19 Apr 2024
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Interactive Bedtime Story THE BEAR Wins German Computer Game Award — Debut Game Created at the Animationsinstitut of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

19. April 2024 No Comments

— German version below—Deutsche Fassung unten—

Ludwigsburg, April 18 2024

The interactive bedtime story THE BEAR – A STORY FROM THE WORLD OF GRA has won the German Computer Game Award (DCP) in the category „Best Graphic Design“. THE BEAR is the debut work of Clara Deitmar, Julius Dorsel and Luzie Kehle – all former students of the Animationsinstitut at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. The team accepted the award this evening in Munich.

THE BEAR is an interactive experience for tablets. Two friends, the bear and the little one, embark on a journey through a dreamy universe where they collect stars and experience stories together. THE BEAR is about rediscovering the intimate and emotional state just before falling asleep.

Winning the DCP feels like a dream for the team: „It was absolutely amazing to be part of the DCP this year! The nominations alone meant so much to us – winning is just phenomenal. We couldn’t have wished for a better start for our newly founded studio.“

The German Computer Game Award is the most important prize for games in Germany and is endowed with around 800,000€. It is awarded by the Federal Government, represented by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, together with game – Association of the German Games Industry and the Digital Games Culture Foundation.

For Jan Pinkava, Director of the Animationsinstitut, the triumph at the DCP is a strong signal for Ludwigsburg as a games location: “To put it simply: The Filmakademie is in Ludwigsburg, and Ludwigsburg is a growing centre for the creative arts. Our Interactive Media teaching is about content – what the artwork does and what it means – with a special emphasis on storytelling. That is why our talented students produce meaningful work, like THE BEAR. At the Animationsinstitut we are proud of our extraordinary students and their contribution to the region.“

THE BEAR is part of the WORLD OF GRA story world, a universe initiated by the creators at the Animationsinstitut. A very special milestone here was that the team created the visuals and trailers for Stuttgart Animated Week 2024 (consisting of: FMX – Film and Media Exchange, Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film and Animation Production Days).

While still studying Interactive Media, Deitmar, Dorsel and Kehle founded the studio Mucks! Games, under whose name they recently published THE BEAR. The game is available for iOS systems.

The Animationsinstitut and Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg congratulate their former students on this great success.

Interaktive Gutenachtgeschichte THE BEAR gewinnt Deutschen Computerspielpreis

Debüt-Spiel entstand am Animationsinstitut der Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Die interaktive Gutenachtgeschichte THE BEAR – A STORY FROM THE WORLD OF GRA hat den Deutschen Computerspielpreis (DCP) in der Kategorie „Bestes Grafikdesign“ gewonnen. THE BEAR ist das Erstlingswerk von Clara Deitmar, Julius Dorsel und Luzie Kehle – alle ehemalige Studierende des Animationsinstituts der Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Das Team nahm die Auszeichnung heute Abend in München entgegen.

THE BEAR ist eine interaktive Experience für Tablets. Zwei Freunde, der Bär und der Kleine, begeben sich auf eine Reise durch ein träumerisches Universum, wo sie gemeinsam Sterne sammeln und Geschichten erleben. Bei THE BEAR geht es darum, den intimen und emotionalen Zustand kurz vor dem Einschlafen wieder für sich zu entdecken.

Wie ein Traum fühlt sich der Gewinn des DCPs für das Team aus Ludwigsburg an: „Es war total großartig dieses Jahr beim DCP mit dabei sein zu dürfen! Allein die Nominierungen bedeuteten uns unglaublich viel – der Gewinn ist phänomenal. Wir hätten uns keinen besseren Start für unser frisch gegründetes Studio wünschen können.“

Der Deutsche Computerspielpreis ist der bedeutendste Preis für Games in Deutschland und ist mit etwa 800.000€ dotiert. Er wird von der Bundesregierung, vertreten durch das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz, gemeinsam mit dem game – Verband der deutschen Games-Branche sowie der Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur gGmbH vergeben.

