2026 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Whale 52’ Director Daniel Neiden (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)
Renowned animator Bill Plympton brings his signature hand-drawn style to 'Whale 52,' elevating this tender, magically real tale of connection.
Renowned animator Bill Plympton brings his signature hand-drawn style to 'Whale 52,' elevating this tender, magically real tale of connection.
Go behind the scenes with filmmakers Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese as they share storyboards and craft secrets behind 'Lesbian Space Princess.'
From Chile’s Oscar-winning 'Bear Story' and 'Star Wars: Visions' team, the stop-motion inspired CG feature will be one of the hottest titles at this year's AFM.
Director Guillaume Dousse reveals how Netflix’s 'Splinter Cell: Deathwatch' blends gritty realism, silence, and bursts of intense action.
From anime upstarts to international indies and the absence of stop-motion