How to Train Your Dragon is the latest animated feature from DreamWorks Animation, which opened on Friday to great reviews. Directed by CalArts grad Chris Sanders (Film/Video BFA 84) and…
Continue reading »Category: Film/Video
Ann Arbor Film Fest Screens Works from Several CalArts Alumnae
The 48th Ann Arbor (Mich.) Film Festival began on Tuesday and runs through this weekend (March 28), featuring works from CalArts filmmakers in several categories, including music video, animation, short…
Continue reading »Actor Ewan MacGregor Discusses Career and Craft with CalArts Students
Actor Ewan McGregor doesn’t play a certain “type” in his roles. In the 1996 film Trainspotting, McGregor portrayed a hard-to-forget heroin addict. Three years later, he took on the iconic…
Continue reading »Structuring Strategies: The 11th Annual Animation Show of Shows
Ron Diamond, founder and Executive Producer of Acme Filmworks, Inc., and co-founder and President of Animation World Network, returns to CalArts tonight to present The 11th Annual Animation Show of…
Continue reading »Oscar winners revel in their moments
At Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, there were a number of CalArts alumni among the nominees, and two eventual winners: Pete Docter (Film/Video BFA 90),…
Continue reading »REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival 2010 this Weekend
Saturday (Feb. 27) marks the opening of the REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival in Los Angeles. Presented in partnership with Northwest Film Forum, the festival offers animated, live-action and classic…
Continue reading »Accolades for CalArtians Continue at BAFTAs
The film awards season continued this weekend in London with The British Academy of Film and Television Arts handing out its BAFTA awards. A number of CalArtians were again included…
Continue reading »Seen at CalArts: Character Animation Group Show in Main Gallery
You never know what to expect when walking through CalArts’ Main Gallery. Dance. Noontime concerts. Rehearsals. But earlier in the semester, the walls were filled with artwork from the School…
Continue reading »Filmmaker John Greyson to Conduct Screenings, Workshops at CalArts this Week
Much of Canadian filmmaker John Greyson’s work (Lilies, Uncut, Zero Patience) incorporates political themes and gay issues in ways that are provocative, yet funny. He often includes song and history…
Continue reading »Hats Off to Annie Award Winners!
The awards season cavalcade continued over the weekend with the presentation of the Annie Awards, the highest honors in animation. The winners included CalArts alumni Pete Docter (Film/Video BFA 90),…
Continue reading »