Arun Bhattarai’s project has won the $25,000 IF/Then Grand Prize, while two honorary mentions, each worth $2,000, have gone to Buried Dead Mountain by Primrin Puarat from Thailand and Cemetery of Green Souls by Polen Ly from Cambodia. The IF/Then Global Pitch for short film projects with a focus on climate change, organized by IDFA[…..] […]
Join us in this very special opening event at LIAF 2019 celebrating Female Figures and women making science fiction inspired, animated shorts. As accessible as the genre is, Sci-Fi is still viewed to be a ‘male’ genre. There are however many women artists who are as equally excited by the potential of scientific and technological[…..] […]
A comprehensive screening of the very best recently released British animation, including several world premieres. Check the pulse of the British animation scene, meet many of the filmmakers and see the films that will take British animation to the world. Nobody in the world screens more British animation than LIAF and this snapshot of the[…..] […]
ftrack Studio 4.3 is here! We’ve launched several new features designed to make life easier for producers and supervisors around the world. Here’s a glance at what we’re bringing to you in ftrack Studio 4.3。 Improved planning tools Share dashboards in Overview 2FA for increased security New media review tools Multiple note labels Japanese and[…..] […]
Aardman has announced its new animated holiday special, Robin Robin, coming to Netflix in 2020. Robin Robin is a musical tale, directed by its creators Dan Ojari (Slow Derek – Grand Prix: Animated Encounters) and Mikey Please (The Eagleman Stag – BAFTA: Best Animated Short, Marilyn Myller – McLaren Award: Edinburgh Film Festival), with Aardman’s[…..] […]
Paris, November 27th, 2019 – Following a successful MIPCOM, Cyber Group Studios, the multi-award-winning company that produces and distributes animated series for kids and families, has secured a raft of international deals with leading broadcasters.“We are thrilled that the market has so warmly welcomed our programs around the world” said Raphaelle Mathieu, Senior Vice President Sales,[…..] […]
Following the international success of two of their major properties, MOLANG and PIRATA & CAPITANO, the French independent animation studios has decided to reinforce its teams to face the exponential popularity of its programs and to be prepared for future challenges. Mickael ZEGGAGH has been appointed Commercial Director of the Licensing & Merchandising department at[…..] […]
Today, IDFA announced the winners of the competition programs during the IDFA 2019 Awards Ceremony at Eye Film Museum. The winner of the VPRO IDFA Audience Award will be announced on Friday, November 29th. The International Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) continues until Sunday, December 1st. IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary Directors Heidi Hassan and Patricia[…..] […]
Deal reached out of MIPCOM ‘19 to expand show’s viewership to new territories TORONTO, CANADA (November 26, 2019) — Breakthrough Entertainment proudly announces the sale of Cruise Ship Killers to A+E Networks® UK, for their true crime channel, Crime + Investigation®. The deal covers the UK + Ireland, Poland, Central Eastern Europe, Netherlands +[…..] […]
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[…..] […]
