Peanuts, Review: Dog and underdog
Undeniably, there is a large section of American comic-strip fans who are nuts about peanuts. There is a small section of Indians who feel the same, and have followed the exploits and ‘profound’ philosophy of good ol’ Charlie Brown and his dog Snoopy, for decades.
Charles M. Schulz’s comic strip, Peanuts, first appeared in newspapers in 1950. Recently, there have been Bill Melendez-directed animated projects featuring Charlie Brown, c...
16 ANIMATED FEATURES SUBMITTED FOR 2015 OSCAR® RACE
Sixteen features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 88th Academy Awards®.
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“Anomalisa”
“The Boy and the Beast”
“Boy and the World”
“The Good Dinosaur”
“Home”
“Hotel Transylvania 2”
“Inside Out”
“Kahlil Gibran’s The Pro...
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My Letter to filmfestivals.com editor
Hi Bruno,
I hope you are well. It is a sad time for Paris but be brave and know that the word is praying for Paris.
I just wanted to thank you again for your help with Foxed. We had a great run on the festival circuit and are now making the FOXED feature film.
I have posted the short film on Vimeo and in the Foxed Blog. Please pass it on. It is a true film festivals.con succes...
French Artist Tells How He Created ‘Symbol of Peace for Paris’"In all this horror there’s something positive that people are coming together in a sense of unity and peace."
Jean Julien had just begun his vacation when he heard on the radio about the terrorist attacks in his native France that killed more than 120 people on Friday. While others around the world struggled to put their feelings about ...
Chinese animation industry has maintained the momentum of robust growth from 2014 on, thanks to the government's supportive policies on animation industry and booming Internet-based new media distribution channels. In 2014, the total output value of China's animation industry exceeded RMB100 billion, up 14.84% from a year earlier.
The animation industry of China characterizes the following during 2014-2015:
The production of animation declined, but box-offi...
Call for Entries - Animated Com Award at Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (April 26-May 1, 2016)
Dear filmmakers, dear friends of animated films,
Call for Entries for Animated Com Award has started! Prizes will be awarded for outstanding work in the areas of advertising, spatial communication and technology. In addition, the special award „Future needs derivation – communication and networking in a digital world“ is offered by the Daimler ...
Scrat journeys where no ICE AGE character has gone before in COSMIC SCRAT-TASTROPHE. The consequences of Scrat’s antics are always momentous, and this time he’s creating his own version of the Big Bang – and a cosmic “Scrat-tastrophe” that could have huge consequences for Ice Age herd…and the rest of the world. Showing in 2D and 3D exclusively with The Peanuts Movie, in theaters on November 6th.
Scrat’s epic pursuit of the elusive acorn catapults...
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Animaze Daze and Filmfestivals.com are planning a 2nd edition Animation Day In Cannes on May 18 2016 tentative dates.
WIth a resounding yes it is clear that Animaze Daze fills a void in the animation community at the larger festivals such as Cannes and Berlin.
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Fantasmagorie is a 1908 French animated film by Émile Cohl. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional hand-drawn animation
and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon.
Émile Cohl
Georges Méliès
French filmmaker Georges Méliès is known as the first cinemagician for his early
use of special effects in cinema.Between 1896 and 1914, he directed some 531 ...
Walt Disney and animation film are synonymous. No other name in animation comes close to the impact the Disney animation empire has made on animation both as an art and an industry. Walt and his brother Roy were two forces to be reckoned with creating and defining animation as an film genre and a business. Their model remains even more relevant today than ever before.
Walt had very early interests in art, he would often sell drawings to neighbors to make extra money. He pursue...
Legend of the mummies
Three friends confront a horde of mummies, who have inexplicably awakened, and try to rescue their pal, not realizing they have fallen into a trap.
Legend of La Llorona
Based on a famous Mexican legend, a group of kids must stop the ghost of a woman who abducts youngsters and wander the woods at night.
AND SOON The first season of 13 episodes, based on these two feature films, will premiere world...
European animation series come to life in Toulouse
For the fourth consecutive year, the French city of Toulouse hosted the 26th edition of Cartoon Forum, the co-production platform for European animation series that has fast-tracked European animation to the front row.
