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December Animation Planner
1Head 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]
2Disney Junior kicks off the season with Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas.
3Jonas Flee Poher Rasmussen’s Sundance and Annecy Cristalwinning Flee opens in theaters through NEON today. Meanwhile, home audiences can enjoy the warmShaun the Sheep: fuzzies with The Flight Before Aardman’s special Christmas Shaun the Sheep:
The Flight Before
Christmas on Netflix or have a laugh with the fully-animated
Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie on Disney+.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 8 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]
10 Apple TV+ debuts its first new, original Peanuts holiday special For Auld Lang
Syne worldwide!
The Academy opens preliminary voting for the 94th
Oscars today.
Members have until Dec. 15 to cast these ballots. [oscars.org]
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
14 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.
17 Things get sticky when Peter Parker attempts to regain his secret identity with the help of Dr. Strange in Columbia/Marvel’s Spider-
Man: No Way Home. Another genre favorite also returns to Netflix today with The Witcher S2. 21 Oscar Shortlists announced today!
22 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.
29 A thrilling new Star Wars adventure begins in The Book of Boba Fett on Disney+, starring Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen.
