Paper Owl Films opens new Belfast studio

The new space will foster growth and international collaborations. Multi award-winning and BAFTA-nominated independent producer Paper Owl Films has opened a new studio in Belfast to meet the needs of the company’s growth and strategy goals and to further expand its roster of in-house productions and strategic international partnerships. Paper Owl is currently in production[…..] […]

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Emma Kidwell Is Your Host for the 2025 IGF Awards

It’s showtime! Join us in welcoming Emma Kidwell as she steps onto GDC’s Main Stage to host the 2025 Independent Games Festival Awards, the premier event for recognizing outstanding indie game achievements. It’s Your Time: Sign Up for GDC 2025! Emma Kidwell is a writer currently at Firaxis working on Sid Meier’s Civilization 7. Her[…..] […]

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Intel at MWC Barcelona 2025

Intel will showcase solutions across network infrastructure, ushering in a new era of AI automation. At MWC Barcelona 2025, the world’s largest connectivity event, Intel will showcase innovations that enable peak performance and efficiency across network infrastructure and share momentum across Intel® Core™ Ultra processors and enterprise AI PC adoption. Demonstrations will span breakthroughs in[…..] […]

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V-Ray for Blender Beta Update 2 improves light handling and proxy support

Chaos has released the second update to the public beta of V-Ray for Blender, adding improvements to light management, proxy support, and rendering efficiency. The update includes the addition of a Lights list to the LightSelect render channel, providing users with better control over individual light contributions. The V-Ray Proxy import process has been fixed,[…..] […]

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OpenAI Triton on NVIDIA Blackwell Boosts AI Performance and Programmability

Matrix multiplication and attention mechanisms are the computational backbone of modern AI workloads. While libraries like NVIDIA cuDNN provide highly optimized implementations, and frameworks such as CUTLASS offer deep customization, many developers and researchers need a middle ground that combines performance with programmability. The open-source Triton compiler on the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture addresses this need[…..] […]

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UK film and TV industry at risk of worker “exodus” due to mental health crisis, according to charity

The UK’s Film and TV Charity has said the local industry is at risk of a “mass exodus” of workers due, in part, to a mental health crisis exacerbated by the production downturn and lack of support. The organisation launched its full report from its 2024 Looking Glass Survey which previously revealed that 35% of[…..] […]

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Singapore’s Neon says immersive experience business is growing

Exhibit operator to open permanent facility in Tokyo in March Singaporean entertainment group Neon Group says its sales are growing by more than 20% a year, driven by the popularity of its immersive experiences among young consumers. Ron Tan, CEO of Neon, which operates exhibitions using intellectual property drawing on pop culture and history, said[…..] […]

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Tencent directors step down from Epic Games’ board

Tencent directors step down from Epic Games’ board after US Justice Department “expressed concerns” Law states directors should not serve on the boards of competing companies, such as Epic and Riot Two Tencent directors have left Epic Games’ board of directors after the US Justice Department “expressed concerns” about their positions. “Tencent also decided to[…..] […]

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3 films distributed by Miyu nominated in the Best Animated Short category – OSCARS® 2025

BEAUTIFUL MEN Directed by Nicolas Keppens Produced by Animal Tank, Miyu Productions, Ka-Ching Cartoon Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair. “This is one of the funniest comedies I’ve seen in a while.” cathengstrom[…..] […]

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EA wants the community to help shape the next Battlefield

Battlefield Labs is EA’s new testing program for the Battlefield franchise. EA has announced a new “Battlefield Labs” community testing program to give people the opportunity to test the next Battlefield game. You can sign up for the program now, and EA says that the “first phase” of testing will go live in “the coming[…..] […]

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