L’équipe du film „Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol“ de Sylvain Chomet avec Laurent Lafitte au photocall du Festival de Cannes 2025 !
Berlin, 24 May 2025: Aaron Blaise presents „Snow Bear“ Road Show – Berlin!
https://weareplaygrounds.nl/event/snow-bear-road-show-with-aaron-blaise/
Date
24 May 2025
Location(s)
Time 19:15 – 21:15
Entrance fee €35 (regular) | €30 (with TAD Berlin Ticket)
After the first day at TAD Berlin you can join award-winning animator, director, and wildlife artist Aaron Blaise (Brother Bear, The Lion King, Mulan) for a special 90-minute live event celebrating his latest animated short film, Snow Bear.
Aaron Blaise is an animation feature film director and wildlife artist. For 21 years Aaron worked with Disney helping to create some of the greatest animated films ever made. During that time he worked as an animator or supervising animator on „The Rescuers Down Under“, „Beauty and the Beast“, „Aladdin“, „The Lion King“, „Pocahontas“, „Mulan“ and more. In 2003 he was co-director of „Brother Bear“ for which he earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. After „Brother Bear“ he helped to develop several projects but ultimately left Disney to pursue an opportunity back home in Florida. Aaron recently served as 2D Animation Supervisor and Character Designer for the „The Bear and the Hare“ an advertisement loved by millions around the world. (https://vimeo.com/78740926) Aaron currently is working on his mission to bring affordable art education and animation training to the world through his website: https://CreatureArtTeacher.com/?src=yt
This one-of-a-kind evening is a heartfelt journey through Aaron’s incredible career—from his beginnings as a traditional animator at Disney, to becoming the independent artist and film maker he is today
What to Expect:
✨Part 1: Aaron’s Story
Aaron shares his inspiring path as an artist—from drawing animals as a kid to co-directing Disney’s Brother Bear and beyond. He’ll reveal behind-the-scenes stories from his time at Disney, what fuels his passion for wildlife, and how he blends art and conservation in his work.
🐾Part 2: Screening of Snow Bear
Enjoy a special screening of Aaron’s award-winning short film Snow Bear—a wordless, hand-drawn journey of a lonely Polar Bear looking for a friend in the Arctic.
🎨Part 3: Behind the Scenes of the Film
Get a rare look into the making of Snow Bear. Aaron breaks down how the film was created—from early sketches and rough animation to final backgrounds and music. He’ll also tease what’s next in the Snow Bear universe.
🐻Part 4: Live Animation Demo
Watch Aaron bring a bear to life right before your eyes! In this fun, interactive finale, Aaron pulls a volunteer from the audience to record their best bear roar, then creates a spontaneous animation on stage, syncing the bear’s performance to the sound. It’s equal parts hilarious, educational, and magical.
📸Meet & Greet
Stick around after the show for photos, signatures, and a chance to chat with Aaron one-on-one.
Perfect for:
- Art & animation lovers
- Families & students
- Disney fans
- Anyone who loves wildlife and storytelling
This is a rare chance to experience the world of animation from a master storyteller and artist.
Come be inspired. Come meet Snow Bear.
DE Sakamoto Days | Part 2 Official Trailer | Netflix
The legendary assassin turned convenience store owner is back! SAKAMOTO DAYS: Season 1 Part 2 hits Netflix on July 14, 2025! Expect bigger fights, more laughs, and unique characters that you’ll fall in love with.
Surviving Mars: Pioneer | Early Access Launch Trailer | Meta Quest Platform
The Red Planet is vast, desolate, and utterly indifferent to your survival. With nothing but your wits, limited resources, and the tools at your disposal, you must carve out an existence in one of the most hostile environments imaginable. For the first time, the Surviving Mars universe has been brought to VR, delivering a survival experience where every decision matters.
