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Triggerfish Takes Another Best Animation Award

 

My friends at Triggerfish had some more good news today; they've won another award. This is a well deserved award for a group of very hard working, passionate and talented artists.

Congrats guys!

Here's the forma announcement:

 

Press release: Immediate – 27 May 2014

 

Triggerfish takes Best Animation prize at Africa Movie Academy Awards for the second year running

 

On Saturday Triggerfish received another Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Animation for their second feature film, Khumba. The AMAA’s are among the continent’s most prestigious awards and have been running for 10 years. This follows from last year’s win in the same category for Adventures in Zambezia.   Both films also won Best Animation at the South African Film and Television Awards in their respective year of entry.  

 

The success of the two films has not been limited to Africa – the films have won top awards in Brazil and China and have been selected for prestigious festivals around the world.  Triggerfish’s forty international distribution partners have released the films in almost every territory in the world - to help the films become two of the highest grossing African movies of all time. 

 

In the wake of this success, Triggerfish recently signed a multi-film agreement with William Morris Endeavor (WME), the Beverly Hills-based agency who manage some of the top talent in the world.  WME will assist Triggerfish in putting together international distribution deals, raising financing and packaging talent.

 

Triggerfish has keen interest in its success within the African continent. “There’s not a lot of high quality children’s entertainment being created for the continent,” says Triggerfish CEO Stuart Forrest. “We believe that animation captures the imaginations of children in a way no other type of filmmaking can, and we’d like to use our partnerships and networks to work with studios throughout the continent to see this medium grow.”

 

 

About Triggerfish Animation Studios:

Established in 1996, Triggerfish Animation Studios is a Cape Town-based film and entertainment company. The studio has produced two feature films; Adventures in Zambezia (2012), starring Jeremy Suarez, Abigail Breslin and Samuel L. Jackson, and Khumba (2013), starring Liam Neeson, Jake T. Austin and AnnaSophia Robb. 

 

Contact Details:

Triggerfish Animation Studios

[email protected] 

P.O. Box 210, Steenberg, 7947, South Africa Tel: +27 21 713 4008

www.triggerfishstudios.com

 

 

What's The Buzz? The BuZZ!

 

Larry Jordan has been working hard. Very hard. And so has his team at Larry Jordan & Associates and the Digital Production BuZZ. For the past 7 years, the Digital Production BuZZ has teamed up with the NAB Show as an offical media partner, and year after year, Larry and his team simply raise the bar.

Every year.

And I know personally, because every year I've worked with his entire crew - booking interviews, pitching them on interview ideas and potential guests. And I know first-hand the work that goes into producing this show.

So I was very happy for them to learn the results of their latests endeavors at NAB 2014. Congratualtions guys! Now get some rest (although I know you won't)!

Check out the news from their latest press release:

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

Larry Jordan’s Digital Production BuZZ Coverage of the 2014 NAB Show Drives Record Growth, Expanded Listenership

 

The BuZZ Reports 230% Increase in Listeners during the 2014 NAB Show, 

and 35% Year-Over-Year Growth; Draws Listeners from 182 Countries Worldwide

 

 

Burbank, CA (May 6 , 2014) – Larry Jordan & Associates, Inc. and the Digital Production BuZZ (www.digitalproductionbuzz.com) are reporting record growth in its worldwide audience, and its most successful year as an Official Media Partner of the 2014 NAB Show. During the month of April 2014, which includes its 2014 NAB Show coverage, the Digital Production BuZZ experienced a 230% jump in listeners, drawing an expanded audience from 182 countries worldwide.

 

The Digital Production BuZZ is also reporting an overall 35% year-over-year growth in its audience. This significant growth is attributed to the caliber of influential and engaging guests and content presented throughout the year, and during major industry conferences such as NAB, BVE, DV Expo and Creatasphere. Additionally, the Digital Production BuZZ has garnered the support of some of the industry’s biggest players, such as Blackmagic Design, Adobe Systems, Moviola, G-Technology, Promise Technology, and Shutterstock.

 

During NAB 2014, the Digital Production BuZZ successfully delivered over 80 live and recorded interviews with the production and post production industry’s most influential players. In addition to its audio broadcasts, the BuZZ delivered video broadcasts of its interviews as a result of its partnership with Moviola.

 

"The 2014 NAB Show was our most ambitious effort to date;" said Larry Jordan, executive producer and host of the Digital Production BuZZ. "We set some lofty goals to showcase the best of NAB to the world, and I’m delighted to say we succeeded. Our team of 30 incredibly talented people worked around the clock to deliver the news from the show. I also need to thank our amazing sponsors; they are the backbone that makes the BuZZ possible. Without their support we would not be able to produce the kind of show that draws thousands of people into our global community week after week."

 

The Digital Production BuZZ has been an Official Media Partner of the NAB Show since 2008 and has brought listeners the hottest news, insights and perspectives from the production and post production community’s most influential players.

 

About the Digital Production BuZZ

Heard in over 182 countries around the world, the Digital Production BuZZ is the industry’s longest-running podcast covering creative content producers and tech news for media production, post-production, marketing and distribution. 

 

New episodes of the weekly Digital Production BuZZ air every Thursday from 6:00 to 7:00 pm PDT. Listen live here or download the program later on iTunes. Listeners can also sign up for the free, weekly BuZZ Newsletter and get a sneak peak of each week’s show by visiting www.digitalproductionbuzz.com.

 

Larry Jordan is the executive producer and host of the Digital Production BuZZ. Larry is a renowned media expert, Apple-certified trainer specializing in Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere training, author, and member of the Directors Guild of America and Producers Guild of America. Co-host Michael Horton is also an influential, experienced member of the creative community, and is well known as an actor, film editor and is the co-founder and co-producer of the world-renowned CPUG SuperMeet. Cirina Catania, supervising producer of the BuZZ, is a writer/director/journalist and member of the Producers Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America. To schedule an interview on the Digital Production BuZZ, contact Cirina at [email protected]. 

Debbie Price is the Special Events Producer of all the 2014 NAB Show coverage for the Digital Production BuZZ.  She also produces the 2 Reel Guys video webisodes, all live seminars and events, and directs operations at Larry Jordan & Associates, Inc.