Für Jan Pinkava, Leiter des Animationsinstituts, ist der Triumph beim DCP ein starkes Signal für den Games-Standort Ludwigsburg: „Einfach gesagt: Die Filmakademie befindet sich in Ludwigsburg und Ludwigsburg ist ein wachsender Standort für die Kreativbranche. In unserem Studium der Interaktiven Medien geht es um Inhalte und insbesondere ums Storytelling – es geht um die Wirkung des Kunstwerks und die Aussage dahinter. Deswegen kreieren unsere talentierten Studierenden bedeutsame Arbeiten wie THE BEAR.“ Pinkava fährt fort: „Am Animationsinstitut sind wir stolz auf unsere herausragenden Studierenden und den Beitrag, den sie für die Region leisten.“

THE BEAR ist Teil der Storywelt WORLD OF GRA, ein Universum, das die Macher*innen am Animationsinstitut initiierten. Ein ganz besonderer Meilenstein war hierbei, dass das Team die Visuals und Trailer für die Stuttgart Animated Week 2024 (bestehend aus: FMX – Film and Media Exchange, Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart und Animation Production Days) produzierte.

Noch während des Studiums der Interaktiven Medien gründeten Deitmar, Dorsel und Kehle das Studio Mucks! Games unter dessen Namen sie kürzlich THE BEAR veröffentlichten. Das Spiel ist für iOS-Systeme erhältlich.

Das Animationsinstitut und die Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg gratulieren ihren ehemaligen Studierenden zu diesem großartigen Erfolg.

18 Apr 2024
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Köln, KHM: Filmabende „ANIMATING WOMEN – Films about dreams, desire, the body and the self“ – 24. April + 2. Mai jeweils 19 Uhr

18. April 2024 No Comments

Animating Women* – Films about dreams, desire, the body and the self.
In einer zweiteiligen Reihe präsentiert Julia Jesionek ausgewählte historische und aktuelle Animationsfilme von Frauen*. Die KHM-Absolventin hat die Filme der heute teils unbekannten Künstler*innen im Rahmen ihrer schriftlichen Diplomarbeit an der KHM (wieder)entdeckt und wird sie an zwei öffentlichen Filmabenden präsentieren und einführen.
Mittwoch, 24. April 2024 und Donnerstag, 2. Mai 2024, jeweils 19 Uhr
Aula der KHM, Filzengraben 2, 50676 Köln, Eintritt frei


„Animating Women*“ ist ein Filmprogramm in zwei Teilen. In der ersten Veranstaltung werden Animationskurzfilme des späten zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts gezeigt. Die ausgewählten Filme veranschaulichen eine visuelle und narrative Entwicklung im Bereich des Animationsfilms, die sich seit den 1970er Jahren durch die zunehmende Teilhabe und Sichtbarkeit weiblicher Filmemacherinnen vollzog. Die vorgestellten Künstlerinnen haben mit ihren Filmen eine neue radikale Ästhetik etabliert, die antithetisch zu den kommerziellen Produktionen und den klassischen Erzählstrukturen des Cartoon Genres funktionierte. Statt Slapstick Humor auf Kosten der objektifizierten Frauenfiguren oder Disneys Prinzessinnen in Not, stehen im animierten Autorinnenfilm des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts komplexe, geheimnisvolle, sensible und ehrliche Protagonistinnen im Vordergrund.

Ob hierbei körperliche und sexuelle Erfahrung, die Auseinandersetzung mit Traum(a) oder vermeintlich Alltägliches behandelt wird, so eint die ausgewählten Filme doch eines: der scharfe und gewitzte Blick, der sich den narrativen Normen eines männlich dominierten Mediums widersetzt. Die Filme werden in chronologischer Reihenfolge gezeigt, da der Aspekt der Entwicklung eine wichtige Rolle in der Beschäftigung mit der Geschichte des animierten Autorinnenfilms spielt.

Der zweite Abend (2. Mai, 19 Uhr, Aula der KHM) schließt mit zeitgenössischer Animationskunst junger Filmemacher*innen an, deren Arbeiten die Bandbreite des „Zeigbaren“ weiter ausdehnen und um queere Perspektiven erweitern. Nähere Informationen zum zweiten Filmabend finden Sie hier

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Die Präsentation „Animating Women*“ soll den Rahmen dessen, was allgemein als Animationskanon wahrgenommen wird, erweitern und die Sichtbarkeit der Künstler*innen fördern. Die Auswahl der Filme verdeutlicht, dass Feminismus in der Animationskunst verschiedene Formen annehmen kann und zeigt wie Animator*innen den visuellen Diskurs um Geschlecht, Identität und Begehren heutzutage auf ihre Weise erweitern.

Mittwoch, 24. April 2024, 19 Uhr, Aula der KHM (Part 1)
„Tub Film” von Mary Beams, 1972, 2 Min.
„A la Votre” von Monique Renault, 1973, 2 Min.
„Quasi at the Quackadero“ von Sally Cruikshank, 1975, 10 Min.
„Desire Pie” von Lisa Crafts, 1976, 5 Min.
„Asparagus” von Suzan Pitt, 1979, 18 Min.
„Emergence of Eunice” von Emily Hubley, 1980, 6 Min.
„The Hat” von Michèle Cournoyer, 1999, 6 Min.
„Bun in the Oven” von Alys Scott Hawkins, 1999, 3 Min.

