Call for Entries
Vision: To accept short animated student films from October 16, 2016 until August 1st, 2017, and review them with a small panel of prestigious judges. The three winners will be announced at our Kooks & Legends 3rd annual screening to be held in October 2017 in [location].
Objective: To engage and inspire animation students nationally and showcase their talent to the animation industry.
Read MoreKooks and Legends Part Two, which will be held on October 11 at 6:00 p.m. at the Rio, will be a 90 minute long look at a selection of rarely, or never seen, animated short films curated by Newland, founder of Vancouver’s animated film production company International Rocketship.
Read More‘Beat Bugs’ creator Josh Wakely chats to Sunrise about the new children’s TV show introducing The Beatles to another generation.
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The Rio Olympics won’t be the only reason to stay inside this summer
The Thunderbird Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Jennifer Twiner-McCarron as President of Thunderbird subsidiary, Atomic Cartoons.
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October 31st, 2016
Thunderbird is pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew Berkowitz to Head of Development at Thunderbird subsidiary Atomic Cartoons. Matthew has been brought on to develop and grow the studio’s ever expanding IP and co-production slate.
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June 15th, 2016
The Thunderbird Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Jennifer Twiner-McCarron as President of Thunderbird subsidiary, Atomic Cartoons.
Read MoreMay 3rd, 2016
It was announced today that the Thunderbird Group of Companies received 22 Leo Award Nominations. Thunderbird would like to congratulate the team at Reunion Pictures for their Continuum and Olympus nominations, Great Pacific Media for Highway Thru Hell, Atomic Cartoons for Robot, and our Some Assembly Required team on their 8 nominations. We would also like to congratulate our friends at Network Entertainment for I Am Chris Farley, which is distributed by Soda Pictures Canada.
Read MoreFebruary 10th, 2016
BEAT BUGS, an animated series inspired by the songs of the Beatles welcomes international music artists Eddie Vedder, P!nk, James Bay, Sia, The Shins, Of Monsters and Men, Chris Cornell, Regina Spektor, James Corden, and Birdy.
Read MoreFebruary 9th, 2016
Award-winning content creators, marblemedia and Atomic Cartoons, are in development with TELETOON on an animated comedy series titled Captain Cornelius’ Cartoon Lagoon.
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September 28th, 2015
Atomic Cartoons has teamed up with legendary animator Marv Newland to present an evening of animation, as part of the Vancouver International Film Festival’s (VIFF) Canadian Images series.
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