By Mercedes Milligan | February 14, 2019 After kicking off in 2017 and returning for an even more successful 2018, GKIDS and Fathom Events are continuing their collaboration to bring Studio Ghibli Fest back for 2019. A new and expanded selection of nine celebrated animated films will screen in U.S. cinemas throughout the year. The series[…..] […]
Entries now being accepted for 16th annual edition, set to run September 20-22, 2019. By AWN Staff Editor | Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 6:04pm Organizers of New York’s Animation Block Party 2019 have announced that they are now accepting submissions for this year’s 16th annual edition, which will run September 20-22. This summer’s fest will feature the[…..] […]
WIA Vice President Jinko Gotoh announces and honors recipients at the 2019 BRIC Talent and Innovation Summit. By Jennifer Wolfe | Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 12:00pm LOS ANGELES — This past Saturday, at the 2019 BRIC Talent and Innovation Summit, Women in Animation vice president Jinko Gotoh announced the recipients of this year’s WIA Scholarship — April Apodaca, Mariyah Rahman[…..] […]
The year’s best work in children’s television and digital media was recognized by the global kids entertainment industry at the annual Kidscreen Summit in Miami. By AWN Staff Editor | Wednesday, February 13, 2019 MIAMI — At last night’s high-profile presentation event at Kidscreen Summit 2019, hosted by renowned actor/comedian Craig Lauzon and exclusively sponsored by the Canada[…..] […]
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[…..] […]
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,[…..] […]
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[…..] […]
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[…..] […]
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”[…..] […]
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[…..] […]
