Profiles
Expanding the boundaries of VR and animation with The Hangman at Home MEDIA AND THE MESSAGE In many ways, the Carl Sandburg poem The Hangman at Home is the perfect subject for Michelle and Uri Kranot. The poem is about exclusion, about things left unsaid, about stories that aren’t
Profiles
Titina Takes to the Sky This fall, Norway’s prestigious Mikrofilm launches their most ambitious film to date. Titina is an epic animated adventure, seen through the eyes of a small dog. It sheds new light on an often overlooked aspect of history, with a complex, dimensional story that offers
Profiles
with Joonas Utti For Helsinki-based animator and entrepreneur Joonas Utti (b. 1982), that mantra has taken him from working as a flash animator to co-founding two animation studios and achieving international success with original TV series, co-developed with his creative and business partner Anttu Harlin. For the
Festivals
Viborg Animation Festival is almost here, along with the usual array of exhibitions, events, and experiences. This year has a fantastic programme, and animation-lovers will have a hard time fitting everything in. Here are our top picks for VAF 2023: Monday Sept 25 10:30 - 12:00 Best Feature
Festivals
This month, animation professionals converge in Toulouse to pitch their projects to investors and broadcasters from over 40 countries. So far, Cartoon Forum for animated TV series’ has helped 956 animated shows find financing, and generated production budgets of nearly 3.5 billion euros. While this year’s pitches are
News
Saturday night was a big night for animation at the annual Oscar-qualifying Odense International Film Festival. Besides the two animation awards, specifically awarded to animation, animation also took home the main prize at the festival, the H. C. Andersen Award, awarded to the best short film in the international
Interviews
with Rikke Asbjoern and Chris Garbutt We Lost Our Human is the story of indoor pets Pud and Ham who wake one morning to find that their owner has disappeared. In fact, there has been a glitch in the universe, and all the humans have disappeared. In a desperate bid
Interviews
Sam Surplice is a senior animator with a professional journey full of twists and turns, with a surprising diversity of industries and projects. He recently sat down with WeAnimate to reflect on his career so far, trends and challenges in the industry, and his work on Spider-Man: Across the
Profiles
"You can drown in many things, and this film includes all of them" Going Deep With The Drowned The animated short film The Drowned is a beautiful exploration of dream-like visions and forms of mourning that pays homage to the people and history of Marstal. Inspired by
Profiles
Little Allan and Amalie Næsby Fick Film Director Amalie Næsby Fick Reflects on the World Around Little Allan In the Danish animated film Little Allan – The Human Antenna, a young boy finds an unexpected ally in an alien girl researching Earthlings for a school presentation. The film’s director, Amalie
Industry
Still from “Flee”. @Final Cut for Reel & Sun Creature Catching the Wave: The Next Generation of Animated Documentaries Thrives in Viborg The Changing Role of Animation in Documentary Film From WeAnimate Magazine #003, Spring 2019 101 years ago, Winsor McCay (b. 1866) animated the sinking of the Lusitania, and
Industry
Denmark is one of only two EU countries that have yet to introduce financial incentives. As international studios ramp up production and the industry emerges from lockdown, Danish animators are worried about being left behind. "We miss out on so much work" – Erik Wilstrup, CEO at Wil Film,
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