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Annecy Unveils Full List of Professional Conferences

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Christian Jacquemart and René Broca, who have organized the wonderful professional conferences at the Annecy Animation Festival in the past few years, unveiled the full list of this year’s progr

by Liezel on May 17th, 2012

Evidence of Stone-Age Era Animation Is Discovered

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Fred Flintstone, animator? The real Stone Age-era families might have actually dabbled in animation, according to a story in the Australian Times.

by Liezel on May 2nd, 2012

Giraf Animation Festival

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GIRAF is looking for Animation submissions, in all styles, genres, lengths, and mediums.

by Liezel on April 27th, 2012

'ollo Oblo

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For the fifth time Oblo – a small non-profit cinema in Lausanne, Switzerland – organizes its independent short film festival Oblò Film Festival (OFF) that will take place from September 7-9th

by Liezel on April 27th, 2012

OPINION PIECE: Glenn Gillis: Out of the Kitchen and into the Diningroom

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Welcome back to the next installment in this six-part series.

by Liezel on May 17th, 2012

Amazon to develop original kids series

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In a move to expand its programming efforts, online retail giant Amazon.com has announced its content development division, Amazon Studios, is now accepting proposals for original children’s an

by Liezel on May 2nd, 2012

Athens Animation Festival

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The Athens Animation Festival is now accepting applications.

by Liezel on April 27th, 2012

Kenya's Legend of Ngong Hills wins AMAA

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Kenyan animation, Legend of Ngong Hill directed by Kwame Nyongo bagged an award at Sunday night’s Africa Movie Academy Awards, at The Expo Centre, Eko Hotel & Suite in Lagos, Nigeria

by Liezel on April 26th, 2012
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Animation xChange is a community-driven initiative aimed at unifying the South African community. We hold social get-togethers on the second Thursday of every month in both Cape Town and Johannesburg. Animators with vastly varied levels of experience share their work, their experiences and a few drinks. Students are invited to show their projects and constructive criticism and input is given by all. Visit the website at www.animationxchange.org

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FreeNetWorld 2012- Call for participation

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Fifth international film festival FreeNetWorld will be held from 4th till 6th of October 2012.
We would like to invite filmmakers from around the world to submit their films.

by Liezel on April 27th, 2012

Young Director Award 2012 Call for entries

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REGISTER NOW! Hurl your fledgling directorial career into full flight with this year’s CFP-E/Shots Young Director Award.

by Liezel on April 10th, 2012

KLIK! Animation Fest seeks entries

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The KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival is now accepting films in the following categories:

by Liezel on April 10th, 2012

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FreeNetWorld 2012- Call for participation
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KLIK! Animation Fest seeks entries
NW Animation Festival in Portland Seeks Entries from All Over
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Animation xChange Cape Town 12 April

12/04/2012 - 19:00
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Hein Schultz will be showing some work he has on the go, and Dumisani Masalela who works for Angle Orange will be showing some realistic architectural visualisation work.

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Tax incentive for filmmaking introduced

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Emma Kingdon, consultant, Corporate and Commercial practice and Andrew Lewis, senior associate, Tax practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, have written the following opinion piece: A new incentive f

Chinese animation industry gets boost from Disney

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In efforts to train local talent and develop original content for China and the world, The Walt Disney Company has joined forces with China’s largest internet service provider Tencent and the Min

Speaking with Shadow

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Artist William Kentridge advocates for irrational thought in artistic practice.

Stereoscopic Supervisor Robert Neuman Talks Disney 3-D

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The man behind conversions of The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast discusses the stereoscopic 3-D renaissance at Disney.

Interview with Pixar and Disney President Ed Catmull

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There are a handful of people in this world who represent everything that the CG animation community has been able to achieve in the past few decades. Pixar co-founder and president Dr.

Italian Animation Industry Overview

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Indie animation producers in Italy continue to deliver the goods despite tough financial challenges and the slow growth of revenue from multimedia projects.

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