Donnerstag, 2. Mai 2024, 19 Uhr, Aula der KHM (Part 2) 
„Barbeque” von Jenny Jokela, 2017, 5 Min.
„edith and the tall child“ von Kohana Wilson, 2023, 7 Min.
„Porous” von Cecilia Reeve, 2023, 5 Min.
„Underwater Love” von Veronica Martiradonna, Andrea Falzone, Cristina Fiore, 2021, 5 Min.
„ADORABLE” von Cheng-Hsu Chung, 2018, 6 Min.
„Slug Life” von Sophie Koko Gate, 2019, 6 Min.
„my butt smell like pre show toon” von Edy Modica, 2019, 5 Min.

Julia Jesionek (*1998) studiert seit 2016 an der Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln mit dem Schwerpunkt Animation. Begleitend zu ihrem Diplomfilm „Everythingness“, der bei den Kurzfilmtagen Oberhausen 2024 (1. bis 6. Mai) uraufgeführt wird, hat sie die schriftliche Arbeit „Animating Women – The Evolution of Female Characters and the Impact of Women Animators“ verfasst.

https://www.khm.de/download.22079caa2b2cbb5f44f48855e826a863_1/

 

17 Apr 2024
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Studio Ghibli Honorary Palme d’or of the 77th Festival de Cannes

17. April 2024 No Comments

The Festival de Cannes is honoring a cinema legend, awarding its Honorary Palme d’or for the first time to a group: Studio Ghibli. 

Alongside the Hollywood greats, the Japanese studio embodied by two superb storytellers, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, and a host of cult characters, has unleashed a fresh wind on animated film over the past four decades.  

I am truly honored and delighted that the studio is awarded the Honorary Palme d’or,“ declares Toshio Suzuki, co-founder of the Studio Ghibli. „I would like to thank the Festival de Cannes from the bottom of my heart. Forty years ago, Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata and I established Studio Ghibli with the desire to bring high-level, high-quality animation to children and adults of all ages. Today, our films are watched by people all over the world, and many visitors come to the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka and Ghibli Park to experience the world of our films for themselves. We have truly come a long way for Studio Ghibli to become such a big organization. Although Miyazaki and I have aged considerably, I am sure that Studio Ghibli will continue to take on new challenges, led by the staff who will carry on the spirit of the company. It would be my greatest pleasure if you look forward to what’s next.“

With this Honorary Palme d’or, Studio Ghibli joins those who have inspired cinematography, whom the Festival de Cannes celebrates every year. “For the first time in our history, it’s not a person but an institution that we have chosen to celebrate,“ said Iris Knobloch, President of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate. “Like all the icons of the Seventh Art, these characters populate our imaginations with prolific, colorful universes and sensitive, engaging narrations. With Ghibli, Japanese animation stands as one of the great adventures of cinephilia, between tradition and modernity“.

The Festival de Cannes was an early explorer of the animated film adventure. In the early years, Walt Disney productions presented short films (1946) and the feature Dumbo (1947). In 1953, Walt Disney himself took Peter Pan to the Croisette, where René Laloux won a special Jury Prize in 1973 for his first feature, Fantastic Planet. After a long absence, animation returned to Cannes in force with Shrek (2001) and Shrek 2 (2004), Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004), Persepolis (2007), Waltz with Bashir (2008), which all received awards in the Competition, or even Up, which opened the Festival in 2009. Many other films, such as Kirikou and the Wild Beasts, Inside Out, The Summit of the Gods and more recently, Elemental, and Robot Dreams have also left their mark. Moreover, Un Certain Regard welcomed The Red Turtle (2016), Studios Ghibli’s first collaboration with a European production company.

It all began 40 years ago. The success of Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind in 1984 enabled him to establish Studio Ghibli with Isao Takahata in 1985. They achieved what seemed to be an impossible feat: independently producing pure masterpieces and conquering the mass market. Producer Toshio Suzuki, a key studio member from the start and soon assuming a full time role, he managed the studio with formidable efficiency, establishing perfect complementarity between the projects of Miyazaki and Takahata, by turns producers and directors.

