Posts tagged Foreign.
July 28, 2015 · Dave Koch
Beijing-based Light Chaser Animation announced that it will release its first feature, Little Door Gods, on January 1, 2016 in China. The studio is on record that their goal is to create a “world-class animated film with a Chinese cultural touch.”
December 27, 2014 · Dave Koch
As the end of the year rolls around, nearly every site and station is picking their top ten this and best of the year that.... and we will also fall into this meme. Our list shall be what we consider the best animated…
December 11, 2014 · Big Cartoon DataBase
The Golden Globes have announced their picks for the Best Animated Feature Film of the year. Sponsored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Golden Globes picked the five nominees for the award.
August 25, 2014 · Dave Koch
Here's hoping you like Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.... because you are about to get three animated feature versions in as many years. Based on their popular animated series of the same name, DQ Entertainment will…
July 3, 2014 · Dave Koch
The French CGI animated feature Astérix: Le Domaine des Dieux (Asterix: The Land of the Gods) has released it's first trailer. This long-running series, this will be the first CG animated feature in the Asterix series.…
January 8, 2014 · Dave Koch
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)British Academy of Film and Television Arts or BAFTA- the British version of the Academy Awards- has announced their nominees for the 2014 awards, including the…
December 15, 2013 · Dave Koch
Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki's new film Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises) has walked away with the New York Film Critics Circle's award for best animated film of the year. The film is also a nominee for best animated…
November 21, 2013 · Dave Koch
Canadian and South Korean animated co-production The Nut Job has a new trailer online. Based on Peter Lepeniotis' 2005 short Surly Squirrel, this film is ToonBox Entertainment’s first feature length film. This film has…
November 8, 2013 · Dave Koch
Oscar Statuette, Academy AwardsThough it hardly seems like it, it is Oscar Time! The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced their short list for the Best Animated Short Film category. This is not the…
February 2, 2013 · Dave Koch
Through most of the night, things look pretty well split up between the big studios, with one award going to DreamWorks, the next to Pixar, then to ParaNorman, and then to Disney. But when the big awards came down, it was all Disney, with Wreck-It Ralph pulling in Best Music, Voice Acting, Directing and Best Feature. Disney short Paperman won for best animated short.
February 1, 2013 · Ethan Minovitz
Vancouver's Vancity Theatre is bringing back its popular program of Academy Award-nominated short films in the categories of Best Animated Short and Best Live Action Short from Friday, February 8 to Thursday, February 21.
December 21, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Vancouver-based Bron Studios announced Tuesday that it is making its first CG-animated feature film, Sole Mates.
December 18, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
"Rise of the Guardians" went past the $100 million benchmark at the foreign box office over the weekend.
December 18, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's first film in five years will come out next year, distributor Toho announced Thursday. Miyazaki will release wartime romance Kaze Tachinu, based on the novel of the same name, usually translated as The Wind Has Risen.
December 15, 2012 · Mr. Clevland
Mikael Hed, chief executive of Finnish gaming company Rovio, says the company is going ahead with a 2016 feature film based on his company's famous avians, the Angry Birds. But Hed is not happy just making a feature film, he plans on taking the giant of children's animation, Disney.
December 14, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Katsuhiro Ohiro's short film Hi No Yôjin (Combustible) has won the Grand Prize in the Animation Division of the 16th Japan Media Arts Festival, organizers announced Thursday.
December 6, 2012 · Big Cartoon DataBase
A cartoon we get asked about a lot (and I do mean a LOT!) is La Planète Sauvage (English Title: Fantastic Planet). Not one I saw when I was growing up, but many of you obviously did. This joint production by French and Czechoslovakian filmmakers was seen as a metaphor for Soviet oppression of Czechoslovakia, and pressure from the Communist government.
November 29, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Franck Dion's animation "Edmond Etait Un Ane" ("Edmund Was a Donkey") won the prize for best international short film Friday at the 26th Festival international de cinéma francophone en Acadie, held in Moncton, New Bruswick.
November 28, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Between December 14 and January 3, the Vancity Theatre and The Cinematheque -- both located in downtown Vancouver -- are co-hosting Castles in the Sky: The Masters of Studio Ghibli. It's a major retrospective of films from the world-renowned anime studio Studio Ghibli founded in Tokyo in 1985 by directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and producer Toshio Suzuki.
November 19, 2012 · Dave Koch
South Africa's Triggerfish Studios’ 3D animated feature Khumba has been picked up for North American distribution by Millennium Entertainment. The film has just completed production. Khumba is a half-stripped zebra who sets out on a daring quest to earn his stripes.