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Shorts

Watch Rob Valley’s ‘Pear Cider and Cigarettes’: 50% Off Promo Code Inside

Watch the powerful debut film of animator Robert Valley.

‘Halved Feat Chip King (The Body)’ by Toshikazu Tamura

A music video designed for mobile devices for VMO’s new album “Catastrophic Anonymous.”

Rediscover Chris Lavis And Maciek Szczerbowski’s Oscar-Nominated NFB Gem ‘Madame Tutli-Putli’

A look back at the Oscar-nominated short and the innovative artistry of Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, directors of ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls.’

Apps

Finnish Studio Gigglebug Shares 7 Insights on Turning An App Into A TV Series

The creators of the Finnish cross-media brand “Gigglebug” share their unconventional app-to-broadcast journey.

Cartoon Brew Pick

‘The Seven Red Hoods’ by Léo Verrier

A bunch of gangsters are on the run after having stolen a fabulous treasure. As they go deeper into the forest and get lost, they gradually become legendary figures…

Feature Film

‘Smurfs: The Lost Village’ Teaser Released

Sony is bringing back The Smurfs back to theaters—and this time they’re fully animated!

Events

Ottawa International Animation Festival Starts Tomorrow

The 40th anniversary of North America’s biggest animation festival is here.

Classic

15 Rare Color Photos Of Walt Disney And Artists You Probably Haven’t Seen Before

The Disney studio in 1956—in glorious color!

Business

Mondo Media and Six Point Harness Finalize Merger

The companies behind “Happy Tree Friends” and “Dick Figures” have merged into a single studio.

Events

Ottawa Animation Festival 40th Anniversary Look-Back: ‘Inherent Obligations’

Annecy artistic director Marcel Jean examines the Ottawa grand prize-winning film “Inherent Obligations.”

Artist of the Day

Artist of the Day: Alexey Kashpersky

Discover the art of Alexey Kashpersky, Cartoon Brew’s Artist of the Day.

Feature Film

Popular Chinese Emoticon Tuzki Is Getting An Animated Feature

A popular Chinese emoticon is transitioning from mobile devices to the bigscreen.

Cartoon Brew Pick

‘The Black Plot’ by Gina Niespodziani and Mark Szumski (NSFW)

Music video for High On Fire’s “The Black Plot.”

Business

Comcast/NBCUni Lays Off 200 Dreamworks Animation Employees

The Dreamworks Animation layoffs have begun following Comcast’s acquisition of the studio.

Disney

Disney Releases First Full ‘Moana’ Trailer

A new Disney film…from the creators of “Frozen” and Zootopia”?

Books

Review: ‘Inside VFX’ Goes Far Beyond The Usual VFX Industry Debate

A new book pulls back the curtain on the vfx industry and offers a somber, if not fascinating, read on the current state of the business.

Feature Film

The Tom Hanks Film ‘A Hologram for the King’ Had An Inventive Cartoon Sequence That Was Cut

Vienna-based studio NÖT shares the unedited opening sequence of the Tom Hanks-starring “A Hologram for the King.”

Books

The Art and Making of ‘Taking Flight’: Exclusive E-Book

Cartoon Brew worked with Moonbot Studios and Radio Flyer to create an exclusive 33-page e-book loaded with artwork from the new short “Taking Flight.”