By Mercedes Milligan | April 24, 2019 Organizers of the 2019 Annecy Festival (June 10-15) have confirmed that two eagerly awaited works are joining the official feature film competition. Recently confirmed for the Festival de Cannes (May 14-25), I Lost My Body and The Swallows of Kabul will enliven the line-up, Artistic Director Marcel Jean announced. I Lost My Body, by Jérémy[…..] […]
Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson take London by storm, with style, in the latest ‘MIB’ franchise effort, hitting theatres June 14th. By Dan Sarto | Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 10:42am With all the bravado, panache and fashion sense associated with the Men in Black franchise, Tessa Thompson, as Agent M, and Chris Hemsworth, as Agent H, take the fight[…..] […]
PARTNERSHIP WITH NORDIC GAMES BRINGS EVEN MORE COMPETITION TO LATIN AMERICA PREMIER INDIE GAMES EVENT São Paulo, Brazil, April 23, 2019 — Brazil’s Independent Games (BIG) Festival, the largest indie gaming expo in Latin America, announced today that it will be closing the submissions for its award section on April 26th. This is the last date[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | April 23, 2019 It’s a big day for Baobab Studios as the Annie Award-winning virtual reality animation studio reveals its first trailer, innovative interactive narrative systems and Tribeca Film Festival activities for upcoming VR experience, Bonfire. The debut trailer showcases its main character Debbie, voiced by comedian, writer and actress Ali Wong, as well[…..] […]
Bali, 23 April 2019 – Expect a deluge of the latest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys and a whole host of cosplayers at 2019’s Singapore Media Festival as Singapore Comic Con joins the Festival for the first time, injecting the region’s highly-anticipated media festival with a boost of pop culture and further reinforcing it[…..] […]
‘Endgame’ screening, in cooperation with Trickfilm Festival, will cap four packed conference days starting April 30 in Stuttgart, Germany. By Dan Sarto | Monday, April 22, 2019 at 4:19pm LUDWIGSBURG, GERMANY– With more than 280 events and the top-notch FMX Forum, there is much to explore in the FMX 2019 schedule. The most recent conference programming announcement includes[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | April 18, 2019 Tokyo-based Sony Creative Products (SCP) which manages licensing in the Japanese market for popular little penguin Pingu on behalf of rights owner Mattel Inc, has announced the arrival of the new, entirely Japanese-made and produced computer-animated TV series Pingu in the City (two seasons of 26 x 7’) in Europe. Following last[…..] […]
Design company takes on 450 VFX shots that feature the hero digital cougar along with many other CG animals, in Sony’s family adventure. By Dan Sarto | Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 4:03pm The “cat’s out of the bag” when it comes to Pixomondo sharing some of the stunning digital cougars and other wild animal VFX work[…..] […]
Italy’s premier animation, VFX, games and immersive storytelling conference is now accepting submissions for its film competition, with a €2,000 first prize. By AWN Staff Editor | Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 5:21pm The 2019 VIEW Conference is now accepting submissions for its 2019 film competitions: the VIEW Award 2019 for short animated films with its €2,000 first prize,[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | April 17, 2019 Matthew Rankin’s award-winning animated short The Tesla World Light, produced at the National Film Board of Canada by Julie Roy, is now streaming free of charge worldwide on NFB.ca, Facebook and YouTube. The 8’18” experimental piece about the brilliant, enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla previously launched on Vimeo, where it was named a Staff Pick[…..] […]
