May Planner
3 The perfectly imperfect
UglyDolls bring a tune-filled celebration of diversity to the big screen in STXfilms first animated feature starring Mandy Moore.
Homebodies can check out Lisa Hanawalts Tuca & Bertie on Netflix today.
4 Its a geeky eclipse! Celebrate Star Wars Day and pick up a new title at your local shop for Free Comic Book Day. [starwars.com | freecomicbookday.com]
7 The spring festival scene blooms in Europe with Anifilm in Trebon, Czech Republic and
Sofia, Bulgarias Golden Kuker animation event both running through the 12th. [anifilm.cz | 2019.animationfest-bg.eu]
9 Kicking off today are the Asia Amusement & Attractions Expo, VR & AR
Fair & Summit (both in Guangzhou, China) and the Trollywood Animation Festival (Trollhattan, Sweden), [aaaexpos.com | vrarfair.com | trollywoodanimation.se]
10 One of the worlds biggest anime and gaming franchises gets a neo-noir twist in Pokémon Detective Pikachu, starring Ryan Reynolds as the voice of sleuth, with Ken Watanabe, Suki Waterhouse and Bill Nighy.
13 Teesside University in the Yorkshire town of Middlesbrough celebrates the 20th anniversary of its Animex festival with five days of vfx, animation, workshops, exhibitions and more. [animex.tees.ac.uk]
14 Its time again for the crème-de-lacrème of cinema to gather at the Festival de Cannes and Marché du Film to watch great films, score big deals and go on grumbly tirades about streaming video ruining the artform.
[festival-cannes.com | marchedufilm.com]
18 Burbank polishes its World Capital of Animation badge with the CTN Road Trip, ideal for students, artists and fans of all ages. [ctnroadtripburbank.com]
21 Dive into the tech challenges of today and promises of tomorrow at the spring Digital Hollywood conference in L.A. [digitalhollywood.com]
24 A whole new world lights up screens in Disneys live-action Aladdin, out today.
29 Discop Abidjan, one of the biggest content markets and co-production forums in
Africa, runs for three days in Côte dIvoires biggest city. [discop.com]
31 Millie Bobby Brown deals with even stranger things in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, directed by Mark Dougherty (Krampus).
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