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‘Animation Is Film’ Announces 2025 Winners
ANIMATION IS FILM (AIF) today announced the winners of its 8th annual festival, with AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN, directed by Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, receiving the festival’s top honor, the Grand Jury Prize.
INTERVIEW: Putting Together “Stitch Head”

INTERVIEW: Putting Together “Stitch Head”

Avatar photoJackson Murphy|
October 20th, 2025
We spoke with Steve Hudson, the director of the new animated feature Stitch Head, which opens in theaters on Wednesday Oct. 29, just in time for Halloween.
INTERVIEW: Presenting “Light Of The World”

INTERVIEW: Presenting “Light Of The World”

Avatar photoJackson Murphy|
August 27th, 2025
John J. Schafer and Tom Bancroft directed the new hand-drawn animated feature Light of the World, which opens in theaters on September 5th (John’s birthday). They hope audiences, especially families, respond well to their portrayal of the story of Christ, successfully made outside the major studio system. (This Animation Scoop Q&A was edited for length and clarity.) […]

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Shout Picks Up “Swift”

Shout! Studios, the multi-platform filmed entertainment distribution and production arm of Shout! Factory, and Sola Media GmbH have entered into an exclusive movie deal to distribute new animated family feature Swift (a.k.a. Manou The Swift ) in the United States. Directed by Andrea Block and Christian Haas of LUXX Film, Academy Award-winner Kate Winslet (The […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|September 10, 2019
Shout Picks Up “Swift”

TRAILER: China’s “Ne-Zha”

IMAX will release the record-breaking Chinese animated-feature phenomenon Ne Zha exclusively in select IMAX 3D theatres across North America starting today, August 29th, for a limited time only. Released by Well Go USA Entertainment in North America, produced by Beijing Enlight Pictures and written and directed by first time director Yang Yu (aka Jiao Zi), […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|August 29, 2019
TRAILER: China’s “Ne-Zha”

WOW! Unlimited Media’s “Costume Quest” Returns To Amazon Prime

Costume Quest, the latest animated series produced by Wow! Unlimited Media’s Frederator Studios, announces the addition of seven brand new episodes that will premiere on October 11. Additionally, a 35-minute holiday special, Heroes on Holiday, will premiere on November 22. Coming off the heels of the series’ highly anticipated release earlier this year, seven half-hour […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|August 29, 2019
WOW! Unlimited Media’s “Costume Quest” Returns To Amazon Prime

TRAILER: “Playmobil The Movie”

In Lino DiSalvo’s Playmobil’s animated action adventure, a top secret organization has caused citizens from different lands to vanish from thin air. The dashing and charismatic secret agent Rex Dasher (Daniel Radcliffe) must partner with smooth-talking food truck driver Del (Jim Gaffigan) and Marla (Anya Taylor-Joy) a smart, savvy civilian with her own secret agenda, […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|July 24, 2019
TRAILER: “Playmobil The Movie”

Shout! Factory Announces Acquisition of Bill Plympton Library

Shout! Factory has acquired the library of acclaimed animator and cartoonist Bill Plympton. The deal encompasses all seven of the Plympton feature films (The Tune, I Married a Strange Person!, Mutant Aliens, Hair High, Idiots and Angels, Cheatin’, and his latest feature, Revengeance) as well as over 50 of his shorts, including the Academy Award-nominated […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|July 10, 2019
Shout! Factory Announces Acquisition of  Bill Plympton Library

Glas Animation to Theatrically Release it’s First Compilation Program “Animation Next”

GLAS Animation continues its mission to showcase the newest groundbreaking independent animation with the announcement of a new theatrical venture: Animation Next; a collection of animated short films that will be released all over the United States in theaters this fall. It’s a best-of-the-best compilation from the annual GLAS Animation Festival in Berkeley, CA. Showcasing […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|July 8, 2019
Glas Animation to Theatrically Release it’s First Compilation Program “Animation Next”

A Christmas Miracle: Blue Zoo Animation & Scouting for Girls on 
”Let’s Not Go Away”

Every year Blue Zoo, the multi BAFTA award winning London based Animation studio behind hit kid’s shows like Tree Fu Tom, Digby Dinosaur, Number Blocks and the upcoming Paddington Series, they run an in-house competition for an unconventional Christmas promo. Says Blue Zoo CEO, Oli Hyatt MBE, “It’s a chance for everyone to blow off […]