LEADING PLATFORMS YOUKU AND CCTV FEATURE MULTIPLE PROGRAMMING INITIATIVES February 10, 2020, Beijing, Paris and Los Angeles – Cyber Group Studios has partnered with Beijing-based Pacific Media Group to manage and distribute the popular Gigantosaurus preschool television franchise and related consumer products and marketing in China. As part of a strategic agreement with Alibaba Group’s[…..] […]
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GDC Speaker Q&A: King’s Sabrina Carmona Wants More Women In Game Dev Leadership
The game industry has long had a problem with diversity and inclusion. Year after year, research shows men dominate the industry, especially in leadership roles; many are working hard to change that, including game maker Sabrina Carmona. Carmona has built herself an intriguing career that winds from Brazil to Mexico to Chile to Germany to[…..] […]
International Workshop
For the first time ever the Annecy International Animation Film Market is exporting its French expertise internationally through a training programme. Mifa chose to set-up its first training workshop in Jerusalem from 28th to 30th January 2020. In the framework of the Animation du Monde and to answer to the rising demand for support the[…..] […]
Collaborate With Friends And Meet New Ones At These GDC 2020 Community Spaces!
A key benefit of coming to the Game Developers Conference next month in San Francisco is the opportunity it provides to meet up in person with friends and colleagues from around the world, and organizers are excited to help facilitate those opportunities with discipline-specific community spaces! This year GDC will host four community spaces, each[…..] […]
David Kessler has Died
David Kessler, Orange Content Director and previous high-ranking official occupying the post of cultural and communications advisor at the Élysée, died on Monday 3rd February. David Kessler, Orange Content Director, died on Monday 3rd February at the age of 60. His professional career regularly gave him the opportunity to attend the Annecy International Animation Film[…..] […]
2020 Accreditations are Open!
Annecy Festival is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year! An exceptional edition is in store and online accreditations are now open! The International Animation Film Festival, its Meetings and Market are expecting you from 15th to 20th June 2020 in Annecy to attend this memorable edition that is celebrating 60 years of the event. A[…..] […]
astragon to greet the new gaming year with an exciting game selection at Pax East 2020
Duesseldorf, Germany, February 6, 2020 – Between February 27 and March 1, 2020, players can be looking forward to some exciting days with loads of exceptional games at PAX East in Boston/MA! After a promising debut at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) in 2019, the team of astragon is back to delight more[…..] […]
SPOTLIGHT ON…UNION VFX: BOUNDLESS AMBITION AND BOLD INDEPENDENCE FOR OVER A DECADE
In our first Spotlight feature of 2020, Lucy Cooper, Managing Director of the London-based visual effects company Union VFX chats with UK Screen Alliance about the greatest successes of the company, and the developing landscape of the industry as we move into a new decade. Lucy Cooper, Managing Director, Union VFX Union is a visual[…..] […]
LUPUS FILMS TO HELP BRING BRAMBLY HEDGE TALES TO TV
Film and TV animation company Lupus Films is joining forces with Rockpool Licensing to bring Brambly Hedge series to a new audience. Jill Barklem wrote and illustrated the Brambly Hedge books It has been announced that leading animation company Lupus Films (The Snowman & The Snowdog, The Tiger Who Came To Tea) has optioned the[…..] […]
AARDMAN ANNOUNCES NEW SHAUN THE SHEEP SEASONAL SPECIAL FOR 2021
Aardman animation’s festive special will premiere in late 2021 on BBC One in the UK, and Netflix in the US. Image credit: Aardman Animation Aardman has today announced a Shaun the Sheep seasonal special, which will premiere on BBC One in the UK, and Netflix in the US, Latin America, Spain, CIS, and Greece in[…..] […]