Celebrating France’s rich tradition as a pioneer of animation, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) presents the 2020 Animation First Festival, showcasing the history, ingenuity and diversity of France’s renowned animation studios and schools. Benefitting from a burgeoning animation field poised to enter a historic awards season, this year’s schedule includes 15 premieres, award-winning features […]

A magnificent Master setup from Disney’s first animation feature could bring $50,000 or more in Heritage Auctions’ Animation Art Auction Dec. 13-15 in Beverly Hills, California. The first animation auction to span three days, the event is the largest ever held, with 1,832 lots, and includes one of the most coveted Looney Tunes lots of […]

The infamous Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their nominees today – and included in the mix were their choices for Best Animated Feature. As expected, Disney’s Frozen 2 (Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck) and Pixar’s Toy Story 4 (Josh Cooley) made the grade; The Missing Link (Laika Studios; Chris Butler) and How To Train Your […]

The first animation auction to span three days, Heritage Auctions’ upcoming Animation Art Auction Dec. 13-15 in Beverly Hills, California is the largest ever held, with 1,832 lots, and includes one of the most coveted Bugs Bunny lots of all time, the estate of the man referred to as “the world’s greatest animator” and rare […]

ASIFA-Hollywood announced nominees today for its 47th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. For a complete list of nominations visit www.annieawards.org. This year’s Best Animated Feature nominations include: Missing Link (Laika Studios), Klaus (Netflix/SPA Studios/Atresmedia Cine), Frozen 2 (Walt Disney Animation Studios), How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden […]

The Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF) holds its Opening Night Party next Saturday Dec. 7th, 8pm-11pm – featuring an advance screening of the new Warner Bros. Looney Tune Cartoon “Curse of the Monkey Bird” and panel moderated by yours truly, Jerry Beck. They’ll also be live music by Grammy Nominated Scott Healy of Late Night […]