Tag: Annecy
Gigglebug Launches New Animated TV Series
Finland’s Anima Boutique/Gigglebug Entertainment is reporting great success with its new iPad app, Gigglebug. The app, which invites kids to make grumpy animals by...
Tezuka Plans Localized Re-Versions of ‘Astro Boy’
Astro Boy is in talks to go local.
Tezuka, the anime studio that owns the famous manga and anime character, has entered talks to create...
Mediatoon Picks Up ‘The Crumpets’ at Annecy
Mediatoon has signed a worldwide distribution agreement for the new animated children's series The Crumpets, with French production company 4.21 productions.
Comprised of 52 11-minute episodes,...
Nick Global Shorts Program Draws Hundreds of Entries
Nickelodeon has launched a global animated shorts program to identify and develop new animation creative talent from around the world, receiving more than 100...
Distribution Deals Make the Scene at Annecy
Deals for animated features have been heating up at the Annecy Film Festival.
Among the major announcements made in the trades around or during the...
Meet the New Annecy Director!
This is Canadian producer, director and author Marcel Jean's first year as the artistic director of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. We recently...
Illuminating Shorts
Our reporter zeroes in four toons that represent the rich diversity of talent spotlighted at the Annecy Festival this year.
Anyone looking for a panorama...
Five Things You Have to Do at Annecy This Year
If you're one of the fortune people who will be attending this year's awesome Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market this month, you...
Toon Boom Announces ‘Harmony’ Contest
Montreal-based animation software giant Toon Boom announced today at the Annecy Market the launch of its “What I Like About Harmony” contest. Open to...
Mickey’s ‘Get a Horse’ Gets a Poster
Disney is generating some buzz today for its mysterious Mickey Mouse short, Get a Horse which premieres at the Annecy Animation Festival (Tuesday, June...
Annecy Festival Releases Complete Schedule
If you are planning to attend next week's jam-packed edition of the Annecy Animation Festival in France, you will have a chance to take...
Gaumont Plans a 50th Anniversary Bash for Calimero
Gaumont Animation (formerly Alphanim), is hosting a big bash to promote its upcoming CG-animated series Calimero on June 12 at the opening night of...
Annecy Announces Professional Conference Lineup
The upcoming Annecy Festival of Animation has announced this year's lineup of professional animation panels. The pro conferences have been organized by Christian Jacquemart...
L.A. Film Fest to Sneak ‘Man of Steel,’ ‘Monsters U’
Warner Bros. much-anticipated Man of Steel and Disney/Pixar’s Monsters University have been added to the lineup at the upcoming L.A. Film Festival in June....
176 Films to Vie at Annecy 2013
After slogging through 2,461 submitted films, artistic director Marcel Jean and his team have selected 176 films to compete for the coveted Cristal prize...
Aardman’s ‘Shaun the Sheep’ Returns to CBBC
Aardman Animation’s preschool star, Shaun the Sheep will come back to the U.K. small screen this month with 20 brand-spanking new episodes. The hero...
Bruno Bozzetto Serves Up New Animated Short
Oscar-nominated Italian animator Bruno Bozzetto (Allegro non Troppo, Grasshoppers) is back in a big way this year with a new animated short titled Rapsodeus...
Annecy Director Reveals 2013 Guidelines
Marcel Jean, the new Artistic Director of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival (taking place June 10 to 15 in France this year) has...
GKIDS’ ‘The Rabbi’s Cat’ Rolls Out in the U.S.
Prolific French comic-book artist and film director Joann Sfar discusses the real-life inspirations behind The Rabbi’s Cat and his love for American classics.
Joann Sfar,...
Annecy, Dailymotion Launch Web Contest
Dailymotion and the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2013 have joined forces to launch the + de courts! – Feet in the Lake, Head...
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