Gebeka Int’l Boards Annecy Competition Title ‘Four Souls Of Coyote’ Inspired By Native American Creation Myth

France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival has unveiled the prize winners of its biggest edition to date, running from June 11 to 17.

Ben Croll Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s hand-painted marvel “Chicken for Linda!” took home dual honors at the Annecy Animation Festival on Saturday, scooping up the festival’s top prize, the Cristal Award for best feature, as well as the Gan Foundation award for distribution. A bittersweet childhood tale that finds screwball humor in mourning and melancholy, the French-language film premiered to some acclaim out of Cannes’ ACID sidebar last month, and was picked up for North American distribution by Gkids while competing in Annecy. “We wanted something both funny and affecting,” said co-director Chiara Malta. “The two elements were never in conflict, because we made the film for children, putting ourselves in their perspectives while adopting their language.”

turquoise, lapis, and cerulean?Fans of “The Devil Wears Prada” could live just like Anne Hathaway’s character, Andy Sachs, and work as an assistant to Vogue boss Anna Wintour. According to a job listing posted Tuesday on Condé Nast’s careers site, the assistant would support the editor-in-chief of American Vogue and the global chief content officer (CCO).Wintour, 73, appears to hold both titles, as she was named Condé Nast’s CCO in 2020.

Holly Jones Tender father-daughter tale “My Dad, The Truck,” raucous coming-of-age series “Esther” and poignant docu-series “The Impossible Future” are among the projects venturing to Annecy’s Mifa Market for pitch sessions Wednesday as part of the Ibero-American Animation League’s annual forum. Simultaneously, La Liga will also launch Ibermedia Next to foster the development of innovative animated co-productions between Iberoamerican countries and Italy, Portugal and Spain, organized in tandem with IBERMEDIA and Premios Quirino. “This edition of Annecy holds immense significance for Latin America, with Mexico at the forefront as the country of honor,” Animation! head Silvina Cornillon told Variety. “Our dedicated Focus program perfectly captures the essence of Ibero-American animation’s dynamic and multifaceted creative spirit, reflecting its vibrancy and diversity in full measure.”

Joey McIntyre's two sons, Griffin and Rhys, are revealing what it's like having a famous musician and pop star as a father and their favorite New Kids on the Block songs while all three spill the tea for Entertainment Tonight ahead of McIntyre's upcoming summer tour. During the group interview, McIntyre, who became famous in the late 1980s and early 1990s as one of the members of New Kids on the Block, asked his two sons, whom he shares with wife Barrett Williams, if they had a favorite song from his boy band days. And for Griffin, it's «Single,» the 2008 song with Ne-Yo from the album,.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent “The Inseparables,” Jérémie Degruson’s ambitious animated feature competing this week at Annecy festival, has been sold to a raft of territories by Octopolis and nWave. Based on an original idea by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow, the Oscar-nominated writers of “Toy Story,” “The Inseparables” follows the misadventures of Don, a runaway puppet with a boundless imagination and, DJ Doggy Dog, an abandoned stuffed animal toy in need of a friend. Don and DJ Doggy Dog cross paths in Central Park and pair up against all odds for an epic adventure of friendship in New York City. The film was penned by Bob Barlen and Cal Brunker. Budgeted at $25 million, “The Inseparables” was produced by nWave Studios in Belgium, Octopolis in France and A Contracorriente Films in Spain.