In four decades and over twenty feature films, Studio Ghibli won over its audiences with works imbued with poetry and with humanistic and environmental commitments. With Porco Rosso, Pom Poko, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbors the Yamadas, The Wind Rises and The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, Studio Ghibli has delivered stories that are as personal as they are universal. They have won prestigious awards, including both the Golden Bear and the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Spirited Away, and more recently another Oscar for The Boy and the Heron.

In Europe as in the United States, these films are among the animators’ most acclaimed work, between art for art and the commercial challenges of the industry. They are true models, as much for the quality of their writing, directing and animation as for their commitment to extensive aesthetic aspirations. In 2001, the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka opened on the outskirts of Tokyo to showcase the animators’ work and rich heritage, as well as to show short films created for the museum, thus asserting the Studio’s cultural importance. In 2022, the Ghibli Park, a hybrid park facility expressing the world of Studio Ghibli, opened in Aichi Prefecture. Goro Miyazaki, the first Director of the Ghibli Museum, was appointed the Creative Development Director to oversee the park construction

© Hayao Miyazaki / Studio Ghibli

© Hayao Miyazaki / Studio Ghibli

 

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10 Apr 2024
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Festival de Cannes 2024: For its 77th edition, the Festival de Cannes launches its Immersive Competition

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APRIL 10, 2024

Because there are now original works that are pushing the boundaries of storytelling, the Festival de Cannes will introduce a new competition, the „Immersive Competition“ for its 77th edition

In 2017, Alejandro González Iñárritu made history at the 70th edition of the Festival de Cannes with his groundbreaking virtual reality piece, Carne y Arena (Virtually Present, Physically Invisible) marking the first immersive work ever presented as an official selection at a major film festival. Recognized for his pioneering vision, Iñárritu received a special Academy Award for the project and continues to be a prominent figure at the Festival de Cannes (even serving as President of the Jury in 2019).

Seven years since its first immersive selection and in line with the Marché du Film’s commitment to exploring new technologies and art forms through its innovative-focused programs, the Festival de Cannes is thrilled to announce the creation of the new Immersive Competition for its upcoming 77th edition. The competition aims to spotlight the next generation of international artists who are redefining storytelling and inventing new narrative-driven experiences that move beyond the traditional two-dimensional cinema screen.

With the support of the CNC (National Center for Cinema and the moving image), the competition will feature immersive, collective and interactive works that utilize virtual reality, augmented reality and other cutting-edge technologies to transcend conventional storytelling and transport audiences to other worlds, narratives and eras.

For its inaugural edition, a committee of industry experts and Festival de Cannes representatives, under the supervision of the General Delegate of the Festival de Cannes, will select eight immersive works in competition. Additionally, a curated selection of non-competitive works, illustrating the synergy between immersive experiences and cinema, will complement the program.

The selected works will be accessible to Festival de Cannes and Marché du Film attendees throughout the Festival, from May 15 to 24. The works will be displayed in a 1300m2 exhibition space at the Cannes Cineum – the cinema complex of Cannes La Bocca – and the Georges Méliès Campus, a university institution dedicated to creative writing and film.

The in-competition works will compete for the Best Immersive Work prize. An international jury composed of notable figures from cinema and immersive art will present the award at a special closing ceremony, celebrating the creativity and innovation of immersive artists.

Alongside the Immersive Competition, the Marché du Film will continue to explore the commercial and technical aspects of the immersive sector through a lineup of conferences, expert panels, demonstrations and professional networking events.

In what promises to be already a significant year, the City of Cannes is also set to announce the launch of Cannes Immersive, patronised by artist Jean-Michel Jarre and supported by the CNC. This new program aims to position Cannes as a global hub for immersive creations and the emerging artistic domain of artificial intelligence (AI). Cannes Immersive will unfold through the launch of innovative events, strategically designed to elevate Cannes’ status as a premier destination for immersive cultural experiences, which will be seamlessly integrated into both existing and future Cannes events. Furthermore, it will establish a permanent immersive venue in Cannes, serving as a showcase for the most exceptional immersive creations, whether assisted or generated by AI.

About the Immersive Competition

The Immersive Competition of the Festival de Cannes is a new competition dedicated to immersive works. The first edition will be held from May 15-24, 2024.

About Cannes Immersive

Cannes Immersive :
– is part of the „Cannes On Air“ initiative to develop the cultural and creative industries in Cannes;

– is part of the regional strategy to position Cannes, on a national and international scale, as a land of technological innovation and experimentation;

– contributes to defending France’s technological sovereignty and cultural influence in terms of new forms of artistic creation made possible by existing and future technologies.

