Industry Vets Matt Hunnicutt, Sandra Nam to Lead Psyop Media Group
The former W+K Portland, Squarespace, and Tribeca leaders bring an innovation-forward and brand partnership approach as the global studio group enters its next phase.
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'Arco,' 'The Night Boots' Take Top Awards at Annecy 2025
Ugo Bienvenu's 2D feature film and the pinscreen short by Pierre-Luc Granjon are among the 23 winners at the jam packed 49th festival edition that saw a record 18,200 accredited attendees from 118 countries.
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53rd Annie Awards
Begins: February 21, 2026
ASIFA-Hollywood celebrates the best the industry has to offer at animation’s most prestigious awards ceremony, February 21, 2026, at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
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Alex Weber Joins OddBeast
3D artist will act as studio’s primary product visualizer by cleaning up CAD models, modeling products from scratch, and processing all client artwork files to be used on 3D models.
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Freefolk Takes CGI to New Heights in Škoda ‘Enyaq’ EV VFX Breakdown Reel
The visual effects studio replicated the world’s largest vacuum chamber - at the NASA Space Power Facility - to feature the new electric car slowly falling alongside an umbrella to highlight its aerodynamic features.
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Studio AKA, Leith Partner for Second ‘Be the Early Bird’ Spot
This year, the campaign, which encourages early cancer detection among adults in Scotland, follows a spirited seagull who discovers a lump on her neck and smartly seeks help right away.
Partizan Signs Animation Studio Martian Blueberry
The company co-founded by Carl Jones, best known for his work on ‘The Boondocks’ and ‘Black Dynamite,’ and Love Jones, has joined the long-time content creator’s roster of animation directors.
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ROOF Studio Reveals ‘The New Yorker’ Animated Short
Watch it from ‘cover’ to ‘cover’… in partnership with Le Truc, The Condé Nast Creative Marketing Team, and Human, the promotional project celebrates the publication’s 100th anniversary.
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Paramount+ Drops ‘SpongeBob’ and ‘Star Trek’ Ad Mashup
The spot stars Spock (Ethan Peck), Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), and Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose-Gooding), who are joined on the Patrick Starship Enterprise by SpongeBob, Sandy, and Mr. Krabs.
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Moonbug Entertainment Launches ‘CoComelon Can Help’ Campaign
The year-long campaign, which aims to show how songs can help families through real moments, focuses on potty training, bedtime, and mealtime.
Former The Mill Creative Leaders Find New Home at The Heist
Patrick Coleman joins as executive creative director, bringing team of long-time collaborators; Blake Nickle joins as Director of Production, Chicago, with Jason Esser coming on board as Thinkingbox creative director.
Creative Leader Ryan Dunn Launches Dunnwell
New multidisciplinary production studio boasts a global collective of directors and artists using a story-first approach to deliver content across animation, live-action, VFX and immersive media for advertising, TV, and film.
Bill Kroyer Talks His New Book, ‘Mr. InBetween: My Life in the Middle of the Animation Revolution’
From his early, revolutionary work at Disney on ‘Tron’ to his Oscar-nominated short, ‘Technological Threat’ and Coca Cola ‘Polar Bear’ commercials, the long-time industry veteran was front and center at the nexus of revolutionary change from hand-drawn to computer animation.
FMX 2025 Program Now Online
Lists of participating speakers and companies have also been published; presentation categories include VFX for Features, Feature Animation, Sound Design, Managing Change, and News.
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Psyop Signs Former Pixar Director/Animator Doug Sweetland
The Oscar and Annie Award-nominated ‘Presto’ director also previously led teams on classics like ‘Monsters, Inc.’ and ‘Cars;’ he recently worked on Psyop-produced short-form content for mobile gaming giants Dream Games and Supercell.
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Juice Powers Knockout VFX for Riyadh Season’s Boxing Promo
Watch the breakdown reel; blending classical art with visual effects, the studio, in collaboration with BigTime Creative Shop and ProdCo, helped produce ‘The Last Crescendo,’ an operative, mythology-inspired spot promoting the highly anticipated rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol that Bivol won by majority decision.
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Platige Image, CD PROJEKT RED Talk ‘The Witcher 4’ Cinematic Game Trailer
In the behind-the-scenes video, the creators explain the origin of the trailer story, and as well as what technological solutions were used to animate the monster Bauk.
Technicolor Begins Shutdown, Artists Find New Home with Arc Creative
While the famed creative services company has begun to shut down U.S. operations, the leadership and most of the artistic staff at The Mill have joined forces with Dream Machine FX for a new venture.
‘The Wild Robot,’ ‘Arcane’ Dominate at 52nd Annual Annie Awards
Chris Sanders and DreamWorks’ blockbuster feature led the festivities with wins in 9 categories, while Netflix and Riot Games’ fan-favorite series took home 7, in a fun but emotional ceremony dedicated to victims of January’s tragic fires and highlighted by several tributes to LA’s firefighting finest, a real-time fundraiser, and 2 building-clearing false fire alarms.
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Comedians The Sklar Brothers to Host 23rd Annual VES Awards
This marks the first hosting of the awards by the comedy duo, whose knowledge of VFX stems from being two identical humans; event set for February 11 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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Psyop Appoints Jen Cadic, Andrea Panda to Leadership Team
The two seasoned executive producers at the studio are promoted to new roles as MD, Animation and Live Action/VFX, respectively.
PigBird Stop-Motion Studio Spreads its Wings One Frame at a Time
Trevor Hardy says six years spent struggling to build his animation business is akin to fiddling with a bad tooth, though his recent hugely popular music video, ‘The Happy Song,’ for Imogene Heap and newest short, ‘A Right Royal Sprout’ may signal a welcome bit of pain relief.
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‘Dune: Part Two,’ ‘The Wild Robot,’ ‘Shōgun’ and ‘The Penguin’ Lead VES Award Nominations
Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi thriller tops all feature film contenders, while Chris Sanders’ animated drama leads all animation contenders and the HBO and FX dramas top all episodic contenders as nominees are announced in 25 categories across film, television, real-time, and special venue projects; ceremony set for February 11 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in LA.
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The Light, BIEN Form Creative, Strategic Alliance
The production company and motion design studio unite in purpose-led production and motion design to nurture inclusivity and sustainability throughout the life cycle of every project.
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Art Directors Guild Awards Nominations Released
Nominees for the 29th Annual Excellence in Production Design awards, covering film / animated film, TV, commercials, and music videos, were just announced; ceremony set for February 15.
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