Finland’s Aurora Studios Acquires Stake In ‘Moominvalley’ Studio Anima Vitae Finland’s Aurora Studios has acquired a significant stake in leading Nordic animation studio Anima Vitae.Aurora Studios now owns 40% of Helsinki-based animation studio Anima Vitae, The remaining ownership remains with the company’s founders Antti Haikala, Jani Kuronen, and Olli Rajala. The company’s credits include Gutsy[…..] […]
Team behind the upcoming ‘Zoonicorn’ series reveal the production and marketing plans for the Zooniverse With globalisation, co-production is not a distant dream anymore. Many animation studios in India are partnering with global brands and studios to produce diversified global content. Zoonicorn, the multiplatform animated preschool brand, teamed up with Toonz Media Group (TMG), a[…..] […]
The Hidden Child by Roberto Andò is the 78th Venice International Film Festival’s Closing Movie The World premiere will take place on September 11th after the Award Ceremony Author and director Roberto Andò returns to the Venice Film Festival with The Hidden Child (Il Bambino Nascosto), the movie adaptation of his own 2020 novel. Being[…..] […]
GPU shipments soar in Q2 year-over-year The PC GPU market shipments increased by 3.4% sequentially from last quarter and increased by 37% year-to-year. Jon Peddie Research reports the growth of the global PC-based Graphics Processor Units (GPU) market reached 123 million units in Q2’21 while PC CPU shipments increased by 42% year-over-year. Overall, the installed[…..] […]
What’s behind the deal of South Park creators sign $900m deal to make seasons and movies In early August，The creators of the South Park cartoons have signed a $900m (£646m) deal with US media giant ViacomCBS. The agreement, which runs to the end of 2027, includes six seasons of the South Park TV show and[…..] […]
Ex-Nick Exec Russell Hicks take over Top Draw Animation International animation veteran Wayne Dearing, who is best known as the founder of Manila-based Top Draw Animation, will step down in 2022. He has named former Russell Hicks as successor to lead the studio. The former Nickelodeon executive will lead its Philippines-based studio Top Draw Animation,[…..] […]
Blackmagic Design today announced DaVinci Resolve 17.3 which adds support for a completely new processing engine that transforms the speed of DaVinci Resolve to work up to 3 times faster on Apple Mac models with the M1 chip. With this massive speed increase, customers can now play back, edit and grade 4K projects faster, and[…..] […]
‘Love, Death + Robots’, ‘Primal’, ‘The Simpsons’ Are Juried Emmy Awards The Television Academy announced the award winners for the 73rd Emmy Awards in juried categories. This year’s juried award categories included prizes for Individual Achievement in Animation, Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program, Innovation in Interactive Programming, and Motion Design last Wednesday.[…..] […]
Entry Period2021.7.1-9.3 The 25th Japan Media Arts Festival is seeking diverse works that carve out a path for a new era. Award-winning works selected from among the entries will be widely exhibited both within Japan and abroad through various projects and events organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in the aim of developing and[…..] […]
Leading kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE has announced a UK deal for 2D animated pre-school series Tish Tash. The 52 x 5’ series aimed at 3-5 year-olds is set to premiere on CBeebies in September 2021. Tish Tash follows the adventures of a young bear called Tish, her bear family and her larger-than-life imaginary friend Tash,[…..] […]
