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Brazil welcomes all artists around the world for it's International Animation Festival - Anima Mundi which is all set to happen from October 25th - 30th at Rio, Brazil. Every year the animation festival happens in Rio and Sao Paulo. This year it's al
Finland's Animation Festival, Animatricks Fest welcomes all the artsist to submit their short film animation entries before January 31st 2017. This festival focuses only on animation and it starts on April 21st 2017 -April 23rd 2017 at Helsinki, Finland. All animation videos, music videos not exceeding 30 minutes and which have been taken after January 1st 2016 can be submitted. No previous entries from Animatricks will be considered. Atleast 70% of the short film should have animation. Educational and commercial material is not eligible. The selected films will...
The Nut Job 2 is a 3D animation movie which is still in production. It's all set to release in May 2017. It's a sequel series to the "The Nut Job" which was released in 2014. The film's voice cast are Will Arnett, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph, Jackie Chan, Bobby Moynihan, Bobby Cannavale and Peter Stormare. It's produced by Gulfstream Pictures, Toonbox entertainment and Redrover International. The animation movie is directed and written by Carl Brunker. The format of the movie is 3D CGI & 3D Stereoscopic. Plot: The story...
Argentina celebrates it's second animation only festival this week end on October 22nd, 2016. It's a one day festival which celebrates with the likeminds of people who are interested in art. According to Bit Bang Fest, "Bit Bang Fest is the most important event of animation, video games and digital art made in the city of Buenos Aires.We disseminate, promote and reward innovative, innovative, experimental artistic proposals and authorial character through projections , exhibitions and competitions . We place special emphasis on training, so that during the...
Get ready for Italy's largest international computer graphics and digital media conference which is all set to take place from October 24th till October 28th, 2016 at Turin. VIEW 2016 mostly focuses on 2D/3D Animation, VFX, Computer Graphics, Digital Cinema, Gaming and Interactive Techniques. According to the view conference press release, "The renowned confab brings top professionals in animation, visual effects, virtual reality, and digital design to northern Italy for five days of talks, workshops, panel discussions, and interactive sessions presented to an...
Kubo and the Two Strings are making waves in the animation world. Using the latest 3d printing techniques and with a combination of stop motion, the Japanese fantasy characters have come alive as a stop motion animation film, known as Kubo and the Two Strings. Laika is the animation studio which is behind the making of this stop motion film. Kubo and the Two Strings was released on Sep 9th 2016. This movie has a rating of 8.3/10 in iMDb and 96% in rotten tomatoes. Kubo and the Two strings is the future of all stop motion animation movies and it was directed by...
Trolls is a 3D animation musical comedy which is all set to release on November 4th 2016 in USA. From the creators of Shrek comes the most smart, funny, irreverent animated comedy of the year, DreamWorks' Trolls. This holiday season, enter a colorful, wondrous world populated by hilariously unforgettable characters and discover the story of the overly optimistic Trolls, with a constant song on their lips, and the comically pessimistic Bergens, who are only happy when they have trolls in their stomach. Featuring original music from Justin Timberlake, and soon-to-...
A new CGI animated series will be screening in Greece. The Nickelodeon is all set to rock Greece with it's new, funny, adventurous 3D animated series 'The Mojicons'. The story is all about some goons stealing the @ symbol and the internet stops working. It's all in the hands of 'The Mojicons' to save the day. These mojicons live in the internet and we frequently use them as emoticons in our emails. The Mojicons are all set to take upon a dangerous expedition to restore the internet system. This animated series was developed by Russian designers, Alexander...
If you haven't participated in the Anifilm, International Animation Festival, It's time to submit your best animation short films and win laurels. Anifilm, International Festival of Animated Films is conducting it's animation festival from 2nd May 2017 - 7th May 2017. You can start submitting your entries which were taken after 1st January 2016 for this festival. Anifilm was started in the year 2010 which solely honours animation. According to Anifilm,"Anifilm’s mission is to present current trends, methods, technologies and animation techniques in its...
Mark off, February 7th, 2017 in your calender, as the the most awaited Visual effects award will be held at Beverly Hilton Hotel conducted by the Visual effects society(VES). The VES Awards recognizes and honors the most outstanding visual effects work of the year and honors the respective artists. According to their website,"The Visual Effects Society (VES) is a global professional honorary society and the entertainment industry's only organization representing the full breadth of visual effects practitioners including artists, technologists, model makers,...
The world is getting ready for the amazing 9th edition of Klik! Amsterdam Animation Festival which is to be held for 6 days in October, 2016. No matter what kind of fan you are of animation, this festival has got something for everyone. According to their website,"Brace yourself for a dazzling showcase of the world’s best animated shorts and features, matched with fine presentations, workshops and zany parties. Immerse yourself in absolute animation frenzy and take part in this warm celebration of all that is animation". You can buy your tickets here: ...
Emmy Animation awards 2016 will be taking place within few weeks and some early winners have been announced in the Animation category. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the winners for Outstanding Individual achievement in Animation. Emmy Awards 2016 will be held on September 10th and 11th at Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. The awards for the animation category will be held on the second day. For those of you who can't make it to Los Angeles, you can catch the show on FXX on September 17th from 8:00 – 10:30 pm Eastern with a repeat...
Fantoche is one of the world's most reputed festival for animation and it's an annual occasion held at Baden, Switzerland. The festival kicks off on September 6th and goes on till September 11th. In the 14th International Animation Festival, Claude Barras's debut feature film, 'My Life as a Courgette' will be premiering with all crew members. This movie has been selected as the favourite movie of the audience and has been submitted for nominations in Best Foreign Language Film. Another animation movie to watch out for is the premiere of Kubo and the Two Strings...
Nominations for the 68th EMMY awards has already been announced and the winners will be announced on September 18th, 2016, which will be held in Los Angeles. Seven shows which were nominated in 2015, have been nominated agian for 2016 with a new entry 'Phineas and Ferb Last Day of Summer', along-with last year's entries: Archer, Bob’s Burgers, The Simpsons, and South Park. Cartoon Network is dominating the other category where it has four nominees: Adventure Time, The Powerpuff Girls, Robot Chicken, and Steven Universe. Spongebob Squarepants is the...
"The BFG" - Walt Disney Pictures is a 1982 book adaptation by Roald Dahl, which goes by the same name. It was released on July 1st 2016 in America. Catch the amazing friendship between a giant and a little girl in your nearest IMax theatre. It's has taken quite a while for the much awaited book adaptation movie 'The Big Friendly Giant' to hit the silver screen. Producers Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy began development for a big budget adaptation way back 1991, and Robin Williams was talked about for the lead role in 1998. But it's director Steven...
OIAF(Ottawa International Animation Festival) is one of the biggest animation festivals held in North America. OIAF was founded in the year 1976 to serve as a common floor for animation artists to showcase their creativity. In 1976, only 400 films sent their entries and winners were announced based on the best feature animated film. The scene has drastically changed over a period of many years and there are more than 30,000 attendees and many film entries, which makes it equally tough to select the award winners. This year, OIAF turns 40 and it is open for...