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Gagnol talks collaborating with Lilas Cognet after long-time partner Jean-Loup Felicioli retired, handcrafted visuals, and bringing the 2D feature to Cannes.
Dimitri Planchon and Jean-Paul Guigue unpack the film’s handmade 2D aesthetic, ensemble voice recording, and comic-book origins.
Braly discusses financing, AI concerns, Annecy plans, and why the resurrected project needs a radically new visual approach, something he’s very excited to do.
Marcy Page’s Annecy-bound short transforms ceramic murals into a stop-motion musical celebrating women, rebellion, and craft.
Antonis and Stavros Fylladitis discuss mythology, creating an original indie universe, and shaking the stigma around game engine-produced shorts.
The ‘A Bite of Bone’ director returns with a queer unrequited love story on a dairy farm that will debut in Directors’ Fortnight, eligible for the Queer Palm.
After the YouTube takedown, Philly’s Marie Hart and Peter Heacock stepped in front of the lens alongside their puppet and watched tens of millions tune in.
The legendary character designer-turned-filmmaker discusses adding realistic lighting, CG integration, and mobile suit nuance to ‘The Sorcery of Nymph Circe.
Creator Brandon Lake discusses bringing ‘Know Your Rights University’ to YouTube with veteran stop-motion artists and a ‘Schoolhouse Rock!’ spirit.
The industry vet says years of original 2D work was swept into a vague system with little explanation from a truly inauthentic customer service system.
Inside the indie crowdfunded comedy about a 113-year-old vampire and her immigrant family, plus why its creator says studios get IP all wrong.
Director José Ucha and his team walk us through the break-neck production behind their stylish May the 4th animated tribute.
After two years of development, the director realized his teen superhero story had become a Frankenstein. So he pitched cutting humans entirely.
‘He’s cheating. You can’t just draw your cartoon,’ Harmon playfully accused Tartakovsky during a lighthearted talk on process and canon.
Fumi Games co-founder Mateusz Michalak and art director Michal Rostek on Fleischer-era research, freeze guns, and a viral TikTok demo.
Jarrod Prince made his 11-minute pilot mostly alone over five years on a shoestring budget. A year in, he’s plotting his next steps.
The painterly pilot merges hybrid tools, fine art influences, and real-time audience input, revealing a tailor-made approach for a digital-native production.
Siegler’s student film builds out from a surreal island of spellcasters, blending chaotic humor, mixed media, and very real emotional themes of exclusion.
Art director Stefano Scapolan details dynamic symmetry, lighting, and palette choices that shape the series’ cinematic 2D look.
A behind-the-scenes look at how Eyebolls integrated 2D characters into live-action footage using careful staging and a nuanced compositing pipeline.