For Sama (Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts, United Kingdowm, 2019. 95 min., Best of Fests) has won the VPRO IDFA Audience Award (€ 5.000), the grand public prize of theInternational Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. The news was announced on Friday evening before screening the winning film in Pathé Tuschinski. For Sama For Sama is the first documentary by[…..] […]
The European Women’s Audiovisual Network (EWA) held an Industry Meetup in Brakke Grond’s Tuinzaal, where more than 50 participants gathered at round tables to discuss concrete steps that can be taken to tackle issues of access to women-led content, quotas for funding, workplace inequality, need for mutual support, and necessary structural changes. Tuesday, November[…..] […]
Shaun The Sheep: Farmageddon still. Image courtesy of Axis Studios. Howard Jones, co-founder and visual effects Supervisor at Axis Studios, wins his second BIFA award for best effects on Aardman Animation’s stop motion epic Shaun The Sheep: Farmageddon. The BIFA awards ceremony will take place December 1st in London. Axis Studios, known for their expertise[…..] […]
Arun Bhattarai’s project has won the $25,000 IF/Then Grand Prize, while two honorary mentions, each worth $2,000, have gone to Buried Dead Mountain by Primrin Puarat from Thailand and Cemetery of Green Souls by Polen Ly from Cambodia. The IF/Then Global Pitch for short film projects with a focus on climate change, organized by IDFA[…..] […]
Join us in this very special opening event at LIAF 2019 celebrating Female Figures and women making science fiction inspired, animated shorts. As accessible as the genre is, Sci-Fi is still viewed to be a ‘male’ genre. There are however many women artists who are as equally excited by the potential of scientific and technological[…..] […]
A comprehensive screening of the very best recently released British animation, including several world premieres. Check the pulse of the British animation scene, meet many of the filmmakers and see the films that will take British animation to the world. Nobody in the world screens more British animation than LIAF and this snapshot of the[…..] […]
ftrack Studio 4.3 is here! We’ve launched several new features designed to make life easier for producers and supervisors around the world. Here’s a glance at what we’re bringing to you in ftrack Studio 4.3。 Improved planning tools Share dashboards in Overview 2FA for increased security New media review tools Multiple note labels Japanese and[…..] […]
Aardman has announced its new animated holiday special, Robin Robin, coming to Netflix in 2020. Robin Robin is a musical tale, directed by its creators Dan Ojari (Slow Derek – Grand Prix: Animated Encounters) and Mikey Please (The Eagleman Stag – BAFTA: Best Animated Short, Marilyn Myller – McLaren Award: Edinburgh Film Festival), with Aardman’s[…..] […]
Paris, November 27th, 2019 – Following a successful MIPCOM, Cyber Group Studios, the multi-award-winning company that produces and distributes animated series for kids and families, has secured a raft of international deals with leading broadcasters.“We are thrilled that the market has so warmly welcomed our programs around the world” said Raphaelle Mathieu, Senior Vice President Sales,[…..] […]
Following the international success of two of their major properties, MOLANG and PIRATA & CAPITANO, the French independent animation studios has decided to reinforce its teams to face the exponential popularity of its programs and to be prepared for future challenges. Mickael ZEGGAGH has been appointed Commercial Director of the Licensing & Merchandising department at[…..] […]
