The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) will bring the SCAD TVFest back to Atlanta, GA from February 7-10. Now in its 12th year, the event will take place at the new, state-of-the art SCADshow theater.
“It is always a pleasure to celebrate the best in television at SCAD TVfest in Atlanta,” said Christina Routhier, senior executive director of SCAD theaters and festivals. “From our terrific honorees, including iconic actors Kelsey Grammer, George Lopez, and Ken Watanabe, to our shows and panels lineup featuring some of the most buzzed-about shows like The Gilded Age and The Morning Show, we can’t wait to give Atlantans and our phenomenal SCAD students a full slate of exciting programming.”
The Opening Night Gala screening is the US season two premiere of the Max Original drama series Tokyo Vice. Animated highlights of the program include:
- Hazbin Hotel (Prime Video) with voice cast Erika Henningsen, Blake Roman, Amir Talai, Joel Perez, and Jessica Vosk and creator and showrunner Vivienne Medrano
- Invincible (Prime Video) with voice actor Khary Payton and co-showrunner Simon Racioppa
- Invincible Fight Girl (Cartoon Network, Max) with creator and executive producer Juston Gordon-Montgomery, art director David Depasquale and supervising producer Bryan Newton
- My Adventures with Superman (Adult Swim/Max) with voice cast Jack Quaid, Alice Lee and Ishmel Sahid, co-showrunner and co-executive producer Jake Wyatt, and art director Jane Bak
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix, Universal Content Productions) with creators, showrunners and writers Bryan Lee O’Malley and BenDavid Grabinski
- The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy (Prime Video) with creator, showrunner and executive producer Cirocco Dunlap and production designer and co-producer Robin Eisenberg
- Animated Horizons: Exploring the Visual Verse of USG — Panel — embarks on an adventure into the imaginative and limitless worlds of Universal Studio Group’s hit animated television shows. This acclaimed group of creatives will discuss the artistry, innovation, and storytelling prowess that breathes life into animated characters and worlds. Confirmed panelists include Robert Carlock (Mulligan), Sam Means (Mulligan), Bryan Lee O’Malley (Scott Pilgrim Takes Off) and BenDavid Grabinski (Scott Pilgrim Takes Off).
The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) announced the winners of the 2024 Animation First festival. Back for the seventh year, the event is the only U.S. fest dedicated to showcasing Francophone animation.
Francophone Shorts Winners:
- Best Francophone Short 2024: The Purple Season (La saison pourpre). Dir. Clémence Bouchereau
- Honorable Mention: Maurice’s Bar. Dir. Tom Prezman, Tzor Edery
- Honorable Mention: Summer 96 (Été 96). Dir. Mathilde Bédouet
Student Short Film Winners
- Best French Student Short: Fire. Esther Lamassoure, Baptiste Fraboul, Florent Sabuco, Julie Le Forban, Valentin Serre, Léna Gittler (Ecole des Nouvelles Images)
- Best American Student Short: The Sun Is Bad. Chenrui Lan, Elle Yeung, Henry Ni, Ivan Chui, Laura Correal, Liren Sun, Quinn Marsh, Rachel Mow, Rielle Yap Ong, Samson Flanagan (SCAD)
- Honorary Mention: *Dance with the Seashells!*. Théo Carme, Julie Fournier, Alessandra Rosmarino, Anaëlle Saba (Gobelins)
The Paley Center for Media today announced the schedule for the 41st annual television celebration PaleyFest LA, which will take place from Friday, April 12 through Saturday, April 20 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Citi Cardholders and Paley Members receive presale access to tickets starting on January 30.
The 2024 program will include a celebration of the 25th anniversary of FOX toon Family Guy with a live table read featuring the show’s voice stars, a musical performance led by series composer Walter Murphy and more fun surprises on Friday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m.
The Family Guy event will include Seth MacFarlane, creator, executive producer (Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, and additional voices); Alex Borstein (Lois Griffin and additional voices); Mila Kunis, (Meg Griffin); Seth Green (Chris Griffin); Rich Appel, executive producer and co-showrunner; Alec Sulkin, executive producer, co-showrunner and additional voices; Kara Vallow, executive producer; Danny Smith, executive producer and additional voices; and John Viener.
“While I’d been counting on a 24th anniversary celebration at PaleyFest, this is the next best thing, and I’m honored to participate,” said MacFarlane.
Also of interest to animation fans will be a spotlight on Netflix’s new live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series in its PaleyFest debut. the 7 p.m. session on Sunday, April 14 will feature Albert Kim, showrunner, executive producer and writer; Jabbar Raisani, executive producer and director; Gordon Cormier (Aang); Kiawentiio (Katara); Ian Ousley (Sokka); Dallas Liu (Zuko); Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Uncle Iroh); and Elizabeth Yu (Azula).
