Renowned graphic novel artists Andy Kubert (“Batman”) and Whilce Portacio,(“X-Men”) were on hand to share their vast experience at the Singapore ComicCon on Saturday. The event is a new addition to the annual Singapore Media Festival. Kubert and Portacio said that, despite the popularity of comic books, it is quite hard to break into the[…..] […]
Renowned graphic novel artists Andy Kubert (“Batman”) and Whilce Portacio,(“X-Men”) were on hand to share their vast experience at the Singapore ComicCon on Saturday. The event is a new addition to the annual Singapore Media Festival. Kubert and Portacio said that, despite the popularity of comic books, it is quite hard to break into[…..] […]
Studio100 Group is gearing up for a massive 2020 with the opening of Flying Bark Productions’ brand-new Los Angeles (LA) studio and a further expansion of its Sydney-based premises which will cater to a 400-crew capacity. Flying Bark has appointed Ian Graham as its Chief Creative Director for the LA studio which will open doors in early 2020. Focusing on creative leadership and long-term content strategy for the new studio, Ian will spearhead a development slate for original production working wit local and international talent and will help supervise pre-production teams for both original and client service work. With a remarkable 20-year animation career, Ian’s experience as a highly regard Storyboard artist, director, animator, producer and storyteller places him in great stead to supervise the new slate of projects and work with the CG and 2D animation teams in Sydney. The appointment will add to an already impressive resume with career highlights including storyboarding on Emmy Award-winning projects including Nickelodeon’s Sponge Bob Square Pants, Family Guy and Invader Zim as well as directing The Legend of Korra and most recently, his role as Supervising Producer and Show runner on the highly anticipated Glitch Techs which will release in[…..] […]
IF IT’S HAPPENING IN AI, IT’S HAPPENING AT GTC At the epicenter of visual computing, GTC is the place to learn about and share how advances in GPU technology help developers, designers, engineers, researchers, and IT managers tackle their day-to-day computational and graphics challenges. NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC) is the premier AI conference series, providing[…..] […]
France’s Marmita Films has joined Sardinha em Lata, Caretos Film and Basque Films as a co-producer on the upcoming Portuguese 2D-stop motion hybrid feature “My Grandfather’s Demons.” Having impressed as a project at Segovia’s 3D Wire – now Weird Market – where it won the La Liga Feature Project Award, Nuno Beato’s “My Grandfather’s Demons”[…..] […]
New viewing habits brought on by the rise of streaming have hastened the demise of the mid-budget American indie, changed the very definition of arthouse cinema, and shaken the indie distribution business. But theatrical is still here to stay, attendees of the Macao International Film Festival’s closed-door industry panels concluded Saturday. Panelists gathered to discuss[…..] […]
This year’s “JOKER” grossed more than US$950 million worldwide. Rated IDMB8.8 points and 9.1 points on Douban. These high scores in the two most conservative websites prove “Joker”’s success. With the worldwide popularity of the “Joker”, many artists have contributed their own paintbrushes. The joker is characterized by his horrible expression, evil laugh, pale face[…..] […]
The press conference for the China International Children’s Film Festival 2019 was held successfully at the Guangzhou Newspaper Culture Center. The film festival was held in Guangzhou from November 14 to 18, 2019. Under the concept of “open, innovative and integrated development”, the film festival showed the resilience and vitality of the film industry to[…..] […]
Leading education technology (EdTech) animation studio Wonder Media has started production on a new project titled My Life Is Worthy Living: Prevent Teen Suicide. The public is invited to participate in this important initiative to help lower the 56% increase in teen suicides, as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The[…..] […]
The Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival will be part of Amigos de la Liga (Friends of the League), a new partnership initiative set up by La Liga, the animation alliance created to promote the Ibero-American animation sector worldwide, comprising Spain’s Quirino Awards, Argentina’s Animation! and Mexico’s Pixelatl Festival. The announcement was made at a panel[…..] […]
