Nickelodeon is creating an animated series targeted at preschoolers based on the immensely popular YouTube song “Baby Shark”. The Viacom-owned company has teamed up with SmartStudy, the entertainment company that owns the children’s content brand Pinkfong, to create the television series for global distribution. “Baby Shark” became a viral sensation in November 2015, when the[…..] […]
Wuxi Akira Pictures is an animation production company in Jiangsu Province. The company has always insisted on 2D animation production since establishment, from traditional hand-painted to paperless animation, and established a solid cooperative relationship with overseas customers. In the years when 3D animation is popular, why does Akira Pictures still insist on 2D animation? Today[…..] […]
In 2019, the Annecy International Animation Festival in France closed! Founded in 1960, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival ended on June 15. It is the world’s top international animation festival with the reputation of “Animation Oscar, Animation Cannes” and has attracted the attention of animation enthusiasts all over the world. The animated feature films,[…..] […]
June 15, 2019 – Montreal, Quebec – National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Regina Pessoa return to the Annecy International Animation Film Festival has proved a triumph: her film Oncle Thomas – La comptabilité des jours (Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days, Ciclope Filmes/NFB/Les Armateurs) has just won the Jury Award for a Short Film. The[…..] […]
On June 15th, 2019, Annecy Festival and MIFA was closed down. During this convention, the Animation Global Magazine, edited and published by CGCGE (CG Global Entertainment LTD)was highly praised by the animation associations and organizations from the different countries and areas, who showed great interests in working with CGGE to promote the communication and cooperation[…..] […]
Every year our industry get together in Annecy to celebrate the Annecy Animation Festival. Animators, producers, artists, media, students from all over the world come to Annecy to view exciting new projects, explore collaboration opportunities, participate in conferences, and see new ideas and meet with aspiring young talents. The objective of this magazine is to[…..] […]
Suggesting once more that audiences are underserved by high-quality independent animation, Studiocanal has closed multiple major territories to “Samsam,” the latest movie from Folivari, headed by Didier Brunner whose producer credits include the Academy Award nominated “The Old Lady and the Pidgeons,” “The Triplets of Belleville,” “The Secret of Kells” and “Ernest & Celestine.” A[…..] […]
The Looney Tunes are back, and world premiering at the opening ceremony for this year’s Annecy Intl. Animation Festival, in what looks set in all probability to be one of this year’s highest-profile bows at the French animation gathering. After teasing the series with an in-progress short at last year’s Warners animation showcase, to riotous[…..] […]
Preview What’s Next From the Emerging Technologies Program CHICAGO—SIGGRAPH 2019 announces its Emerging Technologies program lineup, which offers participants a glimpse at technology of the future. Presenting more than 25 new advances, the conference will run 28 July–1 August at the Los Angeles Convention Center. “If you’re always first in line to test the latest[…..] […]
Among the dozens of short films that will screen in competition at Annecy next week, there’s one that wasn’t conceived as a film at all. In Michael Frei’s KIDS, a crowd of featureless humanoids enacts absurd, often violent scenarios, guided by some kind of insane groupthink. What isn’t apparent is that KIDS was simultaneously developed[…..] […]
