Browsing Tag

animated film

159 posts
Two animated characters sitting close together, focused on their knees.

I am Tom Moody

The short film "I am Tom Moody" was nominated for an award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. It can now be viewed in full, including a making-of.
More...
A yellow animated bunny holding hands with a brown animated animal.

Cuddly Fluffy Work

When words such as "cuddly", "cinema fun" and "Schweiger" appear in a trailer, one can roughly guess what Til's new animated work will bring to cinemas.
More...

Puppet Construction for Stop-Motion Animation – From Character Skeleton to Finished Animated-Film Character

Duration: 2.5 days / 25 hours Fri 15:00 - 20:00 CET SAT + SUN 10:00 - 20:00 CET Location: Gelnhausen, Hesse, 40 km east of Frankfurt am Main Objective: Participants gain an insight into the art of stop-motion animation. They learn about the techniques, tools and procedures used and can gain initial experience in animating three-dimensional figures or deepen their existing experience. Topics in the theoretical part of the workshop: - Cameras & recording methods / hardware & software - Principles of animation - Planning a scene, timing, performance - Working with X-sheets Topics in the practical part of the workshop: - Applying the principles of animation through simple animation exercises - Planning, developing and shooting participants’ own scenes with humanoid character skeletons - Working with flying rigs General information / answers to FAQs: - Figures are provided - Participants can take their recordings home - Each participant receives a handout with information (literature, equipment used, software, links, etc.) - We work with DRAGON - professional stop-motion software Maximum number of participants: 8 people Cost per participant: Registration as a regular participant (two participants share one recording system) Students, trainees & civil-service workers: EUR 185,- (including VAT) Hobbyists: EUR 200,- (including VAT) Self-employed people, educators and anyone using the course as professional training: EUR 255,- (including VAT) Surcharge when registering as an individual participant: (The participant has a recording system to themselves) Students, trainees & civil-service workers: +EUR 100,- (including VAT) Hobbyists: +EUR 120,- (including VAT) Self-employed people, educators and anyone using the course as professional training: +EUR 150,- (including VAT
More...

HFF Animation Films from Two Decades

In the series “55 Years of HFF, 20 Years after the Fall of the Wall—History in Films”, HFF Konrad Wolf’s Animation programme presents a representative selection of student work from the past two decades.
More...

ITFS Retrospective: 100 Years of Animated Film

To mark the centenary of German animated film, the 16th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (5–10 May 2009) is presenting an extensive anniversary retrospective. Six program blocks trace the eventful history of this innovative genre, featuring artistically ambitious works, outstanding commercials and cutting-edge 3D animation.
More...

On commission for animated film

The 15th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film runs from May 1 to 6 with a new competition for commissioned animation. With 1700 submissions, it slightly exceeded the previous year's level.
More...

Super RTL Presents “The Happy Elf”, a Funny 3-D Animated Adventure in Its German Premiere

Christmas elf Jubie faces his greatest challenge: Of all places, in gloomy Bluesville, where the children have almost forgotten how to laugh, he is supposed to create a good mood. Whether he succeeds is revealed by the Christmas fun The Happy Elf (USA 2005), which captivates with elaborate 3-D animation and a funny story. Super RTL will show the adventure on Friday, December 21, at 9:15 p.m., in its German premiere.
More...

Bastian Pastewka and His Bee Bestseller

Low budget and high box-office takings - producers dream of films like that. Such so-called B-movies are the subject of ,Wir lieben Kino - Das Magazin' on December 12 at 10.40 p.m. The somewhat different B-movie, the animated film ,Bee Movie - Das Honigkomplott', celebrated its world premiere in Los Angeles.
More...

Horton Hears A Who

Following the worldwide successes ICE AGE 1 and 2 (each with over 7 million cinema-goers in Germany), the latest film from the CGI forge BLU SKY will come to cinemas in 2008.
More...

Shrek dominates the DVD charts

An ogre becomes king. Shrek has long ruled the fairy-tale world of "Far Far Away". He has sat on the throne of the media control DVD charts since calendar week 43. "Shrek – the Third" enters the hit list directly at number one as a new release. Alongside the single DVD, the 2-DVD box of the animated film also manages to start at number 32.
More...

Bully’s wild empress at number one

At Schöngrün Palace, tranquil palace life is thrown into turmoil: The Yeti kidnaps Lissi to give her to the devil. Emperor Franz immediately sets off in pursuit of his great love. How it all turns out is told by Michael "Bully" Herbig in "Lissi and the Wild Emperor". The "Sissi" parody drew more than 507,000 viewers to cinemas on its premiere weekend.
More...

Ratatouille remains the main course

The animated film “Ratatouille” remains the most popular main course among cinema fans in its second week. According to preliminary figures, just under 750,000 guests enjoyed it over the weekend.
More...

Festival Initiates Prize for Film Music

Animated film and music will be one of the focal points of the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film 2008. With “Music for Animation”, the festival, in cooperation with the GEMA Foundation, is awarding a prize for the best music for the first time.
More...

Philosophers Ponder the Simpsons

If Homer Simpson from the oddball cartoon series mindlessly pours beer into himself, eats his children’s burgers and steaks, and affronts wife Marge with his stupidity - is that then low-level entertainment or really good satire?
More...

Simpsons Still on Top

The trump card "The Simpsons Movie" continues to work at the box office. For the third time in a row, Homer and family attracted the most viewers to cinemas.
More...

“Simpsons” still at the top

The black humor of the “Simpsons” continues to entertain audiences splendidly. The first major animated production of the popular TV television series about the idiosyncratic family remains at the top of the German cinema charts.
More...

Simpsons disenchant Harry Potter

“The Simspons Movie” had the third-most-successful film opening of the year. As already indicated in the trend charts, the animated film enters the media control cinema charts directly at number one.
More...

Simpsons: Rush on the cinema box offices

Germany is into yellow! After twenty years of life as a series, the Simpsons are now embarking on their first cinema adventure. More than 390,000 viewers saw "The Simpsons Movie" on the opening day, as media control reports.
More...

On CNN: From the “Simpsons” to “Shreck”

After twenty unprecedentedly successful years on television, "The Simpsons" are now making it to the big cinema screen on July 26. In CNN International's film magazine "The Screening Room", presenter Myleene Klass meets the creator of the "Simpsons", Matt Groening, on Friday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. She talks with him about the long-awaited film adaptation of the animated series.
More...

Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF)

The Tokyo Anime Award is presented as part of the trade fair for animated films (TAF). In contrast to the “Commercial Animated Films” category, the second, “Open Category” (divided into the “General” and “Students” subcategories), is open to worldwide entries that were not publised for commercial purposes. The Grand Prix - one of four awards in total - is endowed with prize money equivalent to around 7,300 euros. Trade fair: 03/23/2006 to 03/24/2006 Public fair: 03/25/2006 to 03/26/2006
More...