Sixteen South Rights today announced a raft of new sales for Sixteen South’s award-winning animated series, Coop Troop. The wildly funny 52 x 11’ deluxe CGI animation, aimed at kids aged 6-9, has been acquired by VRT and RTBF in Belgium, NPO in The Netherlands, KiKA in Germany, RAI in Italy, RTS in Switzerland (French), […] The post ‘Coop Troop’ continues its flight across the globe appeared first on Skwigly Animation Magazine ..read more

Multi-award-winning independent animation studio Aardman has today announced that Academy Award®-nominated director Will Becher has been appointed Stop Motion Lead for its world-class training facility, the Aardman Academy. Will Becher (Image via Aardman) Will, who co-directed Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon is currently Supervising Animator on Aardman’s upcoming film Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and has served as a key part of the filmmaking team on many of Aardman’s much-loved productions such as Creature Comforts, Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit, The Pirates ..read more

Scroll down to view the video The creators of Pop Paper City – the children’s TV series distributed by Aardman to over 177 territories worldwide – are thrilled to unveil exclusive behind-the-scenes videos detailing the innovative use of Maxon One software bringing the series to life. As pioneers in their field, they proudly share insights into the animation approach, marking Pop Paper City as the first-ever animated children’s series to utilise Maxon’s Cinema 4D.  In these videos, viewers are invited behind the curtain to hear directly from editors, generalists, animators, and the produ ..read more

Anibar 2024 Winners (© Tuğhan Anıt) The International Animated Film Festival, Anibar 2024, concluded its 15th edition with a grand closing ceremony held at Kino Liqeni in Karagaq Park, Peja. The event celebrated the festival’s achievements and announced this year’s competition winners. This magnificent event marked the end of an intense week of the international festival, which, in addition to films and animation competitions, included various activities such as workshops, discussion panels, and after-parties. Zana Berisha, the host of the closing evening, emphasized the significance of thi ..read more

The Line will direct and produce an anime-inspired short to promote the highly anticipated Warframe: 1999 update later this year. The collaboration was officially announced by Digital Extremes at TennoCon, where they unveiled an exclusive styleframe from the film, teasing what’s to come. Warframe: 1999 (Image: The Line Animation) The film will be directed by Venla Linna, known for her directorial debut film Heavenly Vessel. The Line team will be sharing more teasers throughout production, giving Warframe fans a rare glimpse behind the scenes on production, promising to show characters in a w ..read more

Universal Pictures Content Group and Lupus Films have completed production on new animated musical feature film, THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN WONDERLAND. The film is based on the bestselling book written by Carys Bexington, illustrated by Kate Hindley and published by Macmillan, which mashes up two classic tales: Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Clement Clarke Moore’s poem, Twas the Night Before Christmas (also known as A Visit From St Nicholas). The plot features characters from both story worlds including St Nick, voiced by Gerard Butler (‘Has Fallen’ trilogy, How to Train Your Drago ..read more

The Royal College of Art (RCA) produces an impressive number of award-winning animations. From Oscar nominated The Ice Merchants (2022) by João Gonzalez, to Anna Mantzaris’ Enough (2018), which won over 30 international awards, and Mikey Please’s BAFTA winning The Eagleman Stag (2010). Graduates of the College go on to establish their own studios – like Parabella Studio – or work for big names in animation, from Aardman to Studio AKA. It is little surprise that Animation Career Review recently ranked the RCA as number 8 university in the world for studying Animation. So just how does this pro ..read more

The Collision Awards, honouring excellence in animation and motion design across all its forms, announced its inaugural Winners today including American Museum of Natural History, American Red Cross, Bank of America, Bloomberg Media, BOL Production House, Cirque du Soleil, Digital Brew, Digital Kitchen, Dress Code, Glitch Productions, Found, Magnopus, Moonraker VFX, MTV Entertainment Studios, Panic Studios, Ringling College of Art, Roof Studio, Nathan Love, Nelvana, Nickelodeon, NOMINT, MTV Entertainment Studios, Odd Fellows, Ordinary Folk, Scholar and Studio AKA,The Artery. Winners repr ..read more

© GKIDS & Studio Ghibli Declaring that some stories “need to be told in animation” comes with a lot of baggage. Animation is a medium that knows no bounds, limited only by the imagination of its creator and the bank account of its financier. So, with all that possibility at its fingertips, why does so much animation default to making animals talk? It’s possible there’s some anthropological reason as to why humans feel so keen to anthropomorphise beings and objects, but at this point in film history, the animated movie centred on cute, wisecracking talking animals has become a trope and a ..read more

Countryside Animafest Cyprus Views of the World has announced the official selection of their 23rd edition. 33 exceptionally inspiring films from 14 countries were selected in the International Competition. Poster design: Sasha Svirskii The selection was made by Yiorgos Tsangaris, founder and Festival director of Animafest Cyprus and Gerben Schermer (NL), curator of animation and contemporary art, and it includes works by promising newcomers as well as acclaimed masters. Τwo Grand Prix will be awarded: one for Best Narrative and another for Best Non-Narrative short. This year’s National Prog ..read more