and Screens for Audiences From Around the World for the Very First Time Button Man Films announces the AFM World Market Premiere and first-ever screening of the new mob thriller, MobKing, starring, James Russo (Donnie Brasco), Ciro Dapagio (Amazon Prime’s Suitcasing), Robert LaSardo (Burn Notice), Oksana Lada (The Sopranos), Artie Pasquale (The Sopranos), Paul Borghese[…..] […]
The next game from ARTE France, Florian Veltman and Baptiste Portefaix is a reflective and sensitive adventure about life, death and mourning ARTE France, publisher and co-producer and Florian Veltman (Monument Valley 2 / Assemble with Care / Lieve Oma) & Baptiste Portefaix (Oniri Islands), are proud to announce that their game How to Say[…..] […]
Academy Award-nominated French animation studio Xilam Animation is extending its partnership with Youku, the online video and streaming platform of Alibaba Group, for a new season of the popular preschool 2D and 3D animated series Lupin’s Tales. The new series will also be available on France Télévisions (France). Currently in production, the upcoming season of[…..] […]
If you have an animation film project in its conceptual stage or early development stage, you may submit for 2023 Annecy. Authors, with or without producers, prepare your application and submit it as soon as possible to the 2023 Mifa Pitches, which will enable you to present your projects to an audience of animation professionals. 2023 ANNECY,bring[…..] […]
The sixth season of the Nordic Game Discovery Contest is getting closer to its culmination, as it moves to selection of the Final Three. The NGDC board of experts will select the strongest three contestants from the pool of finalists that qualified earlier this season. A highlight of the Game Wave Festival in Tallinn, Estonia,[…..] […]
Warner Bros. Discovery detailed plans for its forthcoming streaming service that will combine the HBO Max and Discovery+ platforms. Warner Bros. Discovery now has 94.9 million streaming subscribers, but disappointed analysts with less favourable results. The company posted a third-quarter loss of $2.3 billion including $1.5 billion in pre-tax restructuring charges. 2.8 million new streaming[…..] […]
Having recently been panelists or producers on the CMC’s debate session on future funding, one of the clearest takeouts for us was that the British children’s screen industry, as we know it, is under existential threat. And that has substantial implications for creators, broadcasters and platforms, children and, ultimately, UK society. We understand a number[…..] […]
The winners of the Industry Excellence Awards and the MAF Awards 2022 were revealed. The ceremony was hosted by the magnificent and multi award winning comedian Amy Gledhill. The Jury for the Manchester Animation Festival Feature Film Category included Kieran Argo (British Animation Awards), Abigail Addison (Producer/Programmer – Animate Projects) and Jo Chalkley (Director –[…..] […]
Riot Games and Ubisoft shared machines-learning data so they can detect harmful chat in multiplayer games. The “Zero Harm in Comms” research project is aimed at building better AI systems that can detect toxic behavior in games, said Yves Jacquier, executive director of Ubisoft La Forge and Wesley Kerr, director of software engineering at Riot Games. It[…..] […]
The Czech national commercial broadcaster Prima expects to launch a streaming service by the end of the year. Prima’s general director Marek Singer said it still has a few days of testing and it currently looks like it should make its debut this year. He added that there will be three pricing points, with the first free and[…..] […]
