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Switzerland

Duck Duck
Awards

2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Duck’ Director Elie Chapuis

Vladimir and Olga hope for a child, but this expectation soon turns into a nightmare in this eerie short where dreams and reality collide through stop-motion animation.

By Kévin Giraud | 5 months ago

The Car That Came Back From The Sea The Car That Came Back From The Sea
Awards

2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘The Car That Came Back From The Sea’ Director Jadwiga Kowalska

In this Oscar-qualified short, a group of friends go on a roadtrip as their car – and their country – falls apart.

By Kévin Giraud | 6 months ago

Jeu
Know Your Indie Filmmaker

Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Georges Schwizgebel

Schwizgebel’s work bursts with inviting colors, sounds,
and imagery. Each frame is a work of art, intricately timed, painted, edited, and scored.

By Chris Robinson | 2 years ago

Fantoche
Awards

‘A Kind Of Testament,’ ‘Greylands,’ ‘Pirate And A Cello’ Top Fantoche 2023 Awards

Other award winners include ‘Our Uniform,’ ‘Armat,’ and ‘Pebble Hill.’

By Jamie Lang | 2 years ago

Armat
Interviews

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 | 2 years ago

Salmon Men
Cartoon Brew Pick

YK Animation’s ‘Salmon Men’ Offers A New Spin On Fish Reproduction

Anthropomorphized male salmon race upstream towards a group of seductive would-be fish mothers in the award-winning Swiss short.

By Jamie Lang | 3 years ago

The Battle of San Romano
Cartoon Brew Pick

Battle Has Never Looked As Hypnotic As In Georges Schwizgebel’s ‘The Battle Of San Romano’

An animated take on Paolo Uccello’s Renaissance painting “The Battle of San Romano.”

By Amid Amidi | 3 years ago

Ebanana Scrooge
Advertising

These Supermarket Christmas Ads Are Starting To Look Like CG Features

Meet Percy Pig, Robin the Christmas drone, and others …

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 3 years ago

The Fourth Wall
Awards

For The First Time, An Iranian Short Tops Fantoche Festival

Mahboobeh Kalaee’s experimental mixed-media short “The Fourth Wall” won Fantoche’s international competition for best film.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 4 years ago

"Inu-Oh," "Mad God"
Events

Watch Trailers For Masaaki Yuasa’s ‘Inu-Oh’ And Phil Tippett’s ‘Mad God’

“Inu-Oh” will premiere at Venice in September, “Mad God” at Locarno in August.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 4 years ago

Kids by Michael Frei
Cartoon Brew Pick

Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Kids’ By Michael Frei

How do we define ourselves when we are all equal? Who is steering the crowd? What if it is heading in the wrong direction?

By Amid Amidi | 4 years ago

"Frozen"
Cartoon Culture

‘Frozen’ May Have Helped Solve A Mystery Surrounding 9 Dead Soviet Hikers

More than 60 years after the deaths, there has been a breakthrough in the case — and Disney was involved.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 4 years ago

Animafest Cyprus audience
Events

Europe’s Animation Festivals Are Planning In-Person Editions Throughout The Summer

Here are details on six upcoming festivals, only one of which has committed to going fully virtual.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 5 years ago

Adult animated features
Feature Film

Adult Animation Is Having A Moment. Here Are 6 Essential Features To Start With.

War, gangsters, a drug-dealing piglet, and the gentle progress of an English couple’s marriage. Pixar this ain’t.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 5 years ago

"Scoob!"
Distribution

Scooby-Doo Is Heading To The Big Screen After All — Just Not In The U.S.

France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland are among the countries that will see the Great Dane on the big screen.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 5 years ago

Instagram, best of May 2020
Animators

The Best Animation Instagrams Of The Week

A look at animators on Instagram.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 5 years ago

Analysis Paralysis
Cartoon Brew Pick

Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Analysis Paralysis’ by Anete Melece

Anton is lost in his own head until one day a yellow boot brings him to an exit.

By Amid Amidi | 5 years ago

Marona's Fantastic Tale
Awards

Here Are Six Indie Animated Features That Deserve An Oscar Nomination This Year

It isn’t all about Disney and Pixar in this awards race. These smaller-scale films from abroad also warrant attention from the Academy.

By Chris Robinson | 5 years ago

Awards

Netflix Oscar-Contender ‘I Lost My Body’ Wins Grand Prize at Animation Is Film

Three other animated features also won awards at the 2019 edition of Animation is Film.

By Amid Amidi | 6 years ago

Awards

European Film Awards 2019: Four Animated Features Nominated

Here are the contending animated features for this year’s European Film Awards, set to be presented on December 7 in Berlin, Germany.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 6 years ago

Egg
Documentary

The Stories Behind 3 Animated Documentaries: ‘Carlotta’s Face,’ ‘Egg,’ ‘Travelogue Tel Aviv’

We speak to the filmmakers of three short animated documentaries from the current festival circuit and learn how they came to be made.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 6 years ago

Installations

Michael Frei’s ‘KIDS’ Is A Short Film, Game, And Installation Rolled Into One

“From the start, I wanted to create a film that uses code,” says Frei, whose film will screen next week at Annecy.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 6 years ago

Feature Film

First English Trailer: See The Incredible Hand-Drawn Animation In Cannes-Bound ‘The Swallows of Kabul’

Here’s the first look at the emotionally-charged adult animated feature “The Swallows of Kabul.”

By Carlos Aguilar | 6 years ago

Musketeers of the Czar.
Events

Cartoon Movie: 66 Entries Animated Features To Be Presented At 2019 Edition

This major animation event is where deals gets made for European animated features.

By Carlos Aguilar | 6 years ago

Cartoon Brew Pick

Short Pick Of The Day: ‘In A Nutshell’ by Fabio Friedli

From a seed to war, from meat to love, from indifference to apocalypse. An attempt to capture the world in a nutshell.

By Amid Amidi | 6 years ago

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