The Marrakech International Film Festival is honored to welcome filmmaker Robert Redford. The American director, producer, actor, and environmentalist confirms his presence at the 18th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival, which will be held from November 29th to December 7th, 2019. “It is a great honor to be invited to Marrakech, to meet creators and artists who will[…..] […]
Category: Events
VIEW Conference 2019: Celebrating the Best in Animation, VFX and Visual Storytelling
Grab your notepad and fashionable wool scarf; a packed roster of talent led by Brad Bird, Dean DeBlois and Rob Legato will rub elbows and share insights at the digital media conference and symposium set for October 21-25 in Turin, Italy. Jill Culton, writer and director of the DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studios co-production of[…..] […]
Tokyo Market is Finding New Strengths, Says Yasushi Shiina
Clouds on the global economic horizon and disruption to the scheduling of the event, have done little to dampen the interest of foreign visitors to TIFFCOM, Japan’s biggest film and TV market. Especially those from China, says market head, Yasushi Shiina. The market is again running at the Sunshine City shopping, entertainment and business complex[…..] […]
Manchester Animation Festival
Manchester Animation Festival is the UK’s largest Animation Festival dedicated celebration of the animated art form. Hosted at HOME in Manchester, the festival brings one of the UK’s biggest animation hubs together and invites the international community to join us to delight in all things animated. Manchester Animation Festival unites artists, practitioners, students and enthusiasts[…..] […]
Manimation 2019
Taking place in early days of the Manchester Animation Festival, Manimation is the UK animation community event focused solely on business development and longevity in the animation sector. This year Manimation brings together more animation production companies, producers, animators, writers and creative service providers with potential buyers from broadcasters, advertisers, creative agencies, corporate, distribution and[…..] […]
British Animation Awards
Every two years the animation community rally together for a night of celebration as the British Animation Awards hosts an awards ceremony for all that is great about animation in the UK. The next British Animation Awards will take place in March 2020 (exact date TBC) The British Animation Awards (BAA) celebrates UK animation, supporting,[…..] […]
Front Runner Productions takes “Live Differently” to MIPCOM strikes co-pro deal
Emerging Australian content company, Front Runner Productions, has secured a co-production agreement with FredBird Entertainment for the development of alternative lifestyle series “Live Differently”. The production team has also secured award winning producer, Julie Greene as Executive Producer for the project. Greene, was the Executive Producer and Executive Creative Director for the globally successful children’s[…..] […]
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS INKS BIGGEST EVER OPTION DEAL WITH BANIJAY GROUP
-Agreement to span 15 territories worldwide- -Follows success of Magnolia TV’s La Notte Dei Record– Cannes, 15 October 2019: Guinness World Records (GWR) has announced it will partner with Banijay Group in an international sales drive for its primetime family entertainment show format. The year-long deal marks the world-famous brand’s biggest option deal to date and will span[…..] […]
FREMANTLE AND HULU PARTNER TO TAKE BAGHDAD CENTRAL TO THE U.S.
LOS ANGELES, 14 October, 2019 – Fremantle today announced a new deal with Hulu to bring to the U.S. Produced by Fremantle’s UK drama label Euston Films, the six-part drama was written and created by BAFTA-nominated writer Stephen Butchard (The Last Kingdom, House of Saddam) based on the novel by Elliott Colla. Baghdad Central will[…..] […]
ITV STUDIOS AND ATRESMEDIA STUDIOS LAUNCH CO-DEVELOPED FAMILY FORMAT
MIPCOM, Cannes, 14 October, 2019 – ITV Studios and Atresmedia Studios have agreed a co-development deal for a new gameshow format Trust Me I’m A Six-Year-old. The alliance with Atresmedia Studios has seen the development team of ITV Studios label Possessed work with their counterparts at the Spanish company to create the exciting new format[…..] […]