The Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF), LA’s independent animation festival, launches a new distribution label specializing in international animation, to be released on Blu-ray, DVD, select theaters, On-Demand and streaming channels. The films are distributed under the LAAF brand through the newly formed company FilmFest Distribution. FilmFest is the brain-child of LAAF Co-Founder Miles Flanagan […]

With its current theatrical and educational release on hold, the beloved animation anthology has just premiered online, delivering the “best of the best” to a global audience. The Animation Show Of Shows, a curated selection of animated short films created by students and professionals around the world, is now on Vimeo. With theaters shuttered due […]

If you are interested in the question: “Where did Matt Groening, Brad Bird and Bill Plympton come from, and what, if anything, did their emergence have to do with the previous generation of animation figures from Oregon, a group which included Mel Blanc, Marc Davis, Ralph Wright, Pinto Colvig and George Bruns?” this conference may […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that nominations for its 92st Annual Academy Awards. The biggest surprise: Frozen 2 was shut out in the Best Animated Feature category – but was nominated for Best Song. The 5 films nominated for Best Animated Feature are listed below in alphabetical order by title, […]

New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF), North America’s largest film festival for children and teens, announces the 2020 edition Opening Night Film and countries of focus: Japan and Canada. The Oscar qualifying NYICFF, now in its 23rd year, runs February 21 through March 15, 2020, debuting an exciting new slate of the very best […]

Celebrating France’s rich tradition as a pioneer of animation, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) presents the 2020 Animation First Festival, showcasing the history, ingenuity and diversity of France’s renowned animation studios and schools. Benefitting from a burgeoning animation field poised to enter a historic awards season, this year’s schedule includes 15 premieres, award-winning features […]