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December Animation Planner
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Head to southwestern France for the 30th Les Nuits Magiques animation festival. This year’s program includes an homage to René Laloux, Michel Ocelot’s short films, a sneak peek at Ankama’s Princess Dragon and more for 13 truly magical nights. [lesnuitsmagiques.fr]
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Disney Junior kicks off the season with Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas.
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Flee
Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Sundance and Annecy Cristalwinning Flee opens in theaters through NEON today. Meanwhile, home audiences can enjoy the warmfuzzies with Shaun the Sheep: Aardman’s special The Flight Before Shaun the Sheep: Christmas The Flight Before Christmas on Netflix or have a laugh with the fully-animated Diary of a Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wimpy Kid movie on Disney+.
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Ghana’s Africa Animation Festival seeks to amplify the voices of animators on the continent and in the global African diaspora with five days of showcasing talent and opening networking opportunities. [africaanimationfestival.com]
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Apple TV+ debuts its first new, original Peanuts holiday special For Auld Lang
Syne worldA Charlie Brown wide! Christmas The Academy (1965) opens preliminary voting for the 94th Oscars today. Members have until Dec. 15 to cast these ballots. [oscars.org]
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SIGGRAPH Asia 2021 presents its 14th CG conference and exhibition in Tokyo for four days, with a virtual option for those unable to travel. This year’s keynote speakers are Matt Omernick, Co-Founder & CCO of Akili Interactive; and Toru Katsumoto, Exec. Deputy President & CTO, Sony Group. [sa2021.siggraph.org/en] Spider-Man: No Way Home.
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Oscar Shortlists announced today!
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Illumination is back on its big-screen game as Sing 2 hits theaters, featuring an all-star cast including Bono, Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton and many more. Sing 2
Sci-fi fans also get the long awaited return to the Wachowskis’ mind-bending world with The Matrix Resurrections today.
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A thrilling new Star Wars adventure begins in The Book of Boba Fett on Disney+, starring Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen.
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Things get sticky when Peter Parker attempts to regain his secret identity with the help of Dr. Strange in Columbia/Marvel’s SpiderMan: No Way Home. Another genre favorite also returns to Netflix today with The Witcher S2.
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