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Flow” and ‘Wander To Wonder’ win top awards at the Animation Film Festival

Flow” and ‘Wander To Wonder’ win top awards at the Animation Film Festival

“Flow,” a low-budget, thrilling survival film by Latvian director Gints Zilvarodis, has won the top award for best feature film at the seventh edi...

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Memories of a Snail” beat out live-action films to win top prize at the BFI London Film Festival.

Memories of a Snail” beat out live-action films to win top prize at the BFI London Film Festival.

Adam Elliott's “Memoir of a Snail,” which was in the official competition for Best Film at the 68th BFI London Film Festival in London today, won ...

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Just 19 days after its theatrical release, “Wild Robot” is now available digitally

Just 19 days after its theatrical release, “Wild Robot” is now available digitally

Universal released DreamWorks Animation's “Wild Robot” on digital platforms on Tuesday, just 19 days after its theatrical release.The quick turnar...

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The Day The Earth Blew Up” gets a theatrical release date; will it enter this year's Oscar race?

The Day The Earth Blew Up” gets a theatrical release date; will it enter this year's Oscar race?

Ketchup Entertainment today announced the North American release date for the Warner Bros. Animation feature film “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Loon...

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CG Animation Pioneer Lillian Schwartz Dies at 97

CG Animation Pioneer Lillian Schwartz Dies at 97

Lillian Schwartz, a pioneering animator and one of the few people who regularly produced CG animated films in the 1970s, died last Saturday in New Yor...

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Wallace and Gromit's New Film “Vengeance Most Fowl,” First Trailer Released

Wallace and Gromit's New Film “Vengeance Most Fowl,” First Trailer Released

Hard to believe that it has been 19 years since the popular British duo Wallace and Gromit last released a stop-motion feature, but Wallace and Gromit...

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Mercury Filmworks and La Chouette Partner on Original Horror/Suspense Series “Don't Walk Home Alone After Dark”

Mercury Filmworks and La Chouette Partner on Original Horror/Suspense Series “Don't Walk Home Alone After Dark”

Ottawa, Canada-based animation production company Mercury Filmworks has partnered with French animation studio La Chouette Compagnie to develop, produ...

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Finnish Animation Producer Gigglebug Opens New Animation Studio in the Canary Islands

Finnish Animation Producer Gigglebug Opens New Animation Studio in the Canary Islands

Helsinki, Finland-based Gigglebug Entertainment is expanding its 2D production capabilities with the launch of a new studio facility in the Canary Isl...

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Aardman Animations to Lay Off 15% of Core Staff

Aardman Animations to Lay Off 15% of Core Staff

Ahead of the release of the feature film “Wallace and Gromit,” Aardman Animations will lay off about 15% of its core staff, or about 20 of its non...

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Chris Sanders admits to making a “Wild Robot” sequel.

Chris Sanders admits to making a “Wild Robot” sequel.

DreamWorks Animation is developing a sequel to its latest film, “Wild Robot.” The news was revealed this morning by the film's director and writer...

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Historic Weekend Box Office: 5 of the Top 10 Animated Feature Films

Historic Weekend Box Office: 5 of the Top 10 Animated Feature Films

This weekend, while Hollywood box office pundits are occupied with such trivial topics as the slightly better-than-expected opening of the live-action...

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Yu Murata and Christopher Rutledge's “Larry” Takes the Dogs Out (to Play Basketball)

Yu Murata and Christopher Rutledge's “Larry” Takes the Dogs Out (to Play Basketball)

Don't miss “Larry,” a trippy, metaphysical piece about a basketball-playing dog by Yu Murata and Christopher Rutledge.Backed by a lively soundtrac...

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