Award-winning French animation production and distribution company Dandelooo is delighted to announce that its film division Dandelooo Cinema has secured a deal with French production company Films Grand Huit and Academy Award®-nominated studio Xilam Animation for the feature film My Life in Versailles – The Movie.  The deal gives Dandelooo Cinema exclusive worldwide distribution rights (excluding , Italy, and the UK).   Produced by Films Grand Huit ...

WAR: FIELDS OF TEARS – a James W Hawk short animation film narrated by Greg Nutcher and Annette George is available on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/wIGDKJNcqPM WAR – FIELDS OF TEARS is a powerful war film that takes you on a chilling journey through the battlefields of recorded history, beginning with the first documented war between the Sumerians and Elamites in 2700 BCE. From ancient warfare to modern warfare, from historical wars to world wars, this deeply moving animation chr...

WAR: FIELDS OF TEARS THE FILM WILL BE AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE SATURDAY, MAY 17 TRAILER LINK ONLY:  https://youtu.be/qaL32fUtp4E WAR – FIELDS OF TEARS, a short, animated film by award-winning filmmaker James W. Hawk, takes you on a harrowing journey through the history of human conflict. From the earliest recorded war in 2,700 BCE to the modern era, this visually striking film chronicles the major battles and their staggering human toll, vividly illustrating the evolution of warfare an...

  A Showcase into the World of Animation On Tuesday evening, 6 May 2025, the 32nd edition of the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) – ’s largest animation film festival – was officially opened at Gloria 1 cinema. At the Festival Opening, directors Heike Mozer and Annegret Richter welcomed the audience in the sold-out auditorium, ed by State Secretary for Culture Arne Braun (Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts), Stuttgart’s Lo...

  The Marché du Film and Annecy Festival are teaming up once again for a full day of animated excitement in Cannes on 18 May!  us for the Annecy Animation Showcase, featuring 5 incredible animated works-in-progress — PLUS curated s and an exclusive cocktail mixer to gather, meet, and connect!    Animate your day in Cannes!   ...

The Festival press conference, organised by the CNC, has just ended. Mickaël Marin, CEO of CITIA, and Marcel Jean, Artistic Director, presented the Official Selection, Screening Events, the new features for 2025 and other highlights of this year's progamme, which will be held from 8th to 14th June. “After a historic 2024 edition, with a record attendance of 17,400 badgeholders, and all this despite a difficult context for the industry, we have worked with rene...

  INDUSTRIALIZATION – THE RISE AND FALL – a James W. Hawk short animation film is an OFFICIAL SELECTION of the FROME INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE FILM FESTIVAL 2025   ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE FROME INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE FILM FESTIVAL 2025:   Frome International Climate Film Festival has updated the Judging Status of your submission INDUSTRIALIZATION - THE RISE AND FALL to Selected. Today is the day filmmakers from around the world find out if they have been OFFICIALLY SEL...

Animated shorts of all kind and techniques are eligible for Fantoche’s 2025 competitions if they’ve been completed after 31 December 2023 and last no longer than 40 minutes. Submission is free of charge and will close on 11 May 2025. You can submit via FilmFreeway:  https://filmfreeway.com/Fantoche The international show of animation film has become one of the world’s most prominent animation festivals and is the largest cultural event in Switzerland that is devoted exclu...

I’m Still Here Receives FIPRESCI Prize;   Zoe Saldaña, Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, and DJ Provái Receive FIPRESCI Acting Prizes; Vermiglio Receives FIPRESCI Screenplay Prize; The New Year That Never Came Receives New Voices New Visions Award;   No Other Land Receives Documentary Award; Sujo Receives Ibero-American Award; Checkpoint Zoo Receives Desert Views Award; Tatami Receive...

    The CEE Animation Workshop has entered it’s sixth year with a new selection of participants and animated projects in development. The programme is again welcoming projects and participants from various different countries, while still maintaining focus on the CEE region and low production capacity countries. Among 38 applications from 26 countries, the organizers have carefully selected 12 projects and 28 participants from 13 countries who will attend the 2024 edition of th...

From DreamWorks Animation comes a new adaptation of a literary sensation, Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot.  THE WILD ROBOT – IN THEATERS SEPTEMBER 20 Official Website | Facebook | X | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | #TheWildRobot The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot—ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on ...

Animation cinema: Gerações X\Y An overview of trends in Portuguese animation, through the eyes of some of the representatives of the new generations of animators. Gerações X\Y is the title of the section dedicated to animation cinema at the 42nd edition of Bergamo Film Meeting. Unlike in previous years, this is not a retrospective on a single author but an overview of trends in Portuguese animation through the eyes of some of the representative...

