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'Celebrity Deathmatch' creator @Deathmatch_Guyl is special guest of the 2026 Los Angeles Animation Festival, LAAF, December 5-6 at its new home, the Soho Cinema Club, with finalist screenings and a Sunday awards gala. bit.ly/3U7vYj8 #Animation #AnimationWorld

Chris Allen has been named executive producer at Black Kite Studios, the #VFX studio behind the Rolling Stones' 'Angry' video, after freelancing there; his recent spots include Coca-Cola x Premier League and Honda. bit.ly/3WRN2dG #VFXWorld

Love is hell. Richard Horvitz, Brandon Rogers, and Erica Lindbeck on the heart under the profanity of 'Helluva Boss,' tearful Season 3 sessions, and a voice booth run like cops and robbers. bit.ly/4srZaOe #Animation #AnimationWorld

Stephen P. Neary's 'Living with a Visionary' wins AFI FEST's Grand Jury Prize for Animated Short Film and becomes eligible for the 100th Academy Awards; 'Emulsion,' 'The End' and 'Saba' among Special Mentions. bit.ly/4ibtARx #Animation #AnimationWorld

Atomic Cartoons, @EA, @gurustudio and @folksvfx are hiring: 85 new #animation and #VFX openings in today's AWN Jobs Roundup. bit.ly/4yMVOXI #AnimationWorld #VFXWorld

Union VFX has released its #VFX breakdown for 'How to Make a Killing,' John Patton Ford's black comedy starring Glen Powell: 234 shots, from an extended mansion to an exploding couch. bit.ly/4zUWHOV #VFXWorld

A lost sister, motherhood and 300 pins in a velvet dress: @LAIKAStudios animators Tilly Fidler, Rachelle Lambden and Jason Stalman on how much of themselves went into the puppets of 'Wildwood.' bit.ly/4ijAcfs #Animation #AnimationWorld

Callum Scott-Dyson drew, colored and cut out every element by hand for Andrew Scotchie's 'Just Dream' video, shooting each piece against green screen; Scotchie's script draws on night terrors and current events. bit.ly/4AiFY8H #Animation #AnimationWorld

New trailer: 'MrBeast Lab' returns November 1 on the Beast Animations YouTube channel with 8 episodes, 100 minutes, 2 new characters and writers from 'South Park' and 'Bob's Burgers'; Studio Moshi animates. bit.ly/3UQk8dm @MrBeast #Animation #AnimationWorld

French animation union SNTPCT has called a 2-hour walkout of all #animation and #VFX workers on November 18 over an 11.2% minimum-pay catch-up, generative AI rules and 11 public holidays. bit.ly/4dWk9mA #AnimationWorld #VFXWorld

Exclusive clip: 'Orange Cat Inspires' from @kidkoala's dialogue-free animated feature 'Space Cadet,' adapted from his 2011 graphic novel and scored with Karen O and Emilíana Torrini; in select theaters November 13. bit.ly/4kk4f9m #Animation #AnimationWorld

There's a week left on the Kickstarter for 'Muffin Mumma,' a handmade, no-AI #stopmotion preschool series from A+C Studios with no broadcaster attached: £6,000 by November 4, all or nothing. bit.ly/4BuXasC #Animation #AnimationWorld

Netflix, Sony Pictures, DNEG and Framestore are hiring: 31 new #animation and #VFX openings in today's AWN Jobs Roundup. Standouts include an Effects Supervisor at Netflix Animation Studios and compositors in Brisbane and Mumbai. bit.ly/4szNYzq #AnimationWorld #VFXWorld

Rhythm & Hues co-founder John Hughes, whose studio won #VFX Oscars for 'Babe,' 'The Golden Compass' and 'Life of Pi,' gets the 2027 Genie Honorary Award January 20 as @pidsconference opens in France. bit.ly/4BrVNuZ #VFXWorld

Blinkink director James Papper's 'The Last 1%' for Supercell's 'Clash Royale' is a live-action/CGI Halloween film built to feel like old-school stop-motion, with a nod to 'The Nightmare Before Christmas.' bit.ly/3W0Zurn #Animation #AnimationWorld

The Gotham Group and Toonstar, the studio behind 'StEvEn & Parker,' will produce up to 12 original animated kids' series from Gotham's roster of storytellers, launching on YouTube and other direct-to-audience platforms. bit.ly/4eTWYcN #Animation #AnimationWorld

David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz are offering eligible @Skydance employees voluntary buyouts ahead of merger layoffs, and moving the newly combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to 5 days a week in the office. bit.ly/3UnYPzI #Animation #AnimationWorld

Brad Bird and @LAIKA's Travis Knight will receive Monolith Awards at Infinity Festival Hollywood, which also screens 'Ray Gunn' and 'Tangles' with Seth Rogen and adds Mel Brooks to its ASIFA Showcase, November 12-15. bit.ly/4ssM9Er #Animation #AnimationWorld

Territory Group, parent of Territory Studio and Cantina Creative, has launched Lux Meridian, an AI-native film and TV studio developing features, series and animated films with Adobe's Firefly Foundry custom models. bit.ly/4hYnp3a #Animation #AnimationWorld

Leah Nelson's hand-drawn 'Tangles,' from Sarah Leavitt's memoir of her mother's Alzheimer's, has a trailer ahead of a qualifying run next month. Abbi Jacobson and Julia Louis-Dreyfus lead the cast; Seth Rogen produces. bit.ly/4iEWgBB #Animation #AnimationWorld