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In The Dome: Mexican Filmmaker Jesús Pérez Irigoyen Discusses His Adventures In Immersive VR And Dome Animation
Born in Mexico City to a family of self-taught entrepreneurs, Jesús Pérez Irigoyen gravitated toward visual arts and graphic design, before branching out into broadcast television and founding his own Dessignare Studio in the municipality of Tlalnepantla de Baz. “In my family,” recalls Pérez Irigoyen, “art and design weren’t things that your family would push you to pursue. When I was growing up, there were no animation schools in Mexico.
'Inside Out 2' Ties 'The Lion King' For Fastest Animated Film To Reach $1 Billion Box Office
Inside Out 2 has become the first film of 2024 to reach $1 billion at the global box office. The film achieved the feat in just 19 days, tying the cg remake of The Lion King for fastest animated film to reach the milestone. Just 12 animated films have ever reached the billion-dollar milestone. Nine of them are Disney or Pixar films, while the other three are Illumination titles.
Interview With 'The Wild Robot's Chris Sanders, Jakob Hjort Jensen, Heidi Jo Gilbert, And Raymond Zibach
At the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Dreamworks Animation’s The Wild Robot was among the most anticipated sneak peeks, and audiences who attended the event were well rewarded with emotionally resonant footage from the film. Written and directed by the three-time Oscar-nominated Chris Sanders (Lilo & Stitch, How to Train Your Dragon), Wild Robot also marks his first animation directorial effort in over a decade.
Italy's Mondo TV Fined $538K By U.S. Treasury For Producing Animated Shows In North Korea
Italian animation company company Mondo TV has agreed to pay $538,000 for “apparent violations” of American sanctions that prohibit using the U.S. financial system to send money to North Korea. Between May 2019 and November 2021, Mondo sent $537,939 to the North Korean government-run animation studio Scientific Educational Korea Studio (SEK) for production services, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Major Laika Exhibition Coming To London's BFI Southbank
The BFI has announced details for “Laika: Frame x Frame,” a free exhibition that will showcase the art, craft, and science of Laika’s stop-motion filmmaking. The exhibit takes place at BFI Southbank from August 12 – October 1, 2024. Each of Laika’s five films will be profiled in the exhibition through one key frame, surrounded by a collection of production artifacts that explain how that frame was created.
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