54 TV and Commissioned Films Following the previous announcement of Short Films, the official selection enters a new stage with: • 23 TV Films • 31 Commissioned Films, in which ecological and cultural concerns have a strong presence. The official selection of Feature Films in Competition and Out of Competition will be announced at the end of April in the press conference taking place in Paris. ...

NEW PYRTV PLATFORM Punto y Raya presents the broadest online Archive and Resource Centre devoted to Abstract Film, Animation and Live Performance. It comprises information from the origins to the latest releases in the genre, with continuous updates.   FILMS Explore titles and watch online ARTISTS Discover the creators COLLECT...

Palm Springs Intl. Animation Festival & Expo  August 22 – 26, 2018  Event Date Submit Your Film ( www.psiaf.org )       May 16, 2018 Earlybird Deadline I June 1, 2018 Regular Deadline I June 16, 2018 Late Deadline I July 1, 2018 Extended Deadline I  July 16, 2018 Notification Date Email I 1775 E. Palm Canyon Dr Suite 110-196 Palm Springs, CA 92264 United States I Website I Fa...

www.kenyafilmcommission.com        www.kalashainternational.com KALASHA INTERNATIONAL TV & FILM MARKET IS HERE!   This year, the market will give a special focus to the animation sector and new technologies ...

    In the new episode of the FMX 2018 trailer series Behind the Beard, Bruno the Beaver, like anyone else in the advancing springtime, is happy to enjoy the first soft sunbeams. Let’s see how this will end. Learn more about Behind the Beard here.   ...

          130 Short Films selected! The Festival received more than 3,050 submissions of films in all categories, coming from 93 countries (, the USA and United Kingdom led the way in the number of submissions). The official competition for Short Films includes: • ...

The Stolen Princess animated feature hits an absolute record on the first weekend of its release and made it to top three distribution leaders in Ukraine. During March 8-11 it was watched by 285,784 viewers and its box-office amounted to $823,546. 168 cinemas ran the strip, demonstrating it on over 300 screens.     Therefore, the film did not only rank first in the national box office for this period, having stood up well against A Wrinkle in Time family film produced by Walt Disn...

Congratulations to all the filmmakers participating this year - tickets are NOW available! https://www.nycindieff.com/year/2018 NEW YORK, NY – March 6, 2018 – The 9th Annual NYC Independent Film Festival will take place this year from May 7th to May 13th in the heart of New York City. The Festival will screen over 250 films from over 30 countries, as well as hosting networking events and educational s. For more information, please visit: www.nycindieff.com Watch Festival ...

2018 EDITION We are happy to welcome you to the 4th edition of our event in Cannes May 15th, promoting Animation and Animators @ center stage of the biggest film event in the year. Submit a short to ANIMAZE DAZE COMPETITION Enter the Catalog and Who s who in Animation in Cannes Promote a Work in Progress at the Palais Screening of Animation Day in Cannes Discoveries: Paid promo plans exist please [email protected] Submit to Montreal Intern...

this year the Animation Production Day (APD) jury has selected 48 outstanding animation projects from 19 different countries to participate in APD. They were chosen from the 71 submitted projects. The APD co-production and financing market offers German and international animation producers the opportunity to present their projects in pre-planned, 30 minute one-to-one meetings to potential co-producers, investors, broadcasters, international distributors and funders. Part of FMX 2018 – C...

From February 1, BJTS animation festival is accepting submissions through FilmFreeway, Motibeta and Festhome. FIlm Submissions from all genres of 2D animation, 3D animation and stop motion animation from all around the world. BJTS Animation Festival 2018 has a special online youtube screening for public. All the selected animation will be played through online screening so that you can have a chance to share your creative animation to a lot of internet s.  BJTS Animatino Festival is ...

BJTS animation festival an animation festival for anyone who loves any types of animation. Our goal is to overcome the limitation of live screening film festivals and connect all the animation lovers around the globe. We celebrate the art of animation in all its forms. From frame-by-frame animation to 3D animation and stop motions, we hope to share interesting films with unique ideas. ...

