The Portland, Oregon animation house Laika, the Visit Downtown Campaign, Wild in Art, and OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital are proud to announce that the auction of the Coraline Cat Statues that drew crowds to downtown Portland since August of this year has raised $324,500.
Kizumonogatari Koyomi Vamp, comprising three Kizumonogatari films, distributed by Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment, will be released for one-day-only in a few select theatres across the United States and Canada on August 28 offering fans the unique opportunity to experience Tatsuya Oishi’s breathtaking animation on the big screen.
Crunchyroll has announced the North American theatrical dates for two films – the fantastical anthropomorphic film The Concierge, and Trapezium, a fresh, realistic take on Japan's idol-obsessed culture. Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will distribute The Concierge on September 11 and Trapezium on September 18, both for one-day-only, in North America.
Spin Master's PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, has won the Golden Screen Award for feature film. Presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, the Golden Screen Award recognizes the Canadian film that grossed the highest in domestic box office over the period of January 1, 2022, to February 24, 2023.
The British Film Institute has announced the details of Stop Motion: Hand-Crafted Animation on the Big Screen, supported by headline partner Laika, a major new season taking place from August 1 to October 9 with free film screenings for children under 16. Running in parallel, a free exhibition at BFI Southbank, Laika: Frame by Frame, will showcase the art, science, and innovative wizardry of the studio’s epic films.
Rising Sun Pictures was a key visual effects provider for season two of Loki, the hugely popular series from Marvel and Disney+. The studio’s primary role was to animate Miss Minutes, an artificial intelligence driven character in the form of an orange clock who appears throughout the series, spreading propaganda on behalf of the Time Variance Authority, the organization that monitors timelines in the multiverse. RSP worked under the supervision of Marvel visual effects supervisors Christopher Townsend and Sandra Balej and visual effects producer Allison Paul.
Golden Screen Cinemas, as part of its GSC International Screens efforts to elevate the local movie landscape, in collaboration with Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation, has launched its first ever Malaysia Animation Film Festival.
Angel Studios, the distributor behind this summer’s surprise hit movie Sound of Freedom, has just announced its debut anime-influenced series, Gabriel and the Guardians, an epic fantasy anime-influenced series set in the enchanting world of Ara, where celestial beings, mortals, and dark giants collide in a battle for destiny and light.
FutureWorks helped to recreate Delhi’s Uphaar Cinema disaster for the recent Netflix drama Trial by Fire, delivering all previs images for the devastating fire scenes. The seven-part miniseries is a dramatization of the tragic events of June 13, 1997, where a fire caused by ill-maintained equipment during an afternoon screening of the war epic Border resulted in the deaths of 59 people, with a further 103 injured in the resulting stampede. Due to multiple safety violations, many cinema-goers were trapped inside, eventually succumbing to smoke inhalation.
Pixar Animation Studios’ Elemental has been mastered in 4K theatrical high dynamic range available exclusively on the cinema LED screen Samsung Onyx, Samsung Electronics announced.