 

The 77th Festival de Cannes will take place from Tuesday May 14 to Saturday May 25, 2024.

The Official Selection will be unveiled on Thursday, April 11, 2024.

10 Apr 2024
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Gobelins, Paris – Statement regarding AI

10. April 2024 No Comments

https://www.instagram.com/gobelins.paris/

GOBELINS Paris shared a student project yesterday.

The publication featured several visuals created with the help of an AI. Many people expressed their disappointment at seeing artificial work published on our networks. We’re not unaware of recent controversies associating AI with practices that threaten authentic artistic creation. We therefore understand that some may have seen in these visuals an attempt to replace the human gesture with these artificial tools.

We would therefore like to respond to these concerns and reassure our community by explaining our approach clearly and transparently:

First of all, these visuals are in no way the work of animation students or graphic design students at GOBELINS, but prototypes designed by students who are destined for project management in the publishing world. Nor are they definitive works, but simply preparatory concepts that will be proposed to potential publishers at the Bologna International Children’s Book Fair.

GOBELINS Paris will always place the creator, the gesture, and individual and personal talent at the heart of its teaching and creations. The human being is, and always will be, the starting and finishing point of our teaching and the creative act, a guarantee of excellence.

https://www.gobelins-school.com/

09 Apr 2024
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George Lucas, Honorary Palme d’or of the 77th Festival de Cannes

9. April 2024 No Comments

A Hollywood legend, the director, screenwriter and producer George Lucas will receive the Honorary Palme d’or on Saturday, May 25, at the Closing Ceremony of the 77th Festival de Cannes, to be broadcast live on French TV channel France 2.

At the mere mention of his name, a whole section of the Seventh Art lights up, and you can hear a few unforgettable music notes (by John Williams!). Inseparable from the Star Wars and Indiana Jones sagas, George Lucas has forever given the blockbusters an illustrious history, and audiences the world over unrivalled pleasure.

“The Festival de Cannes has always held a special place in my heart. I was surprised and elated when my first film, THX-1138, was selected to be shown in a new program for first time directors called the Directors’ Fortnight. Since then, I have returned to the festival on many occasions in a variety of capacities as a writer, director and producer. I am truly honored by this special recognition which means a great deal to me.“

George Lucas‘ debut in the film industry was marked by his close collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola, who helped him produce THX 1138 (1971), adapted from one of his experimental short films made at the University of Southern California. From his very first feature, George Lucas staged the themes that are dear to him: science fiction to denounce a society of surveillance, using love to fight fate and conformity, and reversing moral values to challenge the role of good and evil.

With American Graffiti, an ode to American youth, George Lucas revealed Harrison Ford and directed his first major success which enabled him to embark on his ambitious saga.

A visionary intergalactic odyssey that reinvented the codes of cinematic genres as part of the New Hollywood movement, Star Wars is nothing short of mythology, a study that has fascinated George Lucas since his university days, in the construction of characters and plots and the breadth of its cultural reach. Like Tolkien in literature, he imagined a universe, with its geography, populations, languages, moral values and even its vehicles. This exceptional ambition, which initially frightened 20th Century Fox’s producers and led to a grueling post-production period, was nonetheless the recipe for unprecedented success: the film captivated the American crowds and became a worldwide socio-cultural phenomenon, which continues to this day.

George Lucas © JAKS Productions. All rights reserved

George Lucas © JAKS Productions. All rights reserved

In the space of 40 years, George Lucas built a Hollywood empire through the nine episodes of the saga — four of which he directed himself. With his company Lucasfilm and its many subsidiaries, acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2012, George Lucas touched on everything. His unflagging passion for technology made him one of the pioneers of the visual effects industry: he founded Industrial Light & Magic and helped develop many new visual technologies, including the computer-assisted camera. In sound, he contributed to the evolution of stereo through his company THX. He also founded the famous animation studio Pixar. Moreover, George Lucas is an outstanding producer: in addition to the three Star Wars trilogies, he is associated with the development of mythical films by other directors, from Akira Kurosawa’s Kagemusha to the Indiana Jones saga, which he created.

The Honorary Palme d’or will be presented to him on stage at the Grand Théâtre Lumière during the Closing Ceremony on Saturday May 25, 2024.

The Festival de Cannes is delighted to pay tribute to one of the greatest figures of contemporary cinema, a man with an extraordinary career, who brings together great entertainment and innovation, mythology and modernity and cinephilia and technology.

