20th Dusty Film and Animation Festival and Awards

The 20th annual Dusty Film and Animation Festival and Awards will highlight over 100 films by students graduating from the BFA Film, Video and Animation Department at the School of Visual Arts (SVA).

The program includes screenings of short films, videos and animations; and an awards ceremony and gala with notable presenters from the film industry.

This year's Screenwriters Night is a collaboration with the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in which SVA graduating screenwriters will have selected scenes performed live by alumni from The Neighborhood Playhouse.

"We are very pleased to have reached the 20th year of the Dustys as we recognize the outstanding achievement of emerging filmmakers, and members of the industry get the chance to see the work of the next generation of some remarkable film and animation talent," said Reeves Lehmann, chair of the BFA Film, Video and Animation Department at SVA.

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36th Annual Annie Award Winners

The Annie Awards for this past year have come and gone, and the many artistic and technical awards that the animation community hands out to its many, deserving recipients have made their way to their respective owners. Taking place at UCLA's Royce Hall, the 36th Annual Annie Awards resumed their critical acknowledgement of key individuals (and teams of individuals) responsible for the development or production of the past year's best animation for film and television.

Taking the ceremony by storm this year was the DreamWorks Animation movie Kung Fu Panda, which registered an astounding 15 combined awards. Most notably drawing applause for Best Animated Feature, Best Directing (in a Feature), and Production Design (in a Feature); Kung Fu Panda, or one of its individual contributors, won every single category for which it was originally nominated. Suddenly, the widespread professional acknowledgement of the artistic merits of feature animation feels within reach.

In front of an audience of a reported 1800 or more last week, the masters of the cartoon world honored their own, regardless of the media type--claymation, traditional animation, or computer animation. Nickelodeon's fantasy-adventure epic Avatar: the Last Airbender, which finished its TV run last fall, took home two high profile awards: Best Directing (for TV) and Best Animated TV Production (for Children)

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Animation awards in February

Our country is blessed with several skilled animators, the work of whom have resulted in the country receiving several prestigious offers. Now’s the time to honour them by presenting them awards

India’s animation sector is witnessing a major boom. Overseas entertainment giants like Walt Disney, Imax and Sony are increasingly outsourcing cartoon characters and special effects to India. A lot of schools catering to teaching of animation have come up and so has the intertest to learn the trade been growing among young enthusiasts.

To give young animators further encouragement, CNBC TV18, India’s leading business medium along with Arena Multimedia has instituted Golden Cursor Excellence in Animation Awards powered by Animation Xpress.com. The award has been conceptualised with the objective of enhancing and shaping the future of the Indian Animation industry and creating a unique foothold in the international animation arena.

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Tough battle for Oscar animation list

The contenders for the animation films in the race for Oscars were announced recently.

The films include the rodent story Ratatouille, the bug tale Bee Movie, the ogre sequel Shrek the Third and the penguin comedy Surf's Up.

Also in the running are The Simpsons Movie, Beowulf, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Meet the Robinsons, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Tekkonkinkreet and Persepolis.

A relatively recent addition to the list of Oscar categories, the number of animated films in competition shows how important - and lucrative - animated films now are, for an adult audience as well as kids.

A committee of academy members will pick three nominees, which will be announced on January 22.

Source : http://www.ndtvmovies.com

Entry Open For British Animation Awards

Entries have opened for the 2008 British Animation Awards (BAAs).

The prestigious awards are held every two years and cover all aspects of the UK animation scene from student work to commercials, children's entertainment, short and experimental art films, music videos, script-writing and craftsmanship.

BAA is introducing a new category in 2008 to celebrate talented artists lending their voice to animated work. The Best Character Voice Performance award will be sponsored by The Sound Company.

Interested entrants should visitwww.britishanimationawards.com for details on entering and can download the appropriate forms from 1 October.

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2007 Taiwan International Animation Festival begins

The 2007 Taiwan International Animation Festival is being held at Shin Kong Cineplex in Taipei's Ximending shopping district for 10 days until Oct. 7.

The annual event, now in its fifth year, is organized by the Chinese Taipei Film Archive. Altogether, more than 300 animated films from Taiwan and abroad will be shown in three theaters.

Related activities,including an Animated Art Exhibition, lectures and workshops, will be held throughout the festival at Taipei's Huashan Cultural Park.

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British Animation Awards: Call for entries

The British Animation Awards (BAA) 2008, the bi-annual event that brings together all the many and varied sectors of the animation industry together, is gearing up, and entry forms will shortly be available on the BAA website.

Award categories range from student work to music videos, animated commercials and movie title sequences, short and experimental films to voice performance, kids TV, new media, and more.

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Juried Emmy Awards Announced for Individual Achievement in Animation

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the Emmy Award winners in Individual Achievement in Animation for the 59th Emmy Awards. These are juried award categories, which have no nominations and will be presented at the 2007 Creative Arts Awards on Sept. 8 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. This year there were no Emmys awarded in the Outstanding Voice-Over Performance juried area.

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