Tag: Jan Svankmajer
Annecy Festival 2025 Spotlights Hungarian Animation, Music Videos & MIFA’s 40th Anniversary
The next Annecy International Animation Film Festival will take place from June 8-14, 2025, and will pay tribute to Hungarian animation. The event will...
BFI Partners with LAIKA for Major ‘Stop Motion’ Celebration
The BFI (British Film Institute) today announces details of Stop Motion: Celebrating Hand-Crafted Animation on the Big Screen, supported by Headline Partner LAIKA, a major new...
Puppet Animator & Director Vlasta Pospíšilová Dies Age 87
Vlasta Pospíšilová, the Czech stop-motion master who delighted generations with her puppet films and TV series, died Friday, April 15 at the age of...
‘Bestia’: Hugo Covarrubias Explores the Secret Life of a Government Puppet
***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. '21 issue of Animation Magazine (no. 313)***
Chilean theatrical director and animation helmer Hugo Covarrubias was looking for...
Karla Castañeda: Animated Reminiscences
Director, animator, screenwriter and animated film producer Karla Castañeda is probably the youngest and most talented director on the Mexican animation scene. A graduate...
Steven Soderbergh Boards Hybrid Feature from ‘The Vandal’ Helmer Eddie Alcazar
Oscar-winning director/producer Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Contagion) will executive produce a new feature film titled Star, teaming up once again with Eddie Alcazar (Tapia, Perfect,...
Criterion Channel Programs 31 Art-House Animation Films for July
The Criterion Channel is planning a sizzling summer programming event for animation aficionados, with 31 boundary-pushing films from the 1950s up to the present...
Global Events News: Award Winners, Festival Selections & More
And to think, this time last year we were worried there would be no festivals to look forward to!
SXSW 2021 Film Festival Winners
Animated...
Spanish Helmer Alberto Vázquez Finds Shelter in His Short ‘Homeless Home’
Ever since it made its Jury Award-winning premiere at the Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival last year, Alberto Vázquez’s Homeless Home has been collecting...
Film Forum Virtual Cinema to Screen Svankmajer’s Twisted ‘Faust’
Film Forum has announced three repertory titles in its Virtual Cinema this September: Jan Oxenberg’s Thank You and Good Night (Wednesday, September 16), Jia...
Building Nara Normande’s ‘Guaxuma’ Grain by Grain
Once again, the wide world of animation has produced an incredibly diverse and inspiring crop of shorts, exemplified by those films which have earned...
How the Amazing John Morena Made 52 Shorts in 52 Weeks!
Most people would be pretty pleased with themselves if they managed to finish one animated short every few years. Not John Morena! This talented...
OVID.tv Adds Jan Svankmajer Classic ‘Alice’ to Streaming Catalog
Leading documentary and art-house film streaming service OVID.tv has announced 24 compelling titles -- including some not available on any other platform -- are...
A Few Minutes with Annecy Festival Director Marcel Jean
Who is better fit to tell us about the global animation scene than Marcel Jean, the brilliant director of the Annecy International Animated Film...
Juan Antin Discusses Directing the Acclaimed Pic ‘Pachamama’
Last year, French animation studio Folivari produced a beautiful CG/2D animated feature about a young boy living in a remote village in the Andes...
Animac ’19 to Honor Stop-Motion Luminaries
The 2019 Animac International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia, taking place in Lleida, Spain from February 21 to 24, will be welcoming some of...
10 Questions for Michaela Olsen, Writer/Director of ‘Under Covers’
Brooklyn-based animator Michaela Olson’s stunning stop-motion animated short Under Covers was one of the biggest discoveries at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. We caught...
News Bytes: Deadpool Toon Lives On, Jan Svankmajer in Amsterdam, Exec Appointments & More
Mattel Loses a Good Chunk of DC Comics Toy License to Spin Master
The new three-year agreement between the publisher and toy company kicks in...
Chris Butler Unveils Laika’s Upcoming ‘Missing Link’
Portland-based stop-motion animation hub LAIKA has released a new trailer for its wonderful new globe-trotting movie Missing link, which is coming to theaters on...
GIRAF 14th Edition Details
The Quickdraw Animation Society in Calgary, Alberta is gearing up for the 14th edition of the GIRAF Festival of Independent Animation, which will bring...
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