March Newsletter

Animation

If you are preparing for Cannes, with animation, enter your film and projects in the Animation in Cannes Catalog

Free listing in the Catalog of Animation in Cannes and Whos who and where

Your entries will show on the website and will be shared with the trade publications in Cannes.

We also have paid promotion packages to increase visibility. Email us for details.

We will issue in PDF form with contact details. Available to media and buyers (film and TV).

The Catalog of Animation in Cannes.

Enter your film /short / feature /documentary / project / script in our catalog of animation (and VR) in Cannes.

The Video Channel: trailers of Animation in Cannes

Submit your Trailer on the Youtube Channel (for your work presented in Cannes)

The Showcase Channel: Video Channel of Animation in Cannes

Submit your Showcase on the Animation Day in Cannes secure video channel on youtube for media and buyers with password protection.

Animation Accolade: Video Channel of Festival Award Winners only

Celebrating recent winners (from October 2015 onwards) and festival directors attending the Animation Day in Cannes. Unique Cannes publicity opportunity. Submit your winning trailer

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Preliminary program for the Animation Day in Cannes 2016, May 18

A Musivision FILMS / ANIMAZE Filmfestivals.com Production The objective of the first edition of Animation Day May 2015 was to test and validate the interest in the concept. The objective of the second edition is gaining strength and going louder in celebrating the success and powerful rise of animation for short, long documentary and related technologies Our goal is to set up networking tools gradually and for the long ...

States General of Italian Animation: the revival of the cartoon made in Italy

The commitment of the Italian Government and RAI. Silvia Costa, Chairman of the Culture Committee at the European Parliament: "It's essential that all media operators guarantee the respect of production quotas" In March, in Rome, were held the States General of Italian Animation, promoted by Cartoon Italia (the Italian Association of Animation Producers) and ASIFA Italia (the Italian Association of Authors and Animation Professionals) in collabo...

Zootopia, Review: Viewtopia

Zootopia, Review: Viewtopia By Siraj Syed Zootopia (known as Zootropolis in some countries) is Disney's 55th animated feature, in 3D computer graphics. The theme--unlikely buddies teaming-up to solve a crime--is not exactly a novel idea in Hollywood productions, but buddy comedy-drama takes an entirely new meaning when the buddies happen to be a rabbit and a fox, and the villains are animals too, for this make-believe tale is set in Zootopia, a highly civilised, modern and auto...

FOCUS ON VR

Animation inspires technology - Join us in the celebration of art and science in Cannes May 18th! Register today

Animation is a genre at the forefront of cinema entertaining the widest public. With kids in the seats comes parents in tow. We'd love to hear from you! Register to Animation Day in Cannes The tentacles of animation spread far and wide. Animation for the first epic Star Wars film gave birth to photoshop which has now become a verb as in "Has this been photoshopped?" If we include visual effects, green screen, classic and CGI, animation as a genre is...

Sky Pay TV giant launches VR Production Studio with F1 content

Sky has created Sky VR Studio, in-house production unit dedicated to virtual reality and immersive content. The first pieces of fully immersive VR content to be produced by the unit will be two films shot during Formula 1 testing in Barcelona with Williams Team. "The technology to film is there, the technology to view it on is there, and the platforms are there. What we need to do now is populate them" Neil Graham, Sky ...

In Your Face is the first feature film in virtual reality in world's first VR cinema!

Experts already named 2016 the year of virtual reality. The technique was first adopted by gaming fans but now many more industries are embracing virtual reality. Still VR is not accessible for everybody and a lot of people are new to this experience. The VR Cinema is here to change all that. The VR Cinema is a concept by &samhoud media that originated in the form of Europe's first virtual reality pop-up cinema which toured through several big cities in The Netherlands, Germany, S...

FESTIVALS

"Goes to Cannes" series includes works in progress from Annecy

Films in post-production screened at the Marché du Film 2016 The "Goes to Cannes" series is a Works-In-Progress (WIPs) showcase organized by the Marché du Film in partnership with recognized international festivals. Each festival will present up to five films in post-production from their own program to take to Cannes. This selection of film extracts will be presented during two-hour long market screenings, open to Marché du Film badge holders. The team ...

Holland Animation Film Festival Line up

Competitions 2016 The Holland Animation Film Festival 2016 organizes the following competitions. The competitions for features, shorts, student films and Dutch films are open for films that had their premiere after January 1, 2015. Subscription for these competitions starts at the beginning of September. Deadline for application is 1 December 2015 (when the film is not yet completed on December 1, the deadline for the preview copy is 1 Ja...

Professional Award Dutch Animation ' Nominations Grand Prix Dutch Animation ' HAFFTube winner

Specialists' Prize Dutch Animation won by Zeezucht On the opening night of HAFF, the Specialists' Prize for Dutch Animation was presented to Zeezucht (Jonas and the Sea) by Marlies van der Wel (NL). Nominations Grand Prix Dutch animation On Wednesday night 16 March, the nominations were announced for the Grand Prix for Dutch Animation. ...

Leeds Young Film Festival 2016 launches Animation Central

The full Leeds Young Film Festival 2016 (LYFF16) programme has been revealed on leedsyoungfilm.com and features over a week of the best international films, animations, workshops and masterclasses. LYFF16 takes place from 24-31 March 2016 at venues across the city, inviting young people and their families to discover a whole new world of cinema. LYFF16 is lead by the newly launched Animation Central, supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Taking place ...

Trailer for TrickFilm Festival of Animated Film in Stuttgart

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FMX 2016 Trailer

Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia April 26-29, Stuttgart, Germany The FMX trailers are traditionally created by students of the Institute of Animation, Effects and Digital Postproduction at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in their third year of study. The trailer Jazz Orgie was created by Irina Rubina. ...