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Regina Pessoa’s Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days (Ciclope Filmes/NFB/Les Armateurs) takes two awards at Annecy, including the JURY AWARD for a Short Film

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June 15, 2019 – Montreal, Quebec – National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Regina Pessoa return to the Annecy International Animation Film Festival has proved a triumph: her film Oncle Thomas – La comptabilité des jours (Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days, Ciclope Filmes/NFB/Les Armateurs) has just won the Jury Award for a Short Film. The[…..] […]

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Animation Global Magazine is welcomed in Annecy

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On June 15th, 2019, Annecy Festival and MIFA was closed down. During this convention, the Animation Global Magazine, edited and published by CGCGE (CG Global Entertainment LTD)was highly praised by the animation associations and organizations from the different countries and areas, who showed great interests in working with CGGE to promote the communication and cooperation[…..] […]

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2019 Animation Global Magazine-Annecy Edition

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Every year our industry get together in Annecy to celebrate the Annecy Animation Festival. Animators, producers, artists, media, students from all over the world come to Annecy to view exciting new projects, explore collaboration opportunities, participate in conferences, and see new ideas and meet with aspiring young talents. The objective of this magazine is to[…..] […]

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Studiocanal Sets Folivari’s ‘Samsam’ for Distribution Over Half the World

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Suggesting once more that audiences are underserved by high-quality independent animation, Studiocanal has closed multiple major territories to “Samsam,” the latest movie from Folivari, headed by Didier Brunner whose producer credits include the Academy Award nominated “The Old Lady and the Pidgeons,” “The Triplets of Belleville,” “The Secret of Kells” and “Ernest & Celestine.” A[…..] […]

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Warner Bros. Shares ‘Looney Tunes Cartoons’ Photo Ahead of Annecy Premiere

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The Looney Tunes are back, and world premiering at the opening ceremony for this year’s Annecy Intl. Animation Festival, in what looks set in all probability to be one of this year’s highest-profile bows at the French animation gathering. After teasing the series with an in-progress short at last year’s Warners animation showcase, to riotous[…..] […]

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SIGGRAPH 2019 Presents Future of Technology With Over 25 Debut Advances

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Preview What’s Next From the Emerging Technologies Program CHICAGO—SIGGRAPH 2019 announces its Emerging Technologies program lineup, which offers participants a glimpse at technology of the future. Presenting more than 25 new advances, the conference will run 28 July–1 August at the Los Angeles Convention Center. “If you’re always first in line to test the latest[…..] […]

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Michael Frei’s ‘KIDS’ Is A Short Film, Game, And Installation Rolled Into One

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Among the dozens of short films that will screen in competition at Annecy next week, there’s one that wasn’t conceived as a film at all. In Michael Frei’s KIDS, a crowd of featureless humanoids enacts absurd, often violent scenarios, guided by some kind of insane groupthink. What isn’t apparent is that KIDS was simultaneously developed[…..] […]

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The Third Floor ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Previs, Postvis and Techvis Gallery

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Leading visualization studio shares just released images showcasing some of their extensive work on Joe and Anthony Russo’s box office smash, the final film in Marvel’s 22-MCU-movie ‘Infinity’ saga.   One of the industry’s most prolific visualization companies, The Third Floor, has just shared a set of fantastic images that illustrate the scope and complexity[…..] […]

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Annecy Classics: Animation Outlaws

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At the end of the 1970s in the USA, two friends and animated film fanatics created the very first animation festival dedicated to independent and experimental creations: Spike & Mike’s Sick & Twisted Animation Festival. Year after year this somewhat wild, somewhat bizarre gathering slowly but surely gained international renown, revealing the hidden talent of[…..] […]

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Disney Unveils ‘Lion King’ Spot Featuring Beyonce; ‘Snow White’ Director in Talks

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Beyhive, meet the lion pride! Disney has issued a new sneak peek vid for the highly anticipated reimagining of The Lion King, featuring the voice of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter as Nala. Brought to life by director Jon Favreau (The Jungle Book) utilizing pioneering film technology, the wild adventure opens in U.S. theaters on July 19. In other[…..] […]

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