The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), North America’s leading animation film festival announced the winners of its 2018 competition today at an awards ceremony held at the National Gallery of Canada. The OIAF received a total of 2,469 entries from 84 countries and selected 110 for competition. The Nelvana Grand Prize for Independent Short went […]
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“Animation Is Film” 2018 Announces Initial Feature Competition Line-up and Jury
September 20th, 2018 
Jerry Beck Animation Is Film announced today the preliminary competition line-up and jury for its second annual edition to take place October 19-21 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The Festival will present a selection of new animated feature films from Asia, Europe, South America and North America, with both juried and audience prizes. Mamoru Hosoda’s […]
Final Program Set for “Breaking The Glass” Event
September 14th, 2018 Jerry Beck USC, UCLA and CalArts, along with Women In Animation (WIA), are excited to announce the final program for Breaking the Glass Frame: Women and Animation, Past, Present, Future, a symposium designed to empower women and LGBTQ+ people by spotlighting female contributions to the field of animation and exploring solutions to sexual harassment, bias and lack […]
USC, UCLA, CAL ARTS and Women In Animation Announce Women’s Animation Symposium
July 26th, 2018 Jerry Beck Academic powerhouses USC, UCLA and CalArts, along with Women In Animation (WIA), have partnered to create Breaking the Glass Frame: Women and Animation, Past, Present, Future; a symposium designed to empower women and LGBTQ+ people by spotlighting female contributions to the field of animation and exploring solutions to sexual harassment, bias and lack of diversity […]
The Los Angeles Animation Festival Honors Chris Prynoski Nov 30-Dec 2
June 25th, 2018 Jerry Beck The LA Animation Festival today announced its 2018 honoree —artist, animator, director and Titmouse president and founder, Chris Prynoski. Titmouse – the independent, full-service, Emmy-award winning animation studio – was co-founded by Chris Prynoski and Shannon Prynoski. The studio produces original and licensed content including TV series, commercials, VR experiences, digital content, music videos and […]
Happy 89th Birthday, Margaret ‘Tinker Bell’ Kerry
May 11th, 2018 Jerry Beck Today, May 11th, is the 89th birthday of Margaret Kerry, actress, dancer, entertainer who was cast by Marc Davis as the live-action model for Tinker Bell for Disney’s classic film Peter Pan (1953). Davis, one of Disney’s famed nine-old-men, also cast her as the Red-Headed Mermaid in the Mermaid Lagoon sequence. We here at Animation […]
Los Angeles Animation Festival sets Post-Thanksgiving Dates in NoHo
May 7th, 2018 Jerry Beck Co-founders filmmaker Miles Flanagan and animation producer John Andrews today announce the event, honoree and submission details for the Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF), taking place November 30th – December 2nd in North Hollywood. This year marks the 4th occurrence for the festival, which is now planned as an annual event. Now open for entries. […]
GLAS 2018 Award Winners; Festival Announces Animation Grant
March 26th, 2018 Jerry Beck The GLAS Animation Festival 2018 in Berkeley has come to a close and they have unveiled news of a new GLAS Animation Grant, a new program to support independent animators making short films in the United States. This first year, GLAS will be awarding two grants of $2,500 each to two animation filmmakers. Applications and […]
This Week In Berkeley: GLAS ANIMATION FESTIVAL
March 20th, 2018 Jerry Beck Starting Thursday, the 3rd annual GLAS Animation Festival takes place all over Berkeley California. Special Programs include A Conversation With David O’Reilly, An Intimate Q&A with Phil Lord & Chris Miller; presentations by Nickelodeon, Tonko House, Google Spotlight Stories; Animation surveys from Croatia and Zagreb; spotlights on animators Jorge Gutierrez, Jonathan Hodgson, Sophie Koko Gate, […]
“Coco” and “The Breadwinner” Take Top Honors At Annie Awards
February 3rd, 2018 Jerry Beck Pixar Animation Studios was the big winner at this year’s 45th Annie Awards as Coco won Best Animated Feature, and garnered top honors across 11 categories. The Best Animated Feature-Independent trophy was awarded to The Breadwinner (Cartoon Saloon/Aircraft Pictures/ Melusine Productions). Complete list of winners below. Best Animated Special Production was awarded to Revolting Rhymes […]
Annie Awards Announce Its Presenters
January 30th, 2018 Jerry Beck ASIFA-Hollywood announced its slate of presenters today for the 45th Annie Awards this Saturday, February 3 from UCLA’s Royce Hall. Presenters include actress Wendie Malick; Coco’s Anthony Gonzalez; Director Nora Twomey and actress Saara Chaudry from The Breadwinner; Disney voice talent Russi Taylor; SpongeBob himself, Tom Kenny; Animators Mark Henn and Floyd Norman, and other […]
Silent Cartoon Restorations highlight “Animatus Eventus”
January 20th, 2018 Jerry Beck On Saturday, February 10th, 2018 at 7:30pm and Sunday, February 11th, 2018 at 2:00pm the Riverside Philharmonic Presents “Animatus Eventus” – an all animation program with live musical accompaniment by the Riverside Philharmonic. It will feature the premiere of Mark Watters’ original score for a newly restored Walt Disney’s silent short, Alice’s Little Parade (1926). […]
GLAS Animation Festival 2018 Signal Film by Ori Toor
January 16th, 2018 Jerry Beck Put down your coffee and plug in your ear buds. Check out this friggin’ cool signal film for the 2018 GLAS Animation Festival. The event takes place March 22-25 in Berkeley, CA – and they’ll soon be announcing competition selections, curated programs, special guests, and the complete festival schedule. In the meantime, feast your eyes […]
A Merry Jerry Christmas!
December 23rd, 2017 Jerry Beck Some people take the holidays off – I, however, enjoy Christmas vacation by spreading classic cartoon joy all over my Southern California home base. On Christmas Day, December 25th, I will be back with another one hour radio broadcast at 6pm on KPFK (90.7 FM) Southern California. I call the show CARTOONS IN STEREO, and […]
Women In Animation Awards Diversity Honors To Disney Animation, directors Twomey and Kahrs
October 24th, 2017 Jerry Beck Women in Animation (WIA) is proud to announce the inaugural WIA Diversity Awards recipients, in partnership with Spark Computer Graphics Society (Spark CG): Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS) and filmmakers Nora Twomey (The Breadwinner) and Academy Award-winning director John Kahrs (Paperman) for his short film, June: Life Is Better When You Share The Ride. The […]
