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Creative Talent Network Animation Expo (CTN EXPO) is back Nov. 16-18, highlighted by Glen Keane and Brenda Chapman offering talks along with a host of creative talent and special events for professional artists, art students and industry executives. Read more
The Platform International Animation Festival will present renowned Japanese artist Katsuhiro Otomo with a Lifetime Achievement Award on Oct. 27 at 9:30 pm at the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT, 631 West 2nd St., Los Angeles). The evening will begin with an exclusive screening of Otomo’s new short film, Combustible, a sure Oscar contender, followed by a conversation with animation historian Jerry Beck and the award ceremony. Read more
The Hitchcock trailer has just been released and it wonderfully captures the tense behind-the-scenes drama of making Psycho. Read more
I will be returning to the second annual Palo Alto International Film Festival this weekend, moderating “The Future of Cinema: Extended and Experiential.” Joining me tomorrow at 1:00 pm at Talenthouse will be filmmaker/technologists John Gaeta (creative director/founder, Float Hybrid), Kim Libreri (VFX supervisor at ILM), Rudy Poat (creative director, Microsoft Studios), and Habib Zargarpour (creative director, Microsoft Studios). Read more
So far, David O. Russell’s The Silver Linings Playbook (Nov. 21) has emerged as the surprise of Toronto: the best rom-com in ages that has Jeff Wells in a state of euphoria, comparing it to The Apartment, among others, and predicting it’s a lock for a Best Picture nom. Read more
I will be returning to the second annual Palo Alto International Film Festival (Sept. 27-30), moderating “The Future of Cinema: Extended and Experiential.” Joining me on Sept. 29 at 1:00 pm at Talenthouse will be filmmaker/technologists John Gaeta (creative director/founder, Float Hybrid), Kim Libreri (VFX supervisor at ILM), Rudy Poat (creative director, Microsoft Studios), and Habib Zargarpour (creative director, Microsoft Studios). Read more
Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS) debuted a newly restored digital print of the once-thought-lost 1928 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit animated short, Hungry Hobos, at the Telluride Film Festival last Sunday. Read more
Bolstering its Oscar campaign, DreamWorks Animation’s Rise of the Guardians will be honored with the “Hollywood Animation Award” at the 16th annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards (presented by The Los Angeles Times) on Oct. 22 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Five of the past six recipients have gone on to win the Academy Award for best animated feature: Rango, Toy Story 3, Up, Wall-E, and Ratatouille. Read more
There’s more sex, violence, gun play, and melancholy in the final trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master (Sept. 14) on the eve of its festival run at Venice and Toronto. Read more
SIGGRAPH 2012 (Aug. 5-9 at the Los Angeles Convention Center), announced the Computer Animation Festival’s Best in Show, Jury Award, Best Student Project, and Well Told Fable Prize recipients. A total of 94 films will be shown during the Computer Animation Festival. Nominees were chosen by an expert panel of jury members from 601 submissions representing 43 countries. Last year’s winner, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, won the Oscar for best animated short. Read more
