HBO Executives Take Top Positions in WarnerMedia Asia Reshuffle

Executives from HBO Asia have been awarded five of the seven top positions at WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks in Southeast Asia. The moves are the first personnel changes announced by Clement Schwebig, managing director of Southeast Asia, Pacific and China, since Warner merged in August with Turner Asia Pacific and HBO Asia. HBO executive Yasmin Zahid[…..] […]

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Singapore’s MM2 to Launch Streaming Service M Play

  Singapore media conglomerate mm2 Entertainment is to launch streaming service mPlay Asia. It will focus on Chinese-language short form video and launch from April 2020. At launch, mPlay will focus on four key Chinese-speaking markets – Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Hong Kong – with an addressable audience size of over 40 million. The target[…..] […]

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For Sama wins the VPRO IDFA Audience Award

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[…..] […]

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EWA talks concrete steps for gender equality

  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[…..] […]

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AWARD WINNING CO-FOUNDER AND VFX SUPERVISOR OF AXIS STUDIOS WINS SECOND BIFA FOR SHAUN THE SHEEP: FARMAGEDDON

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[…..] […]

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Bhutanese project Mountain Man wins IF/Then Global Pitch

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[…..] […]

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LIAF 2019: Opening Night Gala feat. Female Figures – To Boldly Go + Q&A

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[…..] […]

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LIAF 2019: British Showcase + Filmmakers Introduction

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[…..] […]

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ftrack 4.3 is available now!

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[…..] […]

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AARDMAN’S FESTIVE SPECIAL, ROBIN ROBIN, TO COME TO NETFLIX IN 2020

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[…..] […]

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