Academy Board of Governors announces new rules impacting animated features and shorts as well as a name change for the foreign language film category. By AWN Staff Editor | Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 11:17am LOS ANGELES — The Academy’s Board of Governors has approved Oscars rules for the 92nd Academy Awards. Notable changes and updates are as[…..] […]
8th annual three-day juried festival in Baltimore, Maryland will feature the world’s most cutting-edge, quirky, and boundary-pushing animation. By AWN Staff Editor | Friday, April 26, 2019 at 4:30pm Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, now in its 8th year, is expanding to a weekend-long event. The festival takes place October 18-20, 2019 in Baltimore, Maryland and will focus primarily[…..] […]
By Animation Magazine | April 26, 2019 With the Cannes Film Festival and Market happening this month (May 23-25), we thought it would be a good time to take a look at some of the indie and international animated features that are wrapping up their final funding stages and getting ready for their big-screen close-ups. Here are[…..] […]
OIAF brings together regional, national and international animation communities, providing a forum to share and exchange expertise. By AWN Staff Editor | Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 12:31pm Every September, the Ottawa International Animation Festival presents the world’s most cutting-edge, quirky and important animation — and transforms Ottawa into the centre of the animation universe. From September 25-29[…..] […]
Back-to-back episodes on Disney XD and DisneyNOW cross time and dimensions using different animation techniques to visually support the storytelling. By AWN Staff Editor | Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 1:08pm In a multipart story arc airing back-to-back on Disney XD and DisneyNOW, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout! kicks off Sunday, May 5 (9:30–10:30 p.m. EDT/PDT). The[…..] […]
Platform: Nintendo Switch Genre: Action, Mecha Developer: GameTomo and GameCrafterTeam Publisher: GameTomo Release Date: May 16, 2019 (Switch) Price: $19.99 Supported languages: English, Japanese Website: https://www.gametomo.co.jp/nimbus-switch-en OVERVIEW With its intense high-speed dogfights in mech-based ‘Battle Frames’, Project Nimbus: Complete Edition, is the definitive Mecha battle game for Nintendo Switch™! DESCRIPTION Inspired by the Gundam, Macross and Ace[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | April 24, 2019 Organizers of the 2019 Annecy Festival (June 10-15) have confirmed that two eagerly awaited works are joining the official feature film competition. Recently confirmed for the Festival de Cannes (May 14-25), I Lost My Body and The Swallows of Kabul will enliven the line-up, Artistic Director Marcel Jean announced. I Lost My Body, by Jérémy[…..] […]
Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson take London by storm, with style, in the latest ‘MIB’ franchise effort, hitting theatres June 14th. By Dan Sarto | Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 10:42am With all the bravado, panache and fashion sense associated with the Men in Black franchise, Tessa Thompson, as Agent M, and Chris Hemsworth, as Agent H, take the fight[…..] […]
PARTNERSHIP WITH NORDIC GAMES BRINGS EVEN MORE COMPETITION TO LATIN AMERICA PREMIER INDIE GAMES EVENT São Paulo, Brazil, April 23, 2019 — Brazil’s Independent Games (BIG) Festival, the largest indie gaming expo in Latin America, announced today that it will be closing the submissions for its award section on April 26th. This is the last date[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | April 23, 2019 It’s a big day for Baobab Studios as the Annie Award-winning virtual reality animation studio reveals its first trailer, innovative interactive narrative systems and Tribeca Film Festival activities for upcoming VR experience, Bonfire. The debut trailer showcases its main character Debbie, voiced by comedian, writer and actress Ali Wong, as well[…..] […]
