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Remember How I Used to Ride a White Horse Remember How I Used to Ride a White Horse

2024 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Remember How I Used To Ride A White Horse’ Directors Ivana Bosnjak Volda And Thomas Johnson Volda

Drab colors and creative camerawork create a sense of unease shared by the film’s well-designed characters and the audience.

By Jamie Lang | 1 week ago

Young Love Young Love

Matthew A. Cherry On Keeping Max’s ‘Hair Love’ Adaptation Grounded In A World Of Over-The-Top Animated Series

The creator and EP also explains the changes his team made to adapt the Oscar-winning short as an animated series in ‘Young Love.’

By Jamie Lang | 2 weeks ago

Oneluv

2024 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Oneluv’ Director Varya Yakovleva

“By showing fragments of violence I had experienced in my life, I was putting together a portrait of society in a patriarchal world,” says Yakovleva,

By Jamie Lang | 2 weeks ago

One Piece

‘One Piece’ VFX Supervisor Victor Scalise On How The Show Balanced Practical And CG Effects

Scalise told us when practical effects were preferrable, and when the digital artists at Framestore were required to deliver a scene.

By Jamie Lang | 3 weeks ago

The Inventor

‘The Inventor’ Director Jim Capobianco Explains Why Stop Motion Was The Perfect Medium For His Da Vinci Film

And why he couldn’t resist adding some hand-drawn 2d sequences to the mix.

By Jamie Lang | 1 month ago

Armat

2024 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Armat’ Director Élodie Dermange

Dermange’s autobiographical documentary tells a larger story of generational trauma suffered by many Armenian families.

By Jamie Lang | 1 month ago

Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia

Why The ‘Ernest & Celestine’ Sequel’s Narrative Depended On Nailing The Character Designs – Exclusive Artwork

We caught up with directors Julien Chheng and Jean-Christophe Roger, who shared a bunch of character design art with us.

By Jamie Lang | 1 month ago

2024 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Tomato Kitchen’ Director Junyi Xiao

Junyi Xiao talks us through the years-long evolution of his film’s deeply personal narrative.

By Jamie Lang | 1 month ago

‘Gravity Falls,’ ‘The Owl House’ Artist S.H. Cotugno’s Viral Webcomic ‘The Glass Scientists’ Is Getting A Graphic Novel

Cotugno says the collaborative nature of animation production helped improve their mental health after months of working alone on the comic.

By Jamie Lang | 1 month ago

Pixelatl 2023

Mexico’s Pixelatl Unveils 2023 Trailer From Colombia’s Lucy Animation Studio

Director Silvia Prietov spoke with us about the honor she and her team felt in being asked to produce the short.

By Jamie Lang | 2 months ago

Return to Kellogg

Animation Vet Carolyn Gair Talks Self-Producing Her Debut Feature ‘Return To Kellogg’ And The Best Advice She Got Along The Way

We caught up with Gair ahead of the film’s North American premiere at at the Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology.

By Jamie Lang | 2 months ago

Win or Lose

‘Win Or Lose’ Creators On Making Pixar’s First Long-Form Series (Video Interview)

Carrie Hobson, Michael Yates and David Lally take us behind-the-scenes of Pixar’s ambitious upcoming series.

By Jamie Lang | 3 months ago

Ruby Gillman INBTWN

‘Ruby Gillman’ Directors On Creating Dreamworks Animation’s First Titular Female Lead (Video Interview)

“A lot of people have a lot of ideas how [Ruby] should be living her life and this journey she goes on is figuring out how she wants to,” says director Kirk DeMicco.

By Cole Delaney | 3 months ago

Nimona

‘Nimona’ Directors, Creator Explain Why Blue Sky’s Shutdown Couldn’t Kill Their Film (Video Interview)

Directors Nick Bruno and Troy Quane and creator ND Stevenson spoke to INBTWN Animation about their film, streaming on June 30.

By Cole Delaney | 3 months ago

Peter Sohn, director of Elemental

Peter Sohn Explains How ‘Elemental’ Evolved From A Superhero Vs. Villains Story To Something More Personal (Video Interview)

“Some early versions of that were almost superhero movies essentially with fire powers and water powers to stop a villain,” said Sohn, “but you didn’t feel anything. So we were just searching for that connection with the elements.”

By Jamie Lang | 3 months ago

Mexico Is Creating A Digital Database To Protect Its Animation Heritage

Several titles spanning back to the 1930s have been digitized and were screened at this year’s Annecy Festival.

By Jamie Lang | 3 months ago

Guillermo del Toro, Annecy 2023

Guillermo Del Toro Will Only Make ‘A Couple More’ Live Action Films Before Shifting Entirely To Animation

In an Annecy masterclass, del Toro said recent box office hits like ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Mario’ could convince studios to give more leeway to animation filmmakers.

By Jamie Lang | 4 months ago

I'm Hip

‘Aladdin,’ ‘Moana’ Director John Musker Goes Indie With Annecy-Debuting Short ‘I’m Hip’

He’s directed some of Disney’s most beloved films of the modern era, but making I’m Hip required John Musker to do something he hadn’t done regularly in the last 40 years: animate.

By Aubry Mintz | 4 months ago

Chris Nee

Chris Nee, Who Is No Longer At Netflix, Says Streamers Don’t Understand Kids Content

In a recent interview, the prolific kids’ tv creator also revealed she’s no longer at Netflix after her overall deal ended in January.

By Jamie Lang | 4 months ago

Kunda & Friends

Uganda’s Creatures Animation Debuts Its First Series, ‘Kunda & Friends’

There isn’t a proven roadmap to building an animation studio in Uganda, but that isn’t stopping Raymond Malinga whose studio’s mantra is “the audacity to dream.”

By Jamie Lang | 4 months ago

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