best in children’s media from TV series to feature films, presenters and performers. A select list of winners follows. A full list of the nominees and winners[…..] […]
Council chaired by Singapore’s Minister for Communications and Information Mr S Iswaran to bolster thought leadership in the region SINGAPORE, 2 December 2019 – The Singapore Media Festival (SMF) today announced the launch of the Media International Advisory Council (IAC), which gathers top international industry leaders from the media sector to exchange views and develop insights[…..] […]
Organized by the State Press and Publication Administration, China Audiovisual and Digital Publishing Association, Hainan Provincial Press and Publication Bureau, Hainan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, and Hainan Provincial Science and Technology Department, the Annual Conference of Chinese Game Industry will be held from December 17th to 19th, 2019 at the Hilton Luneng Hotel, Haikou,[…..] […]
For Sama (Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts, United Kingdowm, 2019. 95 min., Best of Fests) has won the VPRO IDFA Audience Award (€ 5.000), the grand public prize of theInternational Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. The news was announced on Friday evening before screening the winning film in Pathé Tuschinski. For Sama For Sama is the first documentary by[…..] […]
The European Women’s Audiovisual Network (EWA) held an Industry Meetup in Brakke Grond’s Tuinzaal, where more than 50 participants gathered at round tables to discuss concrete steps that can be taken to tackle issues of access to women-led content, quotas for funding, workplace inequality, need for mutual support, and necessary structural changes. Tuesday, November[…..] […]
Shaun The Sheep: Farmageddon still. Image courtesy of Axis Studios. Howard Jones, co-founder and visual effects Supervisor at Axis Studios, wins his second BIFA award for best effects on Aardman Animation’s stop motion epic Shaun The Sheep: Farmageddon. The BIFA awards ceremony will take place December 1st in London. Axis Studios, known for their expertise[…..] […]
Arun Bhattarai’s project has won the $25,000 IF/Then Grand Prize, while two honorary mentions, each worth $2,000, have gone to Buried Dead Mountain by Primrin Puarat from Thailand and Cemetery of Green Souls by Polen Ly from Cambodia. The IF/Then Global Pitch for short film projects with a focus on climate change, organized by IDFA[…..] […]
Join us in this very special opening event at LIAF 2019 celebrating Female Figures and women making science fiction inspired, animated shorts. As accessible as the genre is, Sci-Fi is still viewed to be a ‘male’ genre. There are however many women artists who are as equally excited by the potential of scientific and technological[…..] […]
A comprehensive screening of the very best recently released British animation, including several world premieres. Check the pulse of the British animation scene, meet many of the filmmakers and see the films that will take British animation to the world. Nobody in the world screens more British animation than LIAF and this snapshot of the[…..] […]