Fantoche searches for the best animated short films from all over the world every year. Animated shorts of all kind and techniques are eligible for Fantoche’s 2018 competitions if they’ve been completed after 31 March 2017 and last no longer than 40 minutes. Submission is free of charge and will close on 18 May 2018. You can submit either via FilmFreeway or by sending the excel template (see s) to [email protected]. Dear filmmakers, please submit your new an...

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The third instalment of the successfull Lotte saga started in 2006 with  LOTTE FROM GADGETVILLE by  Janno Poldma, Heiki Ernits and, in 2011, LOTTE AND MOONSTONE SECRET Director: Janno Poldma, Heiki Ernits Light, but not lightweight, charming but not silly, genuinely funny both in of visuals and dialogue, the ideas and situations stem from characters who are fully-formed in their own right. The Lotte saga is such a nice breath of animated fresh air. ...

SHOUT! STUDIOS and FUNIMATION FILMS Bring Highly-Anticipated Chinese Animated Feature “BIG FISH & BEGONIA” To CINEMAS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA ON STARTING APRIL 6, 2018   Los Angeles – February 16, 2018 – Shout! Studios, the multi-platform filmed entertainment distribution and production arm of Shout! Factory, has tapped Funimation® Films as its U.S. theatrical partner to tly launch artful animated feature BIG FISH & BEGONIA across U....

Studio 100 Film announced today that Brazilian distributor PlayArte Pictures has acquired the rights to “Maya the Bee – The Honey Games”. The agreement includes theatrical, home video and free TV rights. The family motion picture “Maya the Bee – The Honey Games” explores another heart-warming story of Maya and her best, buggy meadow friends. It was just announced that the movie is invited to be screened at this year’s TIFF Kids International Film Festiva...

  Today at the European Film Market FILM.UA Group closed a deal on Ukrainian The Stolen Princess animated feature film theatrical distribution in Czech Republic and Slovakia by Bohemia Motion Pictures company. Bohemia Motion Pictures has also acquired all rights, excluding theatrical, for The Stronghold fantasy feature release on these territories.   The Stolen Princess has been previously pre-sold to over 30 territories, including China, Latin America, South Korea, Turkey, , ...

The Russian animation projects The Snow Queen: Fire and Ice and Sheep and Wolves  will be released in the United States in 2018. The agreement with the American distributor Vertical Entertainment was announced on the first day of the European Film Market in Berlin.   It is worth noting that Vertical Entertainment was also distributing the first movie of The Snow Queen franchise in 2...

  The journey may not yet even be half over, but Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter are already nearing a creative summit of sorts.  Eight months into what has already been an extensive, awards-filled festival run with no foreseeable end on the horizon, the couple’s animated short “Negative Space” was recently nominated for an Oscar in that category by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  "Negative Space" filmmakers Ru Kuwahata and Ma...

Exclusive interview with Turkish animator Berat İlk Animation artist, director and producer, Berat İlk, is an Eskişehir Anadolu University Cartoon Film graduate. İlk, whose expertise is StopMotion, has been among the founding partners of the reputed animation studio, Anima. He has directed or participated as an animator over 100 commercial projects, using various animation techniques like 3D, cell animation, still drawings, flash, puppet, cut out, claymation and many more stop motion tech...

FMX 2018 Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media April 24-27, Stuttgart/, Haus der Wirtschaft Ludwigsburg/, February 1, 2018. FMX is proud to announce three more animation industry heavy-weights as speakers for this year’s edition: William Joyce (Moonbot Studios), Stuart Shankly (Cartoon Saloon) and Lynne Naylor. Moreover, the Animation Production Day takes place in Stuttgart on April, 26 and 27, 2018. In addition, in the brand new episode of the FM...

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  The VAF Třeboň (May 1 – 3, 2018, Czech Republic) is the leading pitching event for animated film in the Central and Eastern Europe. SUBMIT NOW your animated project in development to the PITCHING COMPETITION in two categories: Short Films (single film less than 20 minutes long) ...