Academy members will vote to determine five nominees for best animated feature film award at the 99th Oscars; films also qualify for other categories including best picture.
New animated comedy from DreamWorks Animation features everyone’s ‘favorite felons’ trying to earn their reputation before they became ‘The Bad Guys;’ Streams November 6.
The animated feature leaves crime-ridden Gotham City behind, infusing elements of Mesoamerican history and culture with the traditional template of the Batman myth; in Mexico theaters September 18, HBO Max on September 19.
In support of the DreamWorks Animation comedy’s home entertainment release, the studio will send one lucky U.S.-based winner a special fan package that includes the print along with a film digital code, branded notebook, water bottle and other goodies.
The hand-drawn 2D Pakistani feature, which follows the relationship of a father and son in the face of war, will debut in U.S. theaters on August 15.
The final set of competitive short films were selected from a record 2,850 entries in the Commissioned, Narrative, Non-Narrative, Student and Canadian Student categories; festival runs September 25-29 in Ottawa.
Amid alarm over the latest Pixar film’s weak box-office opening this week, and fears about films with ‘original’ stories vs. sequels, Andrew Osmond looks at how IPs co-exist with originality in anime movies.
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film is a premier event for the animation industry, fostering idea exchange, partnerships, and showcasing new talent.
An 11-year-old space fanatic with an active imagination and huge alien obsession finally gets abducted by said aliens, though not as he imagined, as he’s mistaken for Earth’s leader and must deal with a truly galactic crisis; hits theaters June 20.
The A-1 Pictures series, based on the best-selling Korean web novel by Chugong, took home 8 awards, including the coveted ‘Anime of the Year;’ 51 million fans worldwide voted on their favorites.
It’s tough to be good when everyone knows how bad you’ve been in DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming animated comedy about a crackerjack crew of animal outlaws, now-reformed, who get hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals: The Bad Girls; in theaters August 1.
Rihanna’s Smurfette leads her friends on a rescue mission to a very real Earth after Papa Smurf gets kidnapped by Razamel and Gargamel; the upcoming live-action / 3DCG hybrid – and extremely blue musical - hits theaters July 18.
Watch INDAC’s Johannes Wolters interview the Pixar creative (associate producer of ‘Coco’) at an April screening in Munich where she talks about team building, tough deadlines, and protecting artists so they can make the best film possible.
All this 11-year-old space fanatic wants is to get abducted by aliens, which finally happens, though not as he imagined, as he’s mistaken for Earth’s leader and must deal with a truly galactic crisis; hits theaters June 20.
Launched in 1982, the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film returns May 6-11, 2025.
The 4-day event returns to Stuttgart, kicking off May 6; on-demand presentations are available May 10 – June 10.
The upcoming live-action / 3DCG hybrid – and extremely blue musical feature sees Smurfette and her friends head to a very real Earth to find Papa Smurf, who’s been kidnapped by Razamel and Gargamel; hits theaters July 18.
The globetrotting animated musical adaptation of the beloved Dr. Seuss book, which follows a young adventurer as they journey through the joys, heartaches, peaks, and valleys of life, will hit theaters March 17, 2028 in IMAX.
ILM VFX supervisor Hayden Jones reveals how his team merged anime styling with cutting-edge visuals including hand-drawn transitions and ‘Akira’-inspired lens flares to create a love letter to classic manga.
Composer Stuart Hancock discusses how he created the evocative soundtrack that so beautifully meshed with Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry’s poignant 2D animated adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s novel, spotlighting the power of connection and the beauty of nature; releases November 26 on VOD.
Everyone’s favorite bad guys kind of gone good are back in DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming animated comedy about a crackerjack crew of animal outlaws, now-reformed, who get hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals: The Bad Girls; coming summer 2025.
Academy members will vote to determine five nominees for best animated feature film award at the 97th Oscars; films also qualify for other categories including best picture.
Paul Debevic named chair of the 4-day conference on animation, VFX, interactive and immersive, which runs May 6-9, 2025 in Stuttgart.
From the innovative use of mocap for fast prototyping with virtual story reels to choosing the right cameras to ensure a proper sense of scale on massive sets and environments, the cinematographer discusses how he handled layout and composition on Josh Cooley and Paramount’s 3DCG origin story of how two best friends became the sworn enemies Optimus Prime and Megatron.
Exuberant self-expression dotted with wrestling self-reflection.