The Closing Ceremony of the 77th Festival de Cannes will be broadcast live on France Télévisions and Brut. on Saturday, May 25. Camille Cottin will serve as Master of Ceremony.

The 77th Festival de Cannes will take place from Tuesday May 14 to Saturday May 25, 2024.

The Official Selection will be unveiled on Thursday, April 11, 2024.

 

08 Apr 2024
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Pixar Animation Studios Releases RenderMan 26

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EMERYVILLE, CA – 8 April 2024 – Pixar Animation Studios proudly announces the release of RenderMan version 26, a significant advancement in Pixar’s core rendering technology. This latest version introduces groundbreaking features that advance rendering capabilities and streamline workflows for artists. Key highlights of RenderMan 26 include:

  • XPU Advancements: RenderMan XPU™ receives substantial updates, enhancing light support, camera controls, and adaptive sampling capabilities, resulting in accelerated rendering and improved interactivity.

 

  • Interactive Denoising: The introduction of an interactive version of the machine learning denoiser revolutionizes rendering workflows, reducing iteration times and maintaining image quality during interactive sessions.

Additionally, core improvements such as faster instancing and texture read parallelism ensure optimal performance across various rendering scenarios, and RenderMan’s Stylized Looks™ toolset receives significant improvements, delivering enhanced creative control and a more intuitive user experience. Pixar’s commitment to innovation and excellence in rendering technology, empowering artists and studios to bring their creative visions to life with unparalleled efficiency and quality.

“We’re thrilled to introduce the latest version of RenderMan XPU! It’s going to revolutionize the experience of final frame rendering for many new use cases, allowing artists to bring their visions to life like never before.”
Oliver Meiseberg, RenderMan Vice President, Pixar Animation Studios

“Since the Interactive Denoiser has been rolled out in production, most of our lighters have turned it on by default, and some say they’ll never go back again and they can’t live without this,” said Renee Tam, Global Technology Supervisor at Pixar Animation Studios.

“The Interactive Denoiser has been a lifesaver! I literally can’t not use it. I love that it helps me get a good judgment for the typical super noisy sources like emission shaders.” said James Lojo, Technical Director, Pixar Animation Studios

RenderMan version 26 is available for download today at renderman.pixar.com for customers on maintenance. Individual licenses of RenderMan are available for $595, and $250 for yearly maintenance. Quantity discounts are available. Researchers, individual artists, and students creating non-commercial projects will have access to Non-Commercial RenderMan at the same time, now with the addition of XPU. Visit renderman.pixar.com for more information, and contact rendermansales@pixar.com for a quote today.


About Pixar Animation Studios

Pixar Animation Studios, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is an Academy Award®-winning film studio with world-renowned technical, creative and production capabilities in the art of computer animation. The Northern California studio has created some of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time, including “Toy Story,” “Monsters, Inc.,” “Cars,” “The Incredibles,” “Ratatouille,” “WALL•E,” “Up,” “Brave,” “Inside Out,” “Coco” and “Turning Red.” Its movies and technology have won 40 Academy Awards® and the films have grossed more than $14 billion at the worldwide box office. „Inside Out 2,“ Pixar’s 28th feature, will be released in theaters June 14, 2024.

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27 Mrz 2024
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Täglich einen Kurzen: „THE SPIDER WITHIN: A SPIDER-VERSE STORY“ by Jarelle Dampier | Written by Khaila Amazan | Official Short Film (Full) | Sony Animation

27. März 2024 No Comments

https://www.sonypicturesanimation.com/projects/shorts/spider-within-spider-verse-story

We are proud to officially debut The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story, in partnership with the Kevin Love Fund.

Because everyone is going through something, even superheroes like Miles Morales. Sony Pictures Animation has teamed up with the Kevin Love Fund to digitally release the animated short film, The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story, that will be incorporated into the Kevin Love Fund’s new mental health focused lesson plan, “The Hero Within.” The lesson plan invites students to tell their own story through the lens of mental health awareness via an interactive curriculum including a creative storyboard activity. Visit kevinlovefund.org for additional information. In the genre-bending thriller The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story, Miles Morales struggles to balance his responsibilities as a teenager, friend, and student while acting as Brooklyn’s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. After a particularly challenging day living with these pressures, Miles experiences a panic attack that forces him to confront the manifestations of his anxiety and learn that reaching out for help can be just as brave an act as protecting his city from evil.