The positive response to the Dutch reality series De Verraders has brought different versions of The Traitors to many countries, but executive producer Toni Ireland says the biggest challenge for her was to ensure that the U.S. production stood out in the crowd. Peacock’s The Traitors brings together a group of everyday people and reality TV stars in an elaborate murder-mystery competition hosted by Alan Cumming. Perhaps the biggest change in the U.S. series was in how the game ended, which led to a shocking finale where the group needed to unanimously decide to either trust their fellow finalists and split the money or call for another elimination vote if they believe a traitor is still among them.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Liu Jian’s “Art College 1994,” the critically acclaimed Chinese animated feature competing at this week’s Annecy festival, has been acquired by New York-based outfit Dekanalog for North American distribution. A poignant and vibrant portrait of on-campus youth at the Chinese Southern Academy of Arts in the early 1990s, the feature world premiered in competition at the Berlin Film Festival as one of the rare animated movies that have vied for the Golden Bear. “Art College 1994” will open in North American theaters in 2024, following its release in China. “Art College 1994” is set against the backdrop of reforms opening China to the Western world and revolves around a group of college students who take their first steps into adulthood, where love and friendships are intertwined with artistic pursuits, ideals and ambitions. Caught between tradition and modernity, these young adults now have to choose who they want to become. The film, whose voice cast includes Venice Golden Lion-winning filmmaker Jia Zhangke, is filled with pop references and deadpan humor.

EXCLUSIVE: Ramsey Naito, President, Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation, has a big remit, overseeing all of the groups’ operations from development through release. The respected veteran also has big hopes for an upcoming slate of franchise installments as well as original features. 

Ben Croll Specialty distributor Gkids has picked up North American rights to directors Yoko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita’s upcoming animated feature “Ghost Cat Anzu,” while Paris-based Charades has boarded the project for international sales.  Spearheaded by Miyu Productions and Shin-Ei Animation, and adapted from a manga by Takashi Imashiro, the family title tracks the tempestuous friendship shared between 11-year Karin, a strong-minded girl sent to live with her monk granddad in the Japanese countryside, and Anzu, the even-more unpredictable phantom feline who acts as her guardian. The project will screen as a work-in-progress presentation at this year’s Annecy Animation Festival, and is slated for release in 2024.

Zachary Quinto recently revealed he will have a cameo in the upcoming twelfth season of American Horror Story and got to work with Kim Kardashian.

Zachary Quinto was "very impressed" by Kim Kardashian on the set of 'American Horror Story'. The 42-year-old beauty has been handed a role on the horror series, and Zachary is confident that she'll do a great job. The 46-year-old actor told PEOPLE: "I did a cameo on this season of 'American Horror Story' and I got to meet her.

Kim Kardashian’s performance in the upcoming season of American Horror Story is already getting rave reviews!

Zachary Quinto made a little bit of news on Friday while at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of his new film, .For starters, the 46-year-old actor confirmed he's got a cameo in the upcoming season of. And, because he was part of Ryan Murphy's season 12 production, Quinto was able to weigh in on Kim Kardashian's acting chops.

Kim Kardashian is earning acting accolades from Zachary Quinto.

Kim Kardashian would be starring in American Horror Story it was a little bit of a shock for some fans, but Zachary Quinto has praised the reality star for her acting skills. Kim, 42, is taking her role seriously, and has even undergone lessons ahead of starring in the horror anthology series and her hard work is paying off according to Star Trek actor Zachary, 46. While making a cameo in the show that centres on different spooky characters and locations, ranging from a witch coven to a possessed farmhouse, Zachary was able to meet Kim.

Zachary Quinto will be returning to American Horror Story.

Selome Hailu The Native American and Indigenous Writers committee is “one of the smallest committees in the Writers Guild, but [with] one of the loudest voices ever” according to its vice chair Aiko Little — which was evidenced by the turnout of some 100 picketers who joined the NAIWC for a strike event in front of Walt Disney Studios on Wednesday. The NAIWC’s Disney picket was the most recent of a string of of WGA strike events over the past several weeks that have gathered writers from specific marginalized backgrounds — Trans Takeover Thursday, for example — to highlight how current working conditions are affecting them while celebrating storytellers from their communities.

The day that SAG-AFTRA began its talks with Hollywood studios over its own film and TV contract with a strike authorization in hand, picketing Writers Guild members on Wednesday hit up Disney and Warner Bros in Burbank.

Judy Blume has a movie out. I’ve not yet seen it, but good for her. Her Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing was the first book to elicit laughter from me.