More digital, more diverse, more international: gamescom 2019 reaches more people around the world than ever before

Millions of people around the world follow gamescom 2019 373,000 visitors on-site in Cologne gamescom opening show: Opening Night Live becomes the highlight of gamescom 2019 Enormous support among attending political representatives for long-term, reliable federal funding for games gamescom 2020 takes place from 25 to 29 August in Cologne The many exciting innovations at[…..] […]

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‘Joker’ Wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, Roman Polanski Takes Runner-Up Prize

Todd Phillips’ dark supervillain origin story “Joker” has come up trumps at the Venice Film Festival, taking the Golden Lion from a jury headed by Argentine auteur Lucrecia Martel.It’s a rarity for a major Hollywood studio production to take the top prize at Venice, and unprecedented for a superhero-adjacent property to take any such honor,[…..] […]

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Announcing Blender Conference 2018 Sponsors

Once again Blender Conference is supported by some great companies, who are partnering with us to make it the best Blender community event of the year. Intel (main sponsor), Leonardo Render (titanium sponsor), Golem (gold sponsor), Reply Protocube (gold sponsor), Render Street and Sketchfab (silver sponsors) are helping us keep the quality as high as[…..] […]

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BLE Spotlights British Animation with Top Execs Keynote Panel

Brand Licensing Europe has announced the first of two keynotes that will take place at this year’s event. Storyboard: The Best of British Animation will spotlight the inspirational and aspirational creativity and success of some of the nation’s most prolific production studios with an eye-wateringly talented panel of experts. “Britain’s animation studios produce world leading[…..] […]

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Academy Plans ‘Princess and the Frog’ 10th Anniversary Screening

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its fall programming lineup this week for both Los Angeles and New York. Kicking off the season will be a special 10th anniversary presentation of Walt Disney Animation Studio’s The Princess and the Frog in Beverly Hills — with stellar voice talent and creative leads from[…..] […]

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Animation at LFF: ‘Abominable’ Set for Gala Screening

The 63rd BFI London Film Festival (LFF), in partnership with American Express, has announced its full program of 229 feature films from some of the world’s greatest filmmakers and emerging talent — seven of which are fully animated — as well as 116 shorts. For 12 days from October 2-13, the LFF will celebrate the[…..] […]

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Academy Investigating 9 Sci-Tech Areas for 2019

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that nine distinct scientific and technical investigations have been launched for 2019. These investigations are made public so that individuals and companies with devices or claims of innovation within these areas will have the opportunity to submit achievements for review in consideration for the Scientific[…..] […]

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Come to XRDC for expert insight on how AR/VR is transforming business!

Businesses around the world are adapting and upgrading to use the latest AR/VR/MR technologies, and that means there’s a ton of new opportunities on the horizon for experts and innovators in the field. You can find out all about them at XRDC, the premier AR/VR/MR industry event, which kicks off in October at the beautiful[…..] […]

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