When Artists Become Targets
Rise of the anti-AI mob.
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Tagged With: animation industry
Mifa 2026 to Highlight European Trade Unions and Associations
Programming includes four days of workshops, assemblies, and cross-border forums spanning funding, AI, sustainability, co-production export, sales, and regional pitching, with a new Annecy European Animation Summit anchoring the week as professionals look for shared answers to industry change.
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AI-Native Animation: A New Business Paradigm
AI isn’t just assisting animation production and distribution, it’s redefining it.
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Bizaar Studios Expands FAST Channel to Prime Video
The adult animation-focused company’s content library heads to the streamer, with offerings including ‘Speed Racer’ and ‘Lupin the 3rd,’ adding to its presence across multiple free streaming platforms.
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WIA Welcomes WIA UK as Official Community Collective
Tanya J. Scott, Lauren Orme and Amy Ashton to lead new group; first mixer set for May 28 with Locksmith Animation.
TAAFI 2026 Returns with Expansive Program Running April 8-12
The Toronto Animation Arts Festival International is coming to the TIFF Lightbox with over 100 animated films and an expanded focus on industry access, education, and career development.
Psyop Names Dotti Sinnott EVP of Studio
Veteran executive and producer joins the company to oversee operations, production and creative development as it expands its global network of artists and partner studios.
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TV Academy Foundation to Commemorate 70 Years of Black Animation
Free virtual presentation on February 25 marks Black History Month with a focused discussion on representation and industry access for emerging creators.
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Funimation Founder Gen Fukunaga Joins Bizaar Studios as Stakeholder and Strategic Advisor’
The well-known executive joins the adult animation studio’s growing advisory board that includes George R.R. Martin, Jimmy Iovine and Conrad Vernon.
AI-pocalypse Now: The Animation Moat is Vanishing
AI animation is reaching studio quality. A Disney veteran thinks that’s all for the good.
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MOVE Summit 2026
Begins: February 18, 2026
Scotland’s premiere animation gathering takes place February 18-21; submissions are now open for the 2026 short film competition.
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Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2025
Begins: October 23, 2025
FAF 2025 returns to Fredrikstad, Norway with a full program celebrating the dynamic storytelling of global animation October 23-26.
Overheard At Annecy
An antidote to the corporate reality distortion fields and humblebrags.
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Skipping the Shark
Why grassroots animation ecosystems are the way out of ‘no way’
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Anibar International Animation Festival 2025
Begins: July 14, 2025
The 16th edition returns to the picturesque city of Peja, Kosovo July 14-20 with screenings, workshops, classes, and exhibitions.
Annecy Festival 2025
Begins: June 8, 2025
The annual festival returns to Annecy June 8-14, 2025.
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The Animation Guild, AMPTP Talks Continue, Additional Bargaining Dates Set
The two groups will reconvene the week of November 18 for a series of negotiation sessions; TAG also voted to extend the current contract through December 2.
Fredrikstad Animation Festival
Begins: October 24, 2024
FAF 2024 returns to Fredrikstad, Norway with the best and latest within Nordic-Baltic and international animation.
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The Animation Guild Study Highlights Pay Disparities
Comprehensive study conducted with IATSE and University of Massachusetts Amherst Labor Center examines pay equity across crafts the guild serves.
Comets Don’t Care
Attempting to prevent the use of AI in the workplace is a Quixotic effort.
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4th Annual AfroAnimation Summit Returns to Burbank
The conference, running April 10-12, promotes diversity and inclusion throughout the entertainment industry, welcoming a coalition of industry speakers, studio execs, students, creatives and young professionals.
Podcast EP 237: How 3D Studio Yonk Uses VR Sculpting to Get Big Name Clients
The Netherlands-based animation studio’s Niels van der Donk and Victoria Young discuss VR creative tools, working hard to earn big-name clients, and what it took to make the studio a full-time gig.
Alê Abreu’s New Film ‘Perlimps’ Released Online for Industry Members
A follow-up to the Oscar-nominated director’s award-winning ‘Boy and the World,’ the new hand-drawn animated feature is now streaming free on The Animation Showcase for animation and motion picture industry members worldwide.
The Animation Showcase Launches 2023 ‘Best Animated Short Film Collection’
The company’s streaming platform for industry professionals just released its latest collection of shorts as a prelude to the upcoming awards season, including ‘27’ by Flóra Anna Buda, ‘Electra’ by Daria Kashcheeva, and ‘The Day I Became a Bird’ by Andrew Ruhemann; program also tours animation studios in Europe and North America.
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THU Heads to Japan
‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ director Kyle Balda leads a diverse speaker lineup as the storytelling retreat comes to Kaga, Japan, September 20-23, inviting attendees to dive into innovative story creation across various mediums and platforms.
In Education and Training, Event, Films, People, Television, Writing | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: Asia
