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20 December 2023

Making of Scrooge: A Christmas Carol with Axis Studios

The award-winning animation and visual effects studio takes us through how the festive film came to life.

18 December 2023

Flying Duck Studio Lab earns nomination at RTS Awards Yorkshire 2023

The studio earned a nomination at this year's RTS Awards Yorkshire for their work on Discovery Channel's Tut - A Century of Mysteries.

12 December 2023

Acamar Films goes wild with Newquay and Paignton Zoo partnerships

The zoos will feature activities based around the independent creative studio's pre-school animation, Bing.

11 December 2023

Wallace & Gromit in The Grand Getaway VR-O-RAMA adventure blasts off

Publisher Astrea and Co-Producers Aardman and Atlas V have announced the launch of a new Wallace & Gromit VR adventure on the Meta Quest Store.

7 December 2023

Aspiring animators in West of England offered skills bootcamp with industry experts to ignite their careers

NextGen teams up with Aardman Animations and A Productions for ten-week course.

HaZimation announces expansion and hiring opportunities

The indie studio is expanding with an office opening in Belfast and is recruiting 3D generalists and shot animators.

CAKE’s Kiri and Lou picked up by Nickelodeon for new season

The latest season of the award-winning New Zealand stop-motion series is slated to air on the Nick Jr. channel in 2024.

29 November 2023

Sky picks up Sesame’s Mister Zoink created by A Productions

The pre-school animation series The Musical World of Mister Zoink was created and produced by A Productions for Sesame.

28 November 2023

Acamar Films and HarperCollins Children’s Books renew partnership

The producer and distributor of multi award-winning Bing and its master publishing partner have renewed their publishing agreement.

27 November 2023

Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories set for widest-ever nationwide cinema release

Acamar Films partners with Showcase Cinemas, The Light and Vue Entertainment to bring the 59 minute cinema package to fans of the beloved show.

The Smeds and the Smoos wins International Emmy® award in Magic Light Pictures’ 20th anniversary year

The beloved animated film won the award for Best Kids Animation at the 51^st International Emmy^® Awards.

15 November 2023

A Productions brings in Katie Barba for key development role

The Bristol animation studio brings in the experienced development executive to help grow its slate of iconic kids and family entertainment, by developing its own IP-driven content.

Jellyfish Pictures appoints new Animation Global Head of Production

The studio promotes Animation Executive Producer, Will Newis, to Animation Global Head of Production.

7 November 2023

Wild Child Animation appoints Joyce Miller as Consultant Advisor

The animation studio unveils development slate of new animated properties.

3 November 2023

An inside look at NHS Social Prescribers animated short with Rusty Monkey

The Nottingham-based creative agency teamed up with the NHS on a new animated short.

23 October 2023

MGA Entertainment, MGA Studios and CAKE sign multi-year agreement

The leading kids' entertainment specialist have signed a multi-year agreement for the distribution of a new children's television series, Armorsaurs.

12 October 2023

CAKE teams up with Mainframe Studios and Studio 71 to distribute The Guava Juice Show

The leading kids’ entertainment specialist will handle the international distribution rights to the comedy adventure series.

6 October 2023

Stop-motion series animation comes to Birmingham

Second Home Studios are mid-production on a brand new stop-motion animated series for Channel 5’s Milkshake!

3 October 2023

Blue Zoo Licensing and Phoenixx Limited announce agency agreement for Alphablocks and Numberblocks in Japan

The deal spans broadcast, licensing and digital and will open up a territory where demand for these brands is high.

27 September 2023

Jellyfish Originals lands Dermot O’Leary’s bestselling children’s book series, Toto the Ninja Cat

Jellyfish Originals will adapt Dermot O’Leary’s popular children's book series into an animated comedy adventure series.