Valve faces $843 million lawsuit in UK over alleged market monopoly and consumer exploitation

The prominent American game developer and Steam’s parent company, Valve, is currently embroiled in a £656 million lawsuit in the UK. Vicki Shotbolt, a leading advocate for children’s digital rights,…

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Chinese director Busifan shares inspiration behind his film ‘The Storm’

Chinese filmmaker Zhigang Yang, also known as Busifan, brought his latest film The Storm to the prestigious Annecy Film Festival, where it was featured in the Competition section for Feature…

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India’s ‘Maatitel’ grabs award at Annecy 2024; here’s a full list of winners

Indian film Maatitel by Govinda Sao has won the Lotte Reiniger Award in the Graduation Films category at the 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Sao’s eight-minute film tells the…

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Mercury Filmworks and Turnip + Duck Studio join hands to co-produce ‘Bunny McBee’

Award-winning studios Mercury Filmworks (Hilda, The Lion Guard) and Turnip + Duck (Maddie + Triggs) have finalised a new deal at the Annecy Festival to co-produce an original 2D-animated preschool…

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Écho Média announces new co-productions ‘Heart of Darkness’ and ‘The City of Maria’ at MIFA 2024

Leading Montreal-based television and film production company Écho Média announced two new co-production projects, Heart of Darkness and The City of Maria, in partnership with esteemed international studios from Brazil,…

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Pari Satarkar’s ‘Rising Tides’ wins Mifa Prize “Animation du Monde”

On the fourth day of Annecy, 12 June, the atmosphere buzzed with excitement as the Feature Film MIFA Pitches and the Namaste MIFA – India Partner Pitch took center stage.…

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Annecy ’24 Day 3: Attendees get sneak peek of ‘LOTR: The War of the Rohirrim’; countries present upcoming projects at MIFA Pitches

Annecy Festival’s film market MIFA (International Animation Film Market) commenced on 11 June, the third day of the world’s largest animation film festival. Comprising over 160 events, 190 stands in…

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