PARIS — French director Bibo Bergeron, whose credits span DreamWorks'”The Road to El Dorado,””Shark Tale” and Luc-Besson produced “A Monster in Paris,” is set to helm “Charlotte,” a WW2-set animated…
ANNECY – Annecy attendance has The Big Mo. And Hollywood and U.S. animation at large is driving that surge as the U.S. industry reaches out to the world for talent and markets. Five days out from the…
ANNECY – Reaching out to a young generation of global toon talent, Cartoon Network is launching across Europe, the Middle East and Africa the Cartoon Network Imagination Studios, an online…
Paris-based outfit Indie Sales has closed a raft of pre-sales on Claude Barras’ anticipated stop-motion toon “My Life as a Zucchini” which won a prize at Cartoon Movie and will be presented at Annecy…
ANNECY, France – New York's Gkids, the distributor of six best animated feature Oscar nominees, has acquired U.S. rights to “April and the Extraordinary World," with Marion Cotillard as the voice of…
ANNECY — Underscoring Hollywood's studios increasing outreach to continental Europe for talent and production services, Spain's Ilion Animation Studios, its biggest animation hub, is producing a…
ANNECY – Part of their drive to boost market presence in Western Europe and the U.S. Spain's Imira Entertainment, and its owner, India's Toonz Media Group, have pacted with London-based Darrall…
ANNECY – Annecy's 2015 guest country, Spain arrives at 2015 Annecy Fest with the biggest animation spread in its history, the largest delegation – 264 registrations by last Thursday, 80% up vs. 2014…
Indie toon helmer Sam, whose out-there "Possessed" plays in competition at this week's Annecy Animation Festival, is prepping "Vertigo's Shadow," a musical mixing live action and animation. Sam’s…
"Spain has one thing that really gives it an industry edge: its talent," said Ignacio Perez Dolset, at Ilion Animation Studios. Below, profiles of 16 young – or young-ish – animation talents who have…
Studiocanal, Aardman Animations, Ben Stassen's nWave Pictures and Germany's Constantin emerge as current drivers of Europe's wide-audience movie animation industry, according to a pioneering study…
