The Film Ticket Prices Soared during the 2019 Spring Festival while the Box Office Did not

Various problems appeared in the Spring Festival in 2019, including the withdrawing of movies due to “technical problems”, the unusually high price of film tickets, and thefts of film copyrights. Viewing from the box office, the score of 5.844 billion (the Spring Festival is from New Year’s Eve to the sixth day, the same below) is[…..] […]

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Computer Graphics Conference SIGGRAPH 2019 to Focus on How Technology Helps Us Thrive

Submissions Open for Summer Event in Los Angeles CHICAGO—Under the leadership of Conference Chair Mikki Rose, Senior Fur Technical Director at Blue Sky Studios, SIGGRAPH 2019 seeks submissions that cater to a central concept: Thrive. In its 46th year, the conference is set for 28 July–1 August 2019 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles,[…..] […]

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Pact announces 2019 UK China Creative Exchange

Eleven leading Chinese executives to visit production companies across the UK as part of a co creation week between March 11th–15th (31st January 2019 – London) Pact, the UK leading producers trade association, today announces the third edition of its UK China Creative Exchange programme – a collaborative project that aims to foster deeper engagement between[…..] […]

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Google Cloud, Sony Pictures Imageworks Collaborate on Open-Source OpenCue

Open-source, high-performance render manager based on Sony’s in-house queuing system, Cue 3, is purpose-built for the needs of the visual effects and animation industry. By Jennifer Wolfe | Friday, January 25, 2019 at 11:30am   Google Cloud, in collaboration with Sony Pictures Imageworks, has announced OpenCue, an open-source, high-performance render manager specifically built for the needs of the[…..] […]

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Chinese Animation Short Competes for Oscar, Production Team Claiming its Inspiration Came from Chinese Female Astronauts

On January 22, local time, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially announced the 91st Oscar nomination list. The “Break the Sky” from Wuhan Taihao animation production was shortlisted for the final five short films of Oscar’s best animated shorts. The other four films that will compete with Skyrim include “The Afternoon Time”[…..] […]

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‘Zootopia’-Themed Expansion Coming to Shanghai Disney

By AWN Staff Editor | Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 10:31am Construction to begin later this year on first-ever Disney park ‘land’ based on 2016 Oscar-winning animated feature. The first-ever Zootopia-themed land at any Disney park is coming to Shanghai Disneyland, with construction slated to begin later in 2019, the company announced yesterday. Based on Disney’s 2016 Oscar-winning[…..] […]

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Inaugural BRIC Summit Supports Next Gen Creative Leaders

By Mercedes Milligan |January 24, 2019     A new event aimed at uplifting a new generation of diverse talents, BRIC Talent and Innovation Summit will hold its inaugural edition on Saturday, February 9 in Downtown Los Angeles.The all-day interactive summit will bring together a community of thought provokers and industry disruptors from different facets of[…..] […]

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91st Academy Awards: Animated Feature, Short Film and VFX Oscar Nominees React

Contenders in the animated feature, animated short film and visual effects categories share their initial reactions to their nominations for Oscar gold. By Jennifer Wolfe | Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 1:21pm Each year, we greet the annual Oscar nomination reveal with excitement and perhaps just a touch of anxiety — huddled around our computer screens, we[…..] […]

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2019 César Award Nominees Announced

By Mercedes Milligan | January 23, 2019 The Academy of Cinema Arts & Sciences in France has unveiled the nominees for the 44th César Awards — the nation’s equivalent to the Oscars. Overall, the race is lead by Gilles Lellouche’s men’s synchronized swim team dramedy Sink or Swim and Xavier Legrand’s broken home drama Custody with 10 nominations each, followed by[…..] […]

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Entering the Test Phase: Google Chrome Will Support Windows MR

    In the past few years, Microsoft has been focusing on the Windows Mixed Reality platform, which combines virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) into a more affordable package. Since its launch, Windows Mixed Reality support has been adopted by games and productivity software, including Steam and (to be the Chrome Brothers) Microsoft[…..] […]

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