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'The Little Prince' hits big screens around the world

‘‘The Little Prince’ is the big screen adaptation of the book of the same name by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. One of the most beloved children’s

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British film archive prepares "long lost" Disney rabbit for Christmas

Film archivists at London have rediscovered a long-lost Walt Disney animation from 1928. “Sleigh Bells” features Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a character

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Behind the scenes: The Bigger Picture

Life-sized sets, two metre high painted characters using 3D arms. Award-winning director Daisy Jacobs takes us behind the scenes of her most ambitious project 'The Bigger Picture'.

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British short 'The Bigger Picture' wins Cartoon d'Or

British animated short film ‘The Bigger Picture’ by Daisy Jacobs has won the Cartoon d’Or, a pan-European award for animation short films. Daisy

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3D animation brings Polish World War Two hero to life

In Mexico City, 3D animators are bringing to life the story of a Polish World War Two hero. Maximilian Kolbe was a Franciscan monk, who volunteered

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Top animators collaborate on Kahlil Gibran's 'The Prophet'

The animated film Kahlil Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’ has premiered in the United States. The film is based on the 1920s bestseller written by Lebanese

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Video game characters attack Earth in 'Pixels'

Aliens send Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and other video game characters to attack Earth in ‘Pixels’ – a new sci-fi, comedy action movie hitting cinemas

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Anime fans flock to streets of downtown LA

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"Ted 2" set to knock the stuffing out of the summer cinema market

Ted the talking teddy bear is back on the big screen, but this time along with the big laughs creator Seth McFarlane is adding a big message about

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Animation industry and festival fans flock to Annecy

Annecy International Animated Film Festival - where the backdrop of the French Alps mixes with much more than cartoons...

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'Minions' met Scarlet Overkill and Herb in 'Despicable Me' prequel

The Minions, co-stars of Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2 take centre stage in their very own movie. The film traces the development of the cute

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Inside Out gets warm reviews

Inside out is the latest release from Disney-Pixar, and was shown out of competition at Cannes this year. It is about a girl called Riley, whose

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Cartoon Movie: a springboard for European animation films

Which European animation films could come next to our cinemas? The answer may lie in Cartoon Movie, a business event for European animation

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"Home" is where the heart is for new Dreamworks comedy

Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jim Parsons and Jennifer Lopez are the voices behind a new Dreamworks animated alien-invasion comedy. “Home” is the tale of

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Tainted love: software transforms the painstaking art of colouring old cartoons

Art and computer science combine in a European project revolutionising the labour- intensive skills of hand-painting animation

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Do you know: is there a future for 2D animation?

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Squeezing the franchise all the way: SpongeBob is back with new movie

SpongeBob fans around the world can rejoice. More than a decade after the original movie adaptation of the SpongeBob Squarepants series, the sequel

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Vincent Van Gogh to come back to life thanks to Oscar-winning animation studio

A team of Oscar-winning producers is working on a film about the life and death of Vincent Van Gogh. Entitled ‘Loving Vincent’, it’s a

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'Shaun The Sheep' explores the esoteric and focuses on appreciating what you have

'Shaun the Sheep', the latest animation from Aardman Studios, is more than just a search for a lost shepherd

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Strange Magic: George Lucas takes animation to whole new realistic level

Strange Magic is the latest offering from George Lucas. He says that the film is aimed saving youngsters a lot of heartache