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Festivals & Events

John Caird’s Stage Adaptation of ‘Spirited Away’ to Debut in Japan

Ramin Zahed - February 26, 2021

A new stage production based on Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning masterpiece Spirited Away will be presented in Japan’s Imperial Theater in February and March. The...

North America

Netflix Uncovers Cool Soundtrack to Craig McCracken’s ‘Kid Cosmic’

Ramin Zahed - February 25, 2021

Netflix is releasing the soundtrack for Craig McCracken’s acclaimed new series Kid Cosmic on Friday (Feb. 26). The charming toon’s music is composed by...

North America

Newly-Launched VIS KIDS Unveils Partnerships & Projects

Ramin Zahed - February 23, 2021

VIS KIDS, a division of ViacomCBS International Studios, today announced several high-profile creators and talent partners tied to key projects in development, during the...

Festivals & Events

Watch Animation Magazine’s Exclusive Award Season Shorts Panel

Ramin Zahed - February 19, 2021

If you would like to find out about the process, inspiration and challenges of making some of the year’s most acclaimed shorts and hear...

Television

Drawing on the Immigrant Experience: Big Bad Boo’s ’16 Hudson’ Introduces a Refugee Family

Ramin Zahed - February 17, 2021

***This article originally appeared in the March '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 308)*** Vancouver-based Big Bad Boo Studios founder Shabnam Rezaei remembers the first...

Animated People

VFX Pro Brad Minnich Invents an Animated Future in ‘2150’

Ramin Zahed - February 12, 2021

With over a decade of visual effects editor/supervisor credits on prestige projects under his belt, Brad Minnich (The Good Lord Bird, upcoming Zack Snyder's...

Animated People

Joe Cappa Talks about the Making of His Sundance Short ‘Ghost Dogs’

Ramin Zahed - February 12, 2021

This past month, Joe Cappa’s fascinating new short Ghost Dogs received a lot of attention when it was nominated for a Best Animated Short...

Animated People

Looking Sharp: How Gladius Studios Wields Puerto Rico’s Animation Talent

Ramin Zahed - February 8, 2021

A promising gladiator from Puerto Rico is seeking glory in the global animation arena: Gladius Studios has emerged as an industry leader in the...

Features

The World According to Don Hertzfeldt: ‘The Absent Destinations of David Prime’

Ramin Zahed - February 5, 2021

***This interview originally appeared in the March '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 308)*** The name Don Hertzfeldt brings to mind some of the most...

Features

Sneak Peek: Anca Damian’s ‘The Island,’ a Postmodern Robinson Crusoe Musical!

Ramin Zahed - February 4, 2021

***This article originally appeared in the March '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 308)*** Over two years ago, Romanian director Anca Damian made a huge...

Features

Frenemies in the Big City: ‘Tom and Jerry’ Director Tim Story & Team Discuss the New Hybrid Pic

Ramin Zahed - February 3, 2021

***This article originally appeared in the March '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 308)*** It’s hard to believe that Hanna-Barbera’s eternal cat-and-mouse frenemies will be...

Animated People

Spanish Helmer Alberto Vázquez Finds Shelter in His Short ‘Homeless Home’

Ramin Zahed - February 3, 2021

Ever since it made its Jury Award-winning premiere at the Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival last year, Alberto Vázquez’s Homeless Home has been collecting...

Festivals & Events

Golden Globes 2021 Animation Nominees Announced

Ramin Zahed - February 3, 2021

The Hollywood Foreign Press announced the five titles nominated for this year’s Best Animated Feature Golden Globe this morning. The announcement was made by...

Television

Frozen Treat: Wendy & Lizzie Molyneux Give Us the Scoop on ‘The Great North’

Ramin Zahed - February 2, 2021

***This article originally appeared in the March '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 308)*** The Loren Bouchard TV animation empire continues to expand this month...

Shorts

An Unexpected Guest: Inside the Charming 2D World of ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’

Ramin Zahed - February 1, 2021

U.K. TV audiences were treated to a delightful addition to Lupus Films' growing library of animated holiday specials at the end of 2020: The...

Animated People

Geoffroy de Crécy Fills the Gap with His Prophetic ‘Empty Places’

Ramin Zahed - January 31, 2021

With its haunting vision of a world where all traces of humans have vanished, Geoffroy de Crécy's Empty Places emerged as of the past...

Animated People

How Sean Donnelly Got Animation in Gear for HBO’s ‘The Lady and the Dale’

Ramin Zahed - January 29, 2021

HBO’s new partially animated docu-series The Lady and the Dale traces the story of audacious entrepreneur Elizabeth Carmichael, who took the world by storm...

Animated People

Frederic Siegel Discusses the Making of ‘The Lonely Orbit’

Ramin Zahed - January 28, 2021

aAfter a successful international festival run and qualifying for this year’s Oscars, the Swiss animated short film The Lonely Orbit makes its online premiere...

Shorts

‘Kapaemahu’: Animating an Ancient, Sacred Story

Ramin Zahed - January 27, 2021

About 10 years ago, the producer/directors of the prize-winning animated short Kapaemahu Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer were working with Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu on a...

Animated People