On the Road to the 93rd Oscars: The Animated Feature Film Nominees
‘Onward,’ ‘Over the Moon,’ ‘A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon,’ ‘Soul,’ and ‘Wolfwalkers’ vie for this year’s Best Animated Feature Oscar.
View ArticleOn the Road to the 93rd Oscars: The Animated Short Film Nominees
‘Burrow,’ ‘Genius Loci,’ ‘If Anything Happens I Love You,’ ‘Opera,’ and ‘Yes-People’ vie for this year’s Best Animated Short Oscar.
View ArticleVirtual Production Takes Center Stage in ‘The Midnight Sky’
Digitized shots of Icelandic snow, glaciers, and misty weather, coupled with real-time camera tracking and Unreal Engine, meant high-resolution environment projections, and lighting, could be captured...
View Article‘Soul,’ ‘If Anything Happens I love You,’ and 'Tenet' Take Home Oscar Gold
‘Soul’ also wins for Best Musical Score, while ‘Mank’ wins for Best Cinematography, in the final ceremony of the 2021 awards season.
View ArticleAcademy Announces Date Change for 94th Oscars
Ceremony moves to March 27, 2022; film eligibility window returns to standard December 31 deadline, though requirements remain unchanged from 2021 awards.
View ArticleAcademy Announces New Board of Governors
Casting director David Rubin re-elected AMPAS president; roster of officers increases by two with addition of the Equity and Inclusion Committee and the separation of Membership and Governance into two...
View ArticleAcademy’s ‘Virtual Production Filmmaking: Are You Game?’ Talk Now Live
Don’t miss the Academy’s Science and Technology Council tour of the latest virtual production technologies and innovations; Jon Favreau, Rob Bredow, Caleb Deschanel, Dana Glauberman, and Rob Legato...
View ArticleAcademy Announces 26 Animated Features Eligible for Oscar Consideration
Members will vote to determine five nominees for best animated feature film award; films also qualify for other categories including best picture.
View ArticleAmazon Nimble Studio Offers Animators a Home in the Cloud
Nimble Collective co-founder Rex Grignon and Kyle Roche, Head of Immersive Technology for Amazon Web Services, talk about their recently-launched cloud-based production service.
View ArticleAcademy Announces Shortlists in 10 Categories for 94th Oscars
VFX category narrowed down to 10 films, while animated short category narrowed to 15; voting for nominations runs January 27 – February 1, 2022.
View ArticleBarbara Ford Grant Named President NEP Prysm Stages
Role NEP Group’s newly formed business unit will focus on expanding company’s global virtual production solutions while supporting its network of permanent stages for film and tv.
View ArticlePhil Lord and Christopher Miller Say Animation Isn’t Getting its Due in...
The Oscar-winning creative powerhouses penned an urgent op-ed on the Academy’s failure to treat animated features as seriously as their live-action counterparts.
View ArticleAcademy Names New Board of Governors
Demographics will shift to 54% women and 28% underrepresented racial or ethnic groups when the appointees take office at the first board meeting of the 2022-2023 term.
View ArticleThe Academy Software Foundation Unveils New Governing Board Succession Plan
Foundation’s Diversity & Inclusion Working Group develops new plan to increase representation across gender identity, race, and ethnicity within the organization’s highest levels.
View ArticleDNEG: Championing Employee Diversity, Inclusion, and Mental Wellbeing
For the leading VFX and animation company, senior management is all in with a new set of EDI initiatives and resources to support their talented, diverse, and expanding staff across 9 international...
View ArticleDNEG Adds Oscar Winner Joel Hynek to LA Talent
The 2-time Academy Award-winning VFX supervisor boasts over 40 years of industry experience; he’ll work from the company’s LA studio on a yet-to-be-named project.
View ArticleAcademy Announces 27 Animated Features Eligible for Oscar Consideration
Members will vote to determine five nominees for best animated feature film award at the 95th Academy Awards; films also qualify for other categories including best picture.
View ArticleAcademy Announces Shortlists in 10 Categories for 95th Oscars
VFX category narrowed down to 10 films, while animated short category narrowed to 15; voting for nominations runs next month, January 12-17, with nomination announcements set for January 24.
View ArticleFramestore and HP Join the Academy Software Foundation
Organization’s flagship Open Source Forum at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles is set for February 16.
View Article8 Scientific and Technical Achievements to be Honored at Academy Sci-Tech...
19 individuals to be awarded at upcoming February 24, 2023 ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures; Iain Neil will receive the Gordon E. Sawyer Award for extraordinary technological...
View ArticleNext PreVIEW Panel Set: ‘Five Oscar Contenders for Best Animated Feature’
Join the free March 1 online discussion with the directors of ‘Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio,’ ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,’ ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,’ ‘The Sea Beast,’ and ‘Turning Red.’
View ArticleNext PreVIEW Panel Set: ‘Five Oscar Contenders for Best Animated Short’
Join the free February 28 online discussion with the directors of ‘My Year of Dicks,’ ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse,’ ‘The Flying Sailor,’ ‘Ice Merchants’ and ‘An Ostrich Told Me the World...
View ArticleAnimation Producer Cilia van Dijk Lieshout Passes at 81
The Oscar-winning producer, known for films including the Academy Award-winning animated short, ‘Anna & Bella,’ established the Dutch animation distribution company Animated People, was active in...
View Article‘Our Uniform’ and ‘Amarradas’ Take Top Honors at 2023 Animayo Awards
Yegane Moghaddam’s film wins the Grand Jury Prize and the Award for Best Mixed Technique, while Carmen Córdoba wins for Best Spanish Short Film, at the Oscar qualifying event.
View Article2023 Palm Springs International ShortFest Winners Revealed
Liam LoPinto’s ‘The Old Young Crow’ snags Best of the Festival Award; ‘Way Better,’ by Skirmanta Jakaitė, takes Best Animated Short.
View ArticleFramestore Adds 2 VFX Supervisors to Montreal Team
The studio’s Québec facility celebrates 10th anniversary and announces addition of Francois Lambert and Jeremy Robert as VFX supervisors; recent deliveries include ‘Barbie,’ ‘Guardians of the Galaxy...
View ArticleAcademy Announces Shortlists in 10 Categories for 96th Oscars
VFX category narrowed down to 10 films; voting for nominations runs next month, January 11-16, with nomination announcements set for January 23.
View Article16 Scientific & Technical Achievements to be Honored at Academy Sci-Tech Awards
Ceremony, to be held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on February 23, celebrates individuals and companies whose discoveries and innovations have contributed in significant and lasting ways to...
View ArticlePhillip Boutté Jr. and Michael Uwandi Talk ‘Building Character: Sketch to...
At their January 20 Academy Museum presentation, moderated by Oscar-winning director Peter Ramsey, the 9B Collective co-founders discussed concept design, building great characters, and how they strive...
View ArticlePreView Panel Set: ‘Oscar Contenders for Best Animated Feature’
Join the free February 21 online conversation and Q&A with the directors/creatives of ‘Nimona,’ ‘Elemental,’ ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,’ ‘Robot Dreams’ and ‘The Boy and the Heron,’...
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