February Planner

1

The Writers Guild Awards continues the months-long Hollywood kudos frenzy. Usual suspects Bob’s Burgers, The Simpsons and BoJack Horseman are up in the Animation category. [awards.wga.org]

2

The gold rush rolls on at the EE British Academy Film Awards in London, hosted by Graham Norton.

4

Light Chaser Animation’s Whitesnake slithers to Blu-ray + DVD through GKIDS and Shout! Factory.

5

Happy 59th birthday to Bruce Timm!

7

Margot Robbie stars as DC villainess Harley Quinn in Cathy Yan’s Birds of Prey, with Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez and Ewan

McGregor.

9

Find out which animated movie and short will take home Oscars at the 92nd Academy Awards, broadcast live on ABC.

[oscars.org]

10

It’s time to meet up with kids program creators and execs at Kidscreen Summit, held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami. [summit.kidscreen.com/2020]

14

Will the world fall in love with the new and improved Sonic the Hedgehog? Director Jeff Fowler and stars Jim Carrey, Tika Sumpter and James Marsden hope so.

20

It’s time for the 70th Berlinale and European Film Market in Germany. Helen Mirren is receiving the Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement at the festival, which runs through March 1. [berlinale.de]

21

Lilo & Stitch director Chris Sanders tries his hand at live action with a new adaptation of Jack London’s The Call of the Wild, starring Harrison Ford and a beautiful CG sled dog. Catch some of the best animated features from all over the world at the three-week New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival. Or, head to Brussels for the artsy and eclectic 39th Anima fest. [nyicff.org | animafestival.be]

22

Find out about the hottest toys and tie-ins before everyone else at this year’s New York Toy Fair, held at the Javits Center. [toyfairny. com]

25

Well Go USA unleashes China’s most popular demon Ne Zha on DVD/Blu-ray.

28

Canterbury, U.K. hosts the 2020 edition of its Anifest for three days. It’s also the date of France’s most prestigious film awards, the Césars. [canterburyanifest.com | academie-cinema.org]