Ongoing series of short animated films created by kids is aimed at giving voices to those targeted by discrimination; crowdfunding effort for ‘From Homeless to Hopeful’ documentary short now underway.
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg student Martin Lapp wins Rookie of the Year; University of Hertfordshire’s ‘Bertie the Elephant’ wins Film of the Year.
South Africa's leading tertiary school launches a teacher exchange program to boost The Animation School’s 2D curriculum and Émile Cohl's 3D offerings.
Graduation film directed by Sébastien Leclerc, Vincent Boulot, Jean Burtschell, Romain Couturiaux and Guillaume Deleuze is inspired by a quote from Swiss moral philosopher Henri-Frédéric Amiel.
Students at the Bristol School of Animation at the University of the West of England create short animations to bring choice audio nuggets from the service’s output to life.
Nearly 2,000 entries were received for this year’s edition of The Rookies, formerly known as the CG Student Awards, with close to 500 academic facilities encouraging their students to submit work.
Laguna College of Art and Design brings grads and industry pros together at industry open house.
Two-month incubation project in Viborg, Denmark is open to 15 animation creatives from Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
Two days of masterclasses, an evening keynote, and a day of free conference sessions to be held at Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Games and Animation.
Thirteen animated projects to participate in the second edition of international animation laboratory running July 18-23 in Valencia, Spain; selections include new talents from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Philippines, France, Lithuania, Panama, U.K., Syria, Venezuela and Spain.
Fifty new SOLIDWORKS courses due out by end of year with a 20 percent discount for new users.
SVA students Hsuan Ho and Silver Paul awarded for outstanding animated film for ‘Mausie and The Order of the Golden Sun’; Montana Hall receives award for outstanding achievement in character animation, and Ivan Viaranchyk is awarded for outstanding achievement in animation production design.
Professional nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the art of animation and celebrating the people who create it earmarks nearly $150,000 for animation-based community programs & events.
World-renowned animator and historian Tom Sito to be honored with the Dusty Outstanding Alumni Award during SVA’s 27th Dusty Awards In New York City on Tuesday, May 10.
Industry Advisory Board for new certificate program includes Citrix Systems’ Fabien Bourdon, CloudPic founder & CEO Richard Chuang, Geomedia’s Jeremy Kenisky, Jaunt VR’s Curt Miyashiro, and Azimyth Creation Studio founder & CEO Stephanie Riggs.
Scholarship program from ASIFA-Hollywood and the Animation Educators Forum to award $34,500 in 2016 scholarships to local, national and international animation students.
Running Saturday, May 7 through Tuesday, May 10, four-day event will showcase more than 100 films and animations from School of Visual Arts students graduating this spring.
New deadline to submit animated feature film, series and short film projects in development, preproduction, or production to international animation laboratory is April 25.
Event featuring the latest achievements from students and alumni in the John C. Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts will take place on Friday, April 15 at the DGA Theater.
Prestigious Princeton Review ranks San Jose’s Cogswell College #19 in a list of the top 50 game design programs.
Australian Film Television and Radio School offers short courses taught by industry experts in state-of-the-art facilities.
International animated feature film, series and short film projects -- in preproduction, in development, or in production – now eligible to participate in the second edition of the program.
Deadline for submissions is Friday, June 17; previous recipients include ‘The Bigger Picture’ director Daisy Jacobs, ‘Edmond’ director of photography Ian Forbes, and ‘Manoman’ director of photography Steven Ferguson.
Created to discover emerging talent and help launch graduates into careers at the world’s top studios, over the past six years The Rookies has placed more than 70 young artists with internships at companies such as Weta Digital, Double Negative, The Mill, Gameloft, Crytek, Framestore and Epic Games.
Five-week workshop for older teens, adults and seniors meets weekly from 7-9pm every Thursday in March in the Cartoon Art Museum’s temporary educational space in the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center.
