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Does an animated feature film need to win critical acclaim in order to be nominated for an Academy Award?

Does an animated feature film need to win critical acclaim in order to be nominated for an Academy Award?

As we await the announcement of this year's Academy Award nominations, we wanted to examine the relationship between critics' reactions to animated fe...

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Discussion Top Youtube Animation Creator Gets Real About Life as an Indie Animator

Discussion Top Youtube Animation Creator Gets Real About Life as an Indie Animator

New episodes of the Youtube series Assumptions were uploaded this week. In this series, popular independent artists James Rallison (TheOdd1sOut), Rebe...

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DNEG Animation Promotes Crosby Kreis to Managing Director and Appoints Former Pixar Manager David Park as Director of Production

DNEG Animation Promotes Crosby Kreis to Managing Director and Appoints Former Pixar Manager David Park as Director of Production

DNEG Animation, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, has promoted Crosby Kreis to managing director and hired former Pixar veteran David P...

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See incredible animations by Colombian artists.

See incredible animations by Colombian artists.

The eyes of the animation world turned to Colombia this week, but not for the reasons that local artists boast. That's because Colombia's animation sc...

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2024 Animation Industry Rayoff Tracker

2024 Animation Industry Rayoff Tracker

2023 was a tough year for the animation industry, with a significant number of employees laid off at studios, streamers, and technology companies of a...

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Animated Feature Race Shrinks as "Spider-Verse" Tops Critics' Choice Awards

Animated Feature Race Shrinks as "Spider-Verse" Tops Critics' Choice Awards

Sony Pictures Animation's "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" and Studio Ghibli's "A Boy and His Hare" continue to go toe-to-toe in the battle for f...

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Oscar Nominee Interview: Directors Dan Abraham and Trent Corey Discuss Their Favorite Shots from Once Upon A Studio (Exclusive Interview)

Oscar Nominee Interview: Directors Dan Abraham and Trent Corey Discuss Their Favorite Shots from Once Upon A Studio (Exclusive Interview)

We invited the makers of the 15 films nominated for this year's Academy Awards for Best Animated Short to share their favorite shots from their films ...

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Chris Miller and Phil Lord, producers of "Spider-Verse," promote the animated Oscar contender on their late-night show.

Chris Miller and Phil Lord, producers of "Spider-Verse," promote the animated Oscar contender on their late-night show.

Awards season is heating up, and some of the biggest names in this year's animated feature nominations are campaigning to promote their films.Sony Pic...

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Sony lowers the value of "Hilda" producer Silvergate Media by $50 million.

Sony lowers the value of "Hilda" producer Silvergate Media by $50 million.

A little more than four years after acquiring "Hilda and Peter Rabbit" production company Silvergate Media for $195 million, Sony has reduced the comp...

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Pixar to "Significant" Layoffs in 2024 - Report

Pixar to "Significant" Layoffs in 2024 - Report

On the same day that Elemental was nominated for six Annie Awards, Techcrunch reported that Disney-owned Pixar will cut a "significant" number of jobs...

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Interview with Oscar Nominees: Directors Lucija Murjak and Morten T. Inakov on Their Favorite Shots in "Eeva" (Exclusive Interview)

Interview with Oscar Nominees: Directors Lucija Murjak and Morten T. Inakov on Their Favorite Shots in "Eeva" (Exclusive Interview)

We invited the makers of the 15 films nominated for this year's Academy Awards for Best Animated Short to share their favorite shots from their films ...

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Strange Things Happen in New Trailer for Charlie Kaufman Screenplay Feature "Orion And The Dark" by Netflix and Dreamwork

Strange Things Happen in New Trailer for Charlie Kaufman Screenplay Feature "Orion And The Dark" by Netflix and Dreamwork

Netflix has released a new trailer for "Orion and the Dark," directed by Sean Charmatz (story artist on "SpongeBob" and head of story for "The Angry B...

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