The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story was developed and produced in the inaugural year of Sony Pictures Animation (SPA) and Sony Pictures Imageworks’ (SPI) Leading and Empowering New Storytellers (LENS) program, a 9-month leadership training program that provides candidates from underrepresented groups with an opportunity to gain valuable leadership experience in animation. The final deliverable of the program is an all-original short film, set in the existing world of a feature produced by SPA and SPI. The LENS program is backed by Sony Pictures Entertainment’s global, multi-pronged racial equity and inclusion strategy, Sony Pictures Action. The program’s goal is to provide creatives who have traditionally lacked access to leadership roles with a first-hand opportunity to deepen their understanding of every element of the animated filmmaking process including production design, animation, visual effects, lighting, sound, and various post-production processes. Through the program, participants strengthen their ability to effectively articulate their film’s creative vision and collaborate across a variety of disciplines.

The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story is directed by Jarelle Dampier and written by Khaila Amazan, and produced by LENS program creators Michelle Raimo-Kouyate and David Schulenburg. Rounding out the inaugural LENS team are Clara Chan who served as vfx supervisor and Joe Darko who served as animation supervisor.

27 Mrz 2024
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Wildbunch Germany: ELLI – Ungeheuer Geheim | Offizieller deutscher Trailer | Ab 27. Juni im Kino!

27. März 2024 No Comments

Elli – Ungeheuer Geheim

Director: Jens Møller, Jesper Møller, Piet de Rycker / Canada, Germany, Spain / 2024 / 88 min /

Elli

https://www.pinkparrotmedia.ca/elli/

https://variety.com/2024/film/global/pink-parrot-elli-1235912059/

Das kleine Gespenst Elli braucht unbedingt ein neues Zuhause. Ihr Onkel Chamberlain ist von geheimnisvollen Drohnen entführt worden und die alte Spukvilla, in der sie mit ihm hauste, ist nicht mehr bewohnbar. Auf ihrer Suche nach Chamberlain kommt sie an einen Ort, an dem sie ihn vermutet: Eine alte Geisterbahn auf dem Jahrmarkt. Ihren Onkel findet sie hier zwar nicht, aber eine illustre Monstergemeinschaft, die dort im Verborgenen lebt: Yeti Martha, Vampir Vangrufti und Knarf Frankenstein. Begeistert sind die drei nicht über den Zuwachs, zumal sie so Gefahr laufen, die Aufmerksamkeit der Außenwelt auf sich zu ziehen. Und in der sind Monster nicht willkommen! Doch Elli lässt sich nicht so leicht abschütteln – zum Glück! Denn als es darauf ankommt, auf einer abenteuerlichen Flucht einen Plan zu schmieden, die Monster zu retten, gegen die fiesen kleinen Drohnen zu kämpfen und ihren Onkel zu befreien, wächst Elli über sich hinaus. Denn manchmal ist der Wunsch nach einem Zuhause so stark, dass man seine Familie sogar dort finden kann, wo man gar nicht gesucht hat.

26 Mrz 2024
Games No Comments Permalink

Stellar Blade – Demo Teaser | PS5 Games

26. März 2024 No Comments

Take your first steps in new sci-fi action adventure Stellar Blade. Free demo coming to PlayStation Store on March 29. Reclaim Earth for Humankind in Stellar Blade, launching April 26, 2024 only on PS5. Pre-order now for in-game bonuses. #ps5games#ps5 #StellarBlade

25 Mrz 2024
Advice! No Comments Permalink

Everything Screenwriters Need To Know About A High Concept Story – Kaia Alexander

25. März 2024 No Comments

In this Film Courage video interview, we asked Kaia Alexander about what screenwriters need to know when writing a high concept story for film, television or books.

Kaia Alexander is the CEO/founder of the Entertainment Business School, and host of the Hollywood Wolfpack podcast. She was a development executive on many feature films including JUST FRIENDS (with Ryan Reynolds), PEACEFUL WARRIOR (with Nick Nolte), THE GOOD NIGHT (Gwyneth Paltrow & Penelope Cruz), and HACHI: A DOG’S TALE (with Richard Gere). She was mentored by comedian Garry Shandling. A lifelong history nerd, she’s an award-winning novelist for her book about the burning of the Great Library of Alexandria, Written in the Ashes (Harper Collins). As a writer/producer brand is badass, adventurous women. She’s a passionate advocate for New Hollywood diversity, parity and inclusion. If you ever corner her at a party, be sure to ask her about her passion for surfing. She’s proud to be the BQ in LGBTQ.

