Australia

New crowd simulation agent delivers lifelike, feature film quality movements recorded by one of the world’s leading motion capture studios.

2D-animated comedy series from multi-award winning independent Australian production company was recently sold to Cartoon Network France and Cartoon Network Belgium along with public broadcaster OUFtivi in Belgium.

‘War for the Planet of the Apes,’ ‘The Jungle Book,’ ‘Kong: Skull Island,’ ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,’ ‘Ghost in the Shell,’ ‘Valerian and The City of a Thousand Planets’ and ‘Doctor Strange’ receive awards for feature film VFX at 2017 Australian Effects & Animation Festival.

Sydney-based post-production and VFX house teams with Australian contemporary artist Brooklyn Whelan to bring fine art to Virtual Reality life for Samsung at this year’s Splendour In The Grass music and arts festival.

Eric Combrié promoted to COO and Tom Wild to VP global production operations to unify Method, Iloura, VR/AR operations across Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, Sydney, Melbourne & Pune; Jeff Werner returns as director of digital studio, Method LA.

Digital doubles, smoke and fire simulation among the key elements VFX studio used to create the epic battle scenes.

CAKE sets deal for more episodes of the award-winning comedy series, which it co-produces with TeamTO.

New attraction to feature exclusive 3-D CG animation produced by Technicolor Animation.

CG-animated feature directed by Charlie Bean, Paul Fisher and Bob Logan delivers a new perspective on the LEGO Universe.

Deals bring tech-centric preschool show to viewers in Ireland, Finland, Israel, Australia and Korea.

L.A.-based Gnomon tops the animation ranking, while Germany’s Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg is the No. 1 VFX school.

Animal Logic animation director Matt Everitt, FX supervisor Miles Green and CG/VFX supervisor Greg Jowle discuss the unique challenges of crafting ‘The LEGO Ninjago Movie.’

New show aims for a broader audience while building on the worldwide success of Pukeko Pictures’ original series.

Honor recognizing pioneering significant and lasting contributions to the art and science of the visual effects industry will be presented at the 16th annual VES Awards in February.

Animated program distributors rack up pre-market deals and prestigious venues to show off their wares.

Imira, Entertainment One and Hoho Entertainment among the wheelers and dealers.

Set to introduce online courses and an official certification review process in 2018, The Rookies co-founders Andrew McDonald and Alwyn Hunt reflect on their journey to help students make the transition from school to real-world production environments.

Mentor and awards program looks to establish industry approved review process to help students be better prepared to work in the VFX, animation and games industries.