Archive for May, 2009

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Reader Craig Long graciously supplied a review of the Emily Carr Animation Gradshow mentioned here. *Review of Short Fuse, ECUAD Animation Grad Show* As I think back to my formative last days of university, I remember feeling a strange mix of emotions when instructors would assign an open-ended final project. With limitations that stretch only… »

If I were in Toronto, I’d be here: Toronto Animated Image Society in partnership with the National Film Board Mediatheque presents: ANIMATING THE DOCUMENTARY WITH SHIRA AVNI Screening and Discussion with Shira Avni Saturday, May 30th, 2009 1:00 pm ­ 3:00 pm At the NFB Cinema, 150 John Street FREE Admission Animating Under the Camera… »

Posting up a link here to an animation course being offered this summer at Red Deer College in Alberta.  It’s being taught by a friend and colleague of mine, Jose Pou.  Jose is a wonderful guy, really loves to teach, and is a top notch animator.  When John K was in Ottawa doing Ripping Friends… »

Game Developer Game Developers work with the creative team to develop casual and branded games for Fuel Industries and its clients. Together, we adapt new technologies, break new ground, and think down new paths on… VIEW JOB iPhone Developer Fuel Industries is more than a typical brand building company – we’re a gaming studio and… »

The final, high-def trailer for the upcoming feature “9″ is online. Produced by Starz animation in Toronto, this thing looks pretty cool. Lots of celebrity voices, but they seem to have been chosen not necessarily for star factor, but more for their vocal qualities, plus Tim Burton’s name is attached, so that draws folks in…. »

Word is in from France that Runaway, by Cordell Barker, has won the Petit Rail d’Or prize for best short film.  This award is unique in that it is apparently given by a group of railwaymen who attend the Cannes festival each year. Congratulations to Mr…. »

The deadline for Pitch This!, at the Television Animation Conference in Ottawa this fall, is August 15th.  I grabbed some info from their website for those of you who aren’t familiar with the event: Pitch THIS! gives producers the opportunity to steal everybody’s attention by presenting their new project to everyone in the TAC audience,… »

Ottawa International Animation Festival: No entry fee. No limit to creativity. No excuse for missing the deadline. OTTAWA, ONTARIO (May 21, 2009) – Animators have just a few more days to get their applications in to North America’s biggest animation festival. Thousands of animators, students and studio executives will flock to the Canada’s capital from… »

CHARGED – Animated Short Film from Collin T on Vimeo. This is the film I wrote about a few weeks back, “Charged”, by Collin Tsandilis, Trent Correy, and Mayrhosby Yeoshen, from Algonquin College. It’s online at Vimeo and they’ve got it over at Digg.com as well, so head on over and vote for the sucker. … »

EVENT INFO: Masterclass with PIXAR Artists VanArts presents a rare and exciting opportunity to learn from some of the industry’s most talented artists. Join story artist Matthew Luhn and animator Andrew Gordon, both of PIXAR Animation Studios, as they conduct a 2-day Masterclass in Animation and Story Development. This masterclass is geared toward not only… »

With a category for Best Animation, head on over the the PEI International Film Festival site.  Tomorrow is the last day to get your film submitted. Info at the… »

Got this in from the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. Act fast, deadline is tomorrow! Call for Entries, Final Deadline: Friday, May 15, 2009! ATTENTION: HORROR, SCI-FI, ACTION, ANIMATION AND CULT FILMMAKERS This is the very last chance for you to submit your short or feature film to this year’s Toronto After Dark Film Festival…. »

Well, as reported here last night, Fatkat Animation, of Miramichi, NB, is closed. Word went up on the studio blog today from Gene Fowler. Here’s some of what he had to say: Alot of stuff has happened in the 10 years that the Fatkat brand has been kicking around, though mostly all in the last… »

Tonight!  In Ottawa!  One night only! Fresh off his appearance at TCAF in Toronto, Troy Little is in Ottawa to sign copies of his various printed work… right now actually, at the Comic Shoppe on Bank Street.  After that, rumour has it he’ll be screening a sneak peak of his Teletoon Pilot for Angora Napkin. … »

Gene Fowler posted to his LinkedIn profile last night: closing down Fatkat and ramping up Loogaroo. Oh the life of an Entrepreneur! Over on Facebook, his work info now lists him as Executive Producer at Loogaraoo, which he describes as: a new start up company picking up where Fatkat left off. But with more deliciousness…. »

Got a heads up over the weekend on what to expect out of Pixar-Vancouver. This is completely unofficial, know-a-guy-who-knows-a-guy, info. There’s pretty much zero official word on what the recruiting effort will be in Canada. We’re being told to simply check out the pixar.com website. It will likely be between 3 to 6 months before… »

Toronto Received this today: Looks like Starz is puttin’ on the push. If you’ve got 3D chops, go sell… »

(via Vancouversun.com) For reals! Pixar is scouting locations for a new studio in Vancouver. The Canadian facility will be responsible for shorts production, a niche that is essentially the building blocks of the Pixar empire and has won the studio countless awards. Word is they will be employing roughly 75 to 100 animators and will… »