Animation! is an exclusive space for animation, a unique opportunity for producers from the region and for professionals from other parts of the world looking to connect with Latin America. Projects seeking for strategic alliances, networking activities, round tables, workgroups with international specialists and pitching training sessions, are some of the key elements in this section. Latin American animation continues to arouse great interest in new territories and markets. At Animati...

    MIFA / Annecy Acreditación y pitch en el programa especial de Animation! en MIFA 2024 (Francia) para 2 proyectos de serie y 2 proyectos de largometraje. Accreditation and pitch at the special Animation! program at MIFA 2024 () for 2 series projects and 2 feature film projects. ...

After years away due to the pandemic, Epic ACG Fest returned to the Bay Area on Oct 28 & 29. This event celebrates animation and features films from animators around the world.    This year, EACG partnered with the “O!PLA” National Animation Festival in Poland. A special “Poland Block” opened the festival, featuring winners from O’PLA’s 2023 competition. It was exciting to see the breadth of animation talent in this country.  ...

STUDIO 100 Film SECURES INTERNATIONAL SALES RIGHTS TO ANIMATION Movie “MISS MOXY”     ’s Studio 100 Film and Phanta Animation from the Netherlands today announce their partnership for the adventure comedy movie “Miss Moxy”. Production began in February 2023, with delivery scheduled for the end of 2024. Studio 100 Film, a subsidiary of Studio 100 Media, acts as international sales agent and will present the movie at the Amer...

    YOUNG EUROPEAN ANIMATION TALENTS GATHER AT CARTOON SPRINGBOARD’S NINTH EDITION IN MADRID   Young European animation talents will gather at Cartoon Springboard’s ninth edition, to be held on October 24-26 in Madrid. During this pitching event, the participants – all of them students or graduates from European animation schools – will be mentored by a of experts with the aim of strengthening their projects. In addition...

After several years away due to the pandemic, The Epic Animation Comic Game Fest is returning to Northern California. This is a multimedia event showcasing animation, comics, and games from around the world.  This year, EACG Fest is partnering with O!PLA Animation Festival to present the winning films of their 2023 event. O!PLA is a Polish based festival with the goal of bringing Polish animation to a world-wide audience. These 14 short films d...

The 17th Edition of Animation Production Days Hosts around 900 Business MeetingsAfter an intensive three-day programme, the 17th edition of Animation Production Days (APD) drew to a close yesterday afternoon. The most important German business platform for newly developed animation projects is a t venture between the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) and the FMX – Film & Media Exchange and takes place every year alongside its two partner events. A tota...

PVR brings Japanese anime film Suzume to India, director Shinkai comes to promote it Japanese film director Makoto Shinkai, who wears his 50 years rather lightly, wowed a gathering of media-persons and some anime artists at the Juhu PVR Multiplex, north Mumbai, yesterday. In the city to promote his latest film, Suzume, he spoke with the help of an interpreter, but appeared to understand almost all the questions put to him in English. Proceedings began around 4.30 for a 4 p.m. call, and that i...

GREAT NEWS!!! “INDUSTRIALIZATION – the rise and fall” just finished as an AUDIENCE CHOICE FINALIST in the Lift-Off Sessions at Pinewood Studios, in London, England. INDUSTRIALIZATION - the rise and fall - is a new James W. Hawk abstract animation short film that considers one long term possible outcome of industrialization. Here is the YouTube link:   https://youtu.be/MbfHE7QrdWc Please subscribe, like, comment and turn on notifications on YouTube. Thank you. Pl...

This holiday season, Illumination, creators of the blockbuster Minions, Despicable Me, Sing and The Secret Life of Pets comedies, invites you to take flight into the thrill of the unknown with a funny, feathered family vacation like no other in the action-packed new original comedy, Migration. A modern-day comedy following a family of ducks who convince their overprotective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime as they attempt to migrate from New Englan...

Rolling marbles out of bounds, spirals and loops, plus white and green figures coming together and celebrating: as of today, the official trailer of the 30th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film goes online and awakens anticipation for the ITFS anniversary edition. "Out of Bounds" is the name of the official trailer, which will now be shown online and in cinemas across . It was created and realized by animation artist Merlin Flügel.     ...

  Cartoon Movie fête ses 25 ans à Bordeaux avec 58 nouveaux longs métrages d'animation qui recherchent de nouveaux partenaires et veulent accélérer leur production et leur diffusion internationale. Les projets seront présentés, à différents stades de production, devant les 881 professionnels – producteurs, distributeurs, agents de vente, investisseurs, sociétés de jeux vidéo, éditeurs...