The Future of Entertainment Takes Shape at The Ubisoft Entrepreneurs Lab

The Ubisoft Entrepreneurs Lab, now in its fourth season, is a partnership program between Ubisoft and various startups in the technology and entertainment sectors. The program is based in Paris at STATION F — the world’s biggest startup campus — and, for the first time, at the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s (IMDA) PIXEL innovation space[…..] […]

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Animation Training in China–Animguru Animation

China’s animation industry has developed to be a certain scale, and the animation products have increasingly attracted the attention from not only professionals but also animation fans. The animation industry is also undergoing industrial processing and the cultivation of talents has always been a concern to the major companies. In addition to colleges and universities that have trained a group[…..] […]

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SPOTLIGHT ON… AXIS STUDIOS: ANIMATED ARTISTRY CULTIVATING CREATIVE CAREERS

This month Axis Studios’ Director & Creative Head of Development Stephen Donnelly discusses his career journey, creative process and the company’s development of original IP. Could you tell us a bit about Axis Studios’ history? SD:Axis Studios is an award-winning entertainment company, founded in Glasgow in 2000 by CEO Richard Scott, in partnership with Dana[…..] […]

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Wouter Jansen of Some Shorts/Square Eyes on the international sales game

  Read our interview with the head of Dutch international sales and festival promotion company Square Eyes (formerly Some Shorts) who will hold a talk on festival strategy for shorts in the long run along with Marija Milovanovic of Vienna-based Lemonade Films on Wednesday, November 27. Dutch international sales agent Wouter Jansen began working in[…..] […]

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Singapore Film Festival to Reflect South East Asian Spirit of Cooperation

Yuni Hadi, executive director of the Singapore International Film Festival, says South East Asian cinema contains exciting talent. And that the way forward involves cooperation with the video streaming platforms What have been the high and low points of the cinematic year for Southeast Asian cinema? “There are some amazing short films and documentaries that[…..] […]

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True Kings of the Jungle

In support of the film’s home entertainment release, legendary VFX supervisor Rob Legato and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel talk about their groundbreaking work on ‘The Lion King.’ With its home entertainment release on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD, Disney’s beloved hit animated film The Lion King is now available for watching, re-watching, and re-re-watching by[…..] […]

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Writer and Director Jill Culton Talks ‘Abominable’

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DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio’s just released US-China co-production shows animation’s true power to cross cultural boundaries with an entertaining, relatable and emotional story. In just over two weeks at the box office, DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio’s co-produced animated feature film, Abominable, has earned praise from both critics and audiences; what started as an[…..] […]

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