Festival Stop Motion Montréal Announces Virtual 13th Edition
This one’s for the stop motion gang!
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The latest industry news from Canada’s largest animation hub with over 21,000 workers in 2D, 3D, VFX, video games, and VR/AR.
Cinesite Montreal Makes Four Senior Hires As Studio Grows
The studio is welcoming vfx supervisors Dottie Starling, Damien Hurgon, and Ellen Poon, as well as feature animation head of production Nathan Santell.
A Montreal Artist Is Keeping Classical Hand-Drawn Animation Alive By Tattooing It Onto People
His current, and most ambitious, project to date is a 60-frame cycle of Koko the Clown dancing.
Fantasia Fest Adds ‘The Deer King,’ Phil Tippett’s ‘Mad God’ To Lineup
The festival will also host the world premiere of a documentary about Tippett, directed by his daughter.
Digital Dimension And Lex+Otis Launch Krakn Animation
Based in L.A. and Montreal, the new studio will work on “premiere real-time 2d and 3d series and features.”
‘Poupelle Of Chimney Town’ And Satoshi Kon Doc Among Titles In Fantasia Fest Lineup
The virtual festival will run August 5–25 and be geo-locked for Canadians.
Montreal’s Oasis Reaches Deal With Its Animation Workers Union
Oasis’s union was the first animation union to be accredited in Canada.
Technicolor Is Integrating Its Animation Studios Under The Mikros Animation Brand
Mikros Animation will now produce both episodic series and feature animation.
Deer Dance To Irish Folk Music In The Trailer For ‘Riverdance: The Animated Adventure’
The film is the first release from London-based animation production company Aniventure.
Technicolor Aims To Create Up To 4,000 Animation And VFX Jobs In Next Year
As it doubles down on animation and vfx, the conglomerate is hoping to double its animated feature output.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Freedom’ By Joe Bluhm And Michael McDonald
A coming-of-age story of a boy with Down Syndrome who learns to navigate the world with a loving mother, an absent father, a classroom bully, and a life-long crush.”
Oasis Animation Workers Union Protests For Better Conditions In Montreal
Oasis has gone back on agreements in contract negotiations, the union says.
Amazon Games Opens Fourth Development Studio In Montreal
The studio will be led by the core team behind Ubisoft’s “Rainbow Six Siege.”
How Montreal’s Diverse Animation Scene Has Weathered One Year Of Covid
Our series on Canada’s animation hotspots concludes with a profile of Montreal, home to one of the country’s most vibrant animation scenes.
L’Atelier Animation Boards GFM’s ’10 Lives’; Chris Jenkins To Direct
The cg family feature was originally set to be co-produced by Chinese company Original Force.
DNEG Hires Ted Ty And Archie Donato To Fast-Growing Feature Animation Team
Ty has been named the division’s global head of character animation, while Donato joins as vfx supervisor on a major project.
Enter The Impossible Province: Félix Dufour-Laperrière On His Québec-Set Feature ‘Archipelago’
The Canadian director has followed his 2019 film “Ville Neuve” with an equally multi-layered, mesmerizing work.
Google Shuts Its Stadia Game Studios After 15 Months, Pivots Business
Around 150 workers in Los Angeles and Montreal are reportedly affected by the shutdown.
Christine Noël Named Executive Producer Of NFB’s French Animation Studio
Noël will help implement the NFB’s 2020–2023 Strategic Plan, which the organization stresses will give more agency to creators.
Montreal’s Les Sommets Animation Festival Unveils Program For Special Pandemic Edition
The festival’s industry events will be held online and free to all. Film screenings have been postponed to next year.
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