25 Mrz 2024
Advice!, Animation/VFX History, News No Comments Permalink

#OpenMik Mikros Animation – The Tiger’s Apprentice | Episode 1/4

25. März 2024 No Comments

[💬 English and French subtitles available]

Episode 1/4 -Roaring Through Challenges

Discover the behind-the-scenes of „The Tiger’s Apprentice“ movie, now available on Paramount +, in this first episode of #OpenMik!

Dive into the world of this film inspired by the eponymous novel, where every detail has been crafted with passion by the teams at Mikros Animation in Paris and Montreal. Hear about the exciting challenges, moments of joy, and the proud outcome.

👏 Thanks to: Mikey Schanz – Production Manager Yannick Honoré – Animation Supervisor Julien Meesters – SVP Head of Creative David Dulac – VFX Supervisor Aurélia Abate – Executive Producer Kristin Seller – Production Manager Stéphanie Aubriot – CG Supervisor Fabrice Lett – Directeur des Productions Nicolas Martin – Conformation Supervisor Marc Razafindralambo – Character Modeling Supervisor François Zarroca – Head of Pipeline Anna Kern – Lead Animator Benjamin Dupin – Crowd Supervisor Olivier Mitonneau – Environment Supervisor Pauline Diou – Co-Line Producer

👉 SYNOPSIS: Tom Lee, a Chinese American boy discovers that he is part of a long lineage of magical protectors known as the Guardians. Tom finds that in order to have a fighting chance against the evil forces that threaten the world, he must first bring the estranged Zodiac animal warriors back together as a unified team.

https://www.mikrosanimation.com/en/project/the-tigers-apprentice/

25 Mrz 2024
Advice! No Comments Permalink

PGA: The Attributes Of A Good Animation Producer

25. März 2024 No Comments

The industry’s (and the global audience’s) appetite for animated content has continued to expand. This panel will give attendees insight into the unique challenges of producing animation for both film and television. Our session’s panelists span all forms of animation, ranging from major studio to independent productions, and from CG to 2D to stop-motion. Panelists will discuss the comparative complexity of working in a variety of formats and share realistic expectations for creating successful and memorable animated features and shows.

Speakers:

Allison Abbate, EVP, Warner Animation Group; Fantastic Mr. Fox, Corpse Bride

Andrew Goldberg; Big Mouth, Family Guy

Jinko Gotoh; The Little Prince, 9

Jorge R. Gutiérrez; The Book of Life, El Tigre, The Adventures of Manny Rivera

Rosa Tran; Final Space, Anomalisa

Moderator: Bonnie Arnold, Producer, DreamWorks Animation; How to Train Your Dragon, Toy Story

The Producers Guild of America protects and promotes the interests of all members of the producing team in film, television and new media.

25 Mrz 2024
Kurzfilme/Trailer, News No Comments Permalink

Aardman Animation: The handbag dog who loves Match of the Day ❤️ BBC ‚Things We Love‘

25. März 2024 No Comments

Aardman has created six new films for the BBC’s ‘Things We Love’ campaign, which provide an entertaining insight to the UK’s most loved BBC content. In the series of heart-warming animated films real, BBC audience member’s voices and unscripted conversations are matched with charming stop-motion clay characters, directed by Rich Webber. The dialogue in the films is the audience members’ own descriptions of things they love on the BBC.

Aardman is the world famous, Academy Award® winning animation studio, creators of Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, Chicken Run and Morph. We create beautiful animated feature films, television series, advertising and digital entertainment for audiences around the world! Watch classic animations from Aardman’s Oscar-Winning studio here and on our other branded YouTube channels including world-renowned Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, Creature Comforts and the Epic Adventures of Morph. Aardman is proudly based in Bristol, a city with a rich creative culture!

Peter Lord and David Sproxton began their animating partnership at school. In 1972 they registered the name Aardman Animations. After graduating, they moved to Bristol in 1976 where they produced their first professional production, creating Morph for the children’s programme ‚Take Hart‘. From Peter Lord and David Sproxton’s tabletop beginnings, Aardman has grown into a major world-class studio with a hugely talented and passionate team working behind the scenes. Aardman became Employee Owned in 2018, securing our ethos, creative values and independence for the future. Guided by the principle of keeping the company in the hands of those who helped build it, our partners work closely with the Exec Board to ensure Aardman provides a positive and thriving environment for everyone who works here to flourish. The Aardman Academy delivers world-class courses for both established professionals and people at the start of their careers in animation. We offer both short and longer courses that provide practical, expert-led learning in a supportive and nurturing environment to help you take your career in animation to the next level. #Aardman #AardmanAnimations #BBC #CreatureComforts

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