News

6th June 2025

Nikhil & Jay nominated for Rockie!

Nikhil & Jay by Paper Owl Films has been nominated for Best Animated Preschool Series at the 2025 Rockie Awards, to be held on June 9th at the Banff World Media Festival.

4th June 2025

CelAction at Annecy

The CelAction team will be in Annecy during the Annecy International Animation Film Festival from 8th-14th June. Contact us to set up a meeting.

29th May 2025

Bluey wins Screen Producers award!

Bluey by Ludo Studio has won Animated Production of the Year at the 2025 Screen Producers Awards held on 8th May!

19th May 2025

CelAction2D shows nominated for Irish awards!

Nikhil & Jay by Paper Owl Films has been nominated for Best Animated Preschool Series, Best Script for an Animated Series, and Best Direction of an Animated TV Series, and Pinkalicious & Peteriffic by Sixteen South has been nominated for Best Feature Film or Special at the 2025 Irish Animation Awards, to be held on May 25th in Galway.

29th April 2025

New CelAction2D online course!

Want to learn how to use CelAction2D the way they do on Bluey? Beth Harvey, animation director on Bluey, has created a course that focuses on character animating characters using CelAction2D. Check it out here.

22nd April 2025

The Smell Of Chicken hits RiverRun

The Smell Of Chicken by Sivan Raphaely will be screening at the RiverRun Film Festival on 25th April and 29th May 2025.

31st March 2025

Bluey wins AACTA!

Bluey by Ludo Studio has won the 2025 AACTA Award for Best Children's Program! The winners were announced on 7th February.

21st March 2025

Bluey wins more Kidscreen awards!

Bluey by Ludo Studio has won Best Pre-school One-Off, Special or TV Movie and Best YouTube Channel at the 2025 Kidscreen Awards!

25th February 2025

New CelAction2D course announced

Cloth Cat Academy are running an on-site course for people who want to learn CelAction2D from an experienced animator. It runs from 28th April to 2nd May in Cardiff, and you can find out more details here.

6th February 2025

Bluey nominated for Kidscreen awards!

Bluey by Ludo Studio is nominated in the Best Pre-school One-Off, Special or TV Movie category and the Best YouTube Channel category of the 2025 Kidscreen Awards. The ceremony will be held on in San Diego on 11th February 2025.

4th February 2025

CelAction at Kidscreen Summit

A CelAction representative will be at the Kidscreen Summit held in San Diego on the 9th-12th February. Contact us to set up a meeting.

27th January 2025

Bluey nominated for AACTA!

Bluey by Ludo Studio is nominated in the Best Children's Program category of the 2025 AACTA Awards. The ceremony will be held on the Gold Coast on 7th February 2025.

20th January 2025

Bluey nominated for Critics Choice!

Bluey by Ludo Studio is nominated in the Best Animated Series category of the 2025 Critics Choice Awards. The ceremony will be held in Los Angeles on 7th February 2025.

15th January 2025

Bluey wins Rose D'Or!

Bluey by Ludo Studio won the Children And Youth category of the 2024 Rose D'Or Awards. The ceremony was held in London on 2nd December 2024.

3rd January 2025

New Year message

It's normal for companies to humblebrag about how well they're doing in New Year messages, we've been guilty of it ourselves in the past, and in good times it is inspiring to read about success, because if it happens to others, it can happen to you.

But in the animation industry, these are not good times. Studio closures, series cancellations, and the ever present threat of unethical AI, are all combining to make 2025 a struggle for everyone who just wants to make cartoons.

Over the last 25 years, CelAction has always positioned itself to help animators produce their best work - the result of which has been global megahits like Bluey and Peppa Pig. We did this by reinvesting a significant amount of our revenue into developing our software further, and we never, ever, increased our prices, but used our natural growth in users to fund our expansion. This is how business should be done.

We want to reiterate our commitment to the industry, to enabling creators to produce high-quality animation for a fraction of the cost of other methods, and to helping this business get through the dark times.

Happy New Year! We've got your back.