Unreal Engine Sizzle: Beyond Games 2025
Watch the Unreal Engine Sizzle: Beyond Games and discover some of the projects talented creators are using Unreal Engine for outside of games. Covering industries as diverse as film & TV, animation, broadcast & live events, automotive, architecture, and fashion, this sizzle reel showcases the breadth of talented creators doing amazing work with Unreal Engine. Look out for Academy Award®-winning animated short ‘War Is Over!’, virtual model LAIMA created by Platige Image, Moment Factory’s stunning visuals for Phish at Sphere, and many other inspiring projects.
Superman | Official Trailer | DC
Your choices, your actions, that’s what makes you who you are. #Superman –
Only In Theaters and @Imax July 11 “Superman,” DC Studios’ first feature film to hit the big screen, is set to soar into theaters worldwide this summer from Warner Bros. Pictures. In his signature style, James Gunn takes on the original superhero in the newly imagined DC universe with a singular blend of epic action, humor and heart, delivering a Superman who’s driven by compassion and an inherent belief in the goodness of humankind. DC Studios heads Peter Safran and Gunn are producing the film, which Gunn directs from his own screenplay, based on characters from DC, Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
The film stars David Corenswet (“Twisters,” “Hollywood”) in the dual role of Superman/Clark Kent, Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) as Lois Lane and Nicholas Hoult (the “X-Men” movies, “Juror #2”) as Lex Luthor. The film also stars Edi Gathegi (“For All Mankind”), Anthony Carrigan (“Barry,” “Gotham”), Nathan Fillion (the “Guardians of the Galaxy” films, “The Suicide Squad”), Isabela Merced (“Alien Romulus”), Skyler Gisondo (“Licorice Pizza,” “Booksmart”), Sara Sampaio (“At Midnight”), María Gabriela de Faría (“The Moodys”), Wendell Pierce (“Selma,” “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”), Alan Tudyk (“Andor”), Pruitt Taylor Vince (“Bird Box”) and Neva Howell (“Greedy People”).
“Superman” is executive produced by Nikolas Korda, Chantal Nong Vo and Lars Winther. Behind the camera, Gunn is joined by frequent collaborators, including director of photography Henry Braham, production designer Beth Mickle, costume designer Judianna Makovsky and composer John Murphy, along with composer David Fleming (“The Last of Us”) and editors William Hoy (“The Batman”) and Craig Alpert (“Deadpool 2,” “Blue Beetle”).
DC Studios Presents a Troll Court Entertainment/The Safran Company Production, A James Gunn Film, “Superman,” which will be in theaters and IMAX® nationwide on July 11, 2025, and internationally beginning 9 July 2025, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Düsseldorf, Filmmuseum – 28. Mai 2025: Star Trek Event mit Visual Effects Producer Dan Curry
Mi 28.5. 19:00
ALL GOOD THINGS… / GESTERN, HEUTE, MORGEN
Finale Season 7 von STAR TREK – THE NEXT GENERATION, Episoden 25 und 26 USA 1994 · 90 min · OmU · FSK 12
Star Trek Event mit Visual Effects Producer Dan Curry
Mittwoch, 28.5. im Filmmuseum Düsseldorf
Die erfolgreichste Science-Fiction-TV-Serie in der Geschichte des Fernsehens kehrte 1987 zwischen dem vierten und fünften Kinofilm auf den kleinen Bildschirm zurück. Das Finale ALL GOOD THINGS… wurde mit außergewöhnlich hohem Aufwand produziert und setzt sich inhaltlich mit grundlegenden Menschheitsfragen auseinander.
Einführung: Dan Curry (VFX Supervisor und Producer STAR TREK, Los Angeles)
Dan Curry, 18 Jahre lang das Mastermind hinter den visuellen Effekten bei STAR TREK, ist zurück in Düsseldorf! Der siebenfache Emmy-Preisträger und erklärte Freund des Filmmuseums, das im Laufe der Jahre an mehrere ikonische Objekte von ihm aus der Franchise gelangte, ist immer noch viel beschäftigt und nachgefragt. Zwischen einer Veranstaltung in Rom und der anstehenden Fan-Messe FedCon in Bonn lässt er es sich nicht nehmen, Arbeit mit visuellen Effekten gleich mehrere Anlässe: Dan Curry wird eine dafür eigens hergestellte Vitrine mit einem Phaser aus der Originalserie STAR TREK – RAUMSCHIFF ENTERPRISE einweihen. Gut möglich, dass William Shatner als „Captain Kirk“ oder Leonard Nimoy als „Spock“ diesen in den Händen hielten! Außerdem wird er an anderen Objekten, wie dem Arm der „Borg Queen“ (aus der finalen Episode von STAR TREK: VOYAGER) oder dem Modell-Oberteil (auch „Saucer“ genannt) des Raumschiffs Enterprise (aus der finalen Episode von STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION), Entstehung und Einsatz erläutern. Gleichzeitig wird nach einem Umbau in der Dauerausstellung der neue Bereich „Visuelle Effekte und Science Fiction“ zum ersten Mal der Öffentlichkeit präsentiert.
Vor sechs Jahren wurde im Filmmuseum die Sonderausstellung „Fantastische Welten, perfekte Illusionen“ gezeigt. Die Schau über visuelle Effekte im Film war nicht nur eine der besucherstärksten, sondern auch nachhaltig: So wurden einige Installationen in die Dauerausstellung übernommen.
Nun ist unter dem gleichen Titel soeben ein Sachbuch erschienen, das sich verschiedenen Aspekten des Themas widmet. Enthalten ist auch ein Fachgespräch zwischen Dan Curry und dem Herausgeber und Direktor des Filmmuseums, Bernd Desinger.
Die beiden stellen das Buch kurz vor, im Anschluss gibt es bei Wein und Snacks die Möglichkeit, es signieren zu lassen. Der Abend klingt aus mit einer Vorführung der finalen Episode von STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION in der Black Box.
BLACK BOX – Kino im Filmmuseum der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf
Schulstraße 4
40213 Düsseldorf
Telefon 0211 8 99 22 32
filmmuseum@duesseldorf.de
www.duesseldorf.de/filmmuseum
Facebook: facebook.com/FilmmuseumDuesseldorf
Twitter: twitter.com/filmmuseum_due
Marvel Television’s Ironheart | Official Trailer | Disney+
#Ironheart, Marvel Television’s all-new series from executive producer Ryan Coogler, launches with a 3-episode premiere June 24 at 6pm PT/ 9pm ET, only on @DisneyPlus.
Creating Appealing Characters | SAM CABANAC
Here is a brand new tutorial for our ‚Learn with SPA‘ playlist. This time, artist Sam Cabanac explains what is appeal and how to achieve it in animation. Enjoy!
Cannes: MARCEL ET MONSIEUR PAGNOL (A MAGNIFICENT LIFE) by Sylvain Chomet will have its world premiere in the Official Selection of the 78th edition of the Festival de Cannes
© 2025 What the Prod -Mediawan Kids & Family Cinéma -Bidibul Productions -Walking the Dog
WALKING THE DOG is proud to share that the animated feature film
MARCEL ET MONSIEUR PAGNOL (A MAGNIFICENT LIFE)
by Sylvain Chomet
will have its world premiere in the Official Selection of the
78th edition of the Festival de Cannes – Special Screenings.
The genius of Sylvain Chomet meets the radiance of Marcel Pagnol through a magnificent human and historical fresco.
At the height of his fame, Marcel Pagnol receives a commission from the editor-in-chief of a prominent women’s magazine ELLE to write a literary serial, in which he can recount his childhood, his beloved Provence, and his early loves.
As he composes the initial pages, the child he once was—little Marcel—suddenly appears before him. Thus, his memories resurface with each word: the advent of talking pictures, the first major film studio, his deep affection for his actors, and the experience of writing.
The greatest storyteller of all time then becomes the hero of his own narrative.
© 2025 What the Prod -Mediawan Kids & Family Cinéma -Bidibul Productions -Walking the Dog
Supported in Belgium by FLANDERS AUDIOVISUAL FUND (VAF), SCREEN FLANDERS, SCREEN.BRUSSELS, TAX SHELTER of the Belgian Federal Government with BESIDE TAX SHELTER, MAGELLAN FILMS and BERRYMARK.
A MAGNIFICENT LIFE also known in French as „Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol,“ is a co-production between FRANCE, LUXEMBOURG and BELGIUM. Alongside the main producers are WHAT THE PROD (FR, producers Ashargin POIRÉ, Valérie PUECH) and PICTURE BOX / MEDIAWAN (FR, producer Aton SOUMACHE) in coproduction with BIDIBUL PRODUCTIONS (LU, producer Lilian ECHE) and WALKING THE DOG (BE, producers Anton ROEBBEN, Eric GOOSSENS).
Distribution France: Wild Bunch
International Distribution: Sony Classics, Elle Driver
https://www.walkingthedog.be/film-magnificent-life-marcel-pagnol
INDAC Interview with Pixar-Producer Mary Alice Drumm about „Elio“
Interview with Mary Alice Drumm, the producer of Pixar´s new upcoming animated feature film „Elio“. We did the interview after her insightful presentation and a footage screening with around 25 minutes of the movie at a cinema at Munich, Germany. After her presentation followed by a lively Q&A with german animation artists and members of the german press, we sat down for this short talk.
Interviewer: Johannes Wolters
Editing and Design : Thomas Schmidl, Framefloor Köln
Das INDAC Interview mit Robert Pinnow zu „Das Licht“
INDAC – INTERVIEW mit ROBERT PINNOW
VFX Supervisor von „Das Licht“ von Tom Tykwer
https://www.risefx.com/rise-visual-effects-studios-work-project-detail.php?id=152
Nominiert für die Lola, den deutschen Filmpreis für die Visual Effects von „Das Licht“, Regie Tom Tykwer.
https://www.deutscher-filmpreis.de/film/das-licht/
Anläßlich des Pressetages für den Deutschen Filmpreis 2025, vergeben von den Mitgliedern der Deutschen Filmakademie, gaben uns die Nominierten für die Kategorie „Beste Visuelle Effekte“ Interviews zu ihren Projekten.
Robert ist der Mitbegründer von Rise FX, er zeichnet als Supervisor verantwortlich für die VFX von Tom Tykwers neuem Film, der in seinem Finale mit einer bemerkenswerten Unterwasser-Szene besticht.
Interviewer: Johannes Wolters
Schnitt und Design: Thomas Schmidl, Framefloor Köln
https://www.framefloor.de/
Das INDAC INTERVIEW mit Jan Stoltz & Franzisca Puppe zu „Hagen – Im Tal der Nibelungen“
INDAC INTERVIEW mit JAN STOLTZ & FRANZISCA PUPPE
VFX Producers für HAGEN – Im Tal der Nibelungen
https://constantin.film/kino/hagen/
Nominiert für die Lola, den deutschen Filmpreis für die Visual Effects von „HAGEN – Im Tal der Nibelungen“, Regie: Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert
https://www.deutscher-filmpreis.de/film/hagen-im-tal-der-nibelungen/
Anläßlich des Pressetages für den Deutschen Filmpreis 2025, vergeben von den Mitgliedern der Deutschen Filmakademie, gaben uns die Nominierten für die Kategorie „Beste Visuelle Effekte“ Interviews zu ihren Projekten.
Jan und Franzisca erlauben einen hochinteressanten Einblick in ihre Arbeit an „Hagen“ und ihre Zusammenarbeit mit den verschiedenen VFX Studios, die an dem Projekt beteiligt waren.
Jan Stoltz – http://www.stoltz.de/
Franzisca Puppe – https://www.linkedin.com/in/franzisca-puppe-a68109a?originalSubdomain=de
Interviewer: Johannes Wolters
Schnitt und Design: Thomas Schmidl, Framefloor Köln
https://www.framefloor.de/