In 25 editions, 645 projects were funded for a total amount of 2.2 billion euros, or 36% of projects presented since the beginning of Cartoon Forum and 42% the last 10 editions. A record participation and record projects The C...
The 2014 Epic Animation Comic and Game (EACG) Fest is the first Animation, Comic and Game festival produced by Maeya Culture Exchange Group, it was happened in the beautiful East Bay of San Francisco in California. EACG is aiming to bring together the creative elements, the artists and the general public from worldwide; the 2014 edition is a beautiful start.
At the animation section, EACG screen over 20 animated films from 12 countries and they were selected from s...
The 2014 Epic Animation Comic and Game (EACG) Fest is the first Animation, Comic and Game festival produced by Maeya Culture Exchange Group, it was happened in the beautiful East Bay of San Francisco in California. EACG is aiming to bring together the creative elements, the artists and the general public from worldwide; the 2014 edition is a beautiful start.
At the animation section, EACG screen over 20 animated films from 12 countries and they were selected from s...
We will be attending AFM 2015 - Suite 623
LEGEND OF LA LLORONA
TV series based on this movie will premiere on NETFLIX in 2017
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Cardiff Animation Nights has announced they will be bringing a brand new animation strand to the Cardiff Independent Film Festival (C.I.F.F.) in April 2016.
Established in October 2014, Cardiff Animation Nights runs bi-monthly screenings of award-winning independent animation from around the world at venues in Cardiff.
Managing the new animation program at C.I.F.F. will be Lauren Orme, who runs Cardiff Animation Nights, supported by local animation companies Cloth Cat A...
Ten Ukrainian television studios and representatives from eight countries of the world have won prizes, Cups and diplomas of the VII International Children's Television Festival “Dytiatko”. Prizes will be sent to Canada, Belgium, the USA, Croatia, Australia, Singapore, Iran and Italy.
At the closing ceremony of the festival its mastermind and head of the organization committee, Chairman of Kharkiv Regional Council, Sergii Chernov stressed that “each year more and more peop...
Emily has been Foxed! This stop-motion tale is about fighting for what's right. Director James Stewart crafts a cautionary adventure about growing up in an environment of parental control, how children are often misunderstood, and what their indomitable spirits can achieve. When Emily is kidnapped by foxes and forced to work in the secret underground mine, she must use her determination to get back home only to unco ...
The 28th Tokyo International Film Festival
This Year’s Special Animation Program: “Mobile Suit Gundam”
The First-Ever Major Screening Occasion to Showcase the Monumental Works!
Following the last year’s special screenings of “The World of Hideaki Anno” which gained huge popularity, this year, the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) will continue to focus on Japanese animation, presenting a special program of “Mobile Suit Gundam&rdquo...
China's has a monster animation HIT on its hands. A box office breakthrough called this too cute moniker Baby Radish Monster. How sweet it is...
Set in an ancient world where humans and monsters coexist, Monster Hunt follows the life of a hapless young man named Tianying, who is accidentally impregnated with the heir of the monster kingdom. After giving birth to Huba, the baby radish monster, he is propelled into an epic adventure as he tries to protect his son against...
About Minions:
The story of Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s Minions begins at the dawn of time. Starting as single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters. After accidentally killing off so many of them—from T. rex to Napoleon—the Minions find themselves without a master to serve and fall into a deep depression.
But one Minion named Kevin has a plan, and he—alongsid...
Desterrada
Colombia - Diego GUERRA
Feature Films out of competition
Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn
China - Soong YUEFENG
Feature Films out of competition
Eden's Edge
Austria, USA - Gerhard TREML, Leo CALICE
Feature Films out of competition
Extraordinary Tales
Belgium, Spain, USA, Luxembourg - Raúl GARCÍA
Feature...
Can Animation save the world? Our eclectic panel answered that question with positivity and creative new ideas. Panelists Laurie Gordon, Octavio Nadal, and Bruno Chatelin all from various backgrounds and film experience happily took on the challenge in answering a large and interesting question. In the theme of Horyou.com who's mission is to make change through the social good, the panel took a life of its own in a free flow of thought and personal insight and experience eventually opening...
