Before all that can happen, you’ve got to convince a lot of people that you and your show idea are worth investing hundreds of thousands (maybe even millions) of dollars on. Are you up for the task? Let’s say you have a brilliant idea for an animated series. You’ve done your re...
To that laudable if not especially spectacular end, this series will be geared toward the nitty-gritty of that most dreaded of writerly self-promotional exercises, the verbal pitch, a light-hearted exercise wherein an aspiring writer sits face-to-face wi...
of Europe offers the DAE Consultancy Award with a bespoke consultation with an industry expert; Aylon Digital Services offers a digital transfer of archival material; and the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film offers the DOK Leipzig Award, which includes two industry...
Sacculina Carcini, byKasia Nalewajka, Poland, third prize:in an undersea pub a brain-controlling parasite enters into the brain of a crabwhich is having a drink with is friends and convinces him that he is pregnant. A serious documentary voice-off contrasts with the wackiness of the characte...
There are a lot of reasons to love Wes Anderson’sFantastic Mr. Fox.I admire its personality; the little details that separate it from a traditional animated movie, even other stop-motion films. Why is it funnyeverytime they do an extreme close-up of Kylie with those black and while swir...
Okay, pop quiz to see who has been paying attention to this series so far: after the agent says this, do you: (a) regard it as an invitation to talk about your work at greater length? (b) regard it as an invitation to a lifetime of friendship? (c) regard it as a promise to ...
the Documentary Assn. of Europe offers the DAE Consultancy Award with a bespoke consultation with an industry expert; Aylon Digital Services offers a digital transfer of archival material; and the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film offers the DOK Leipzig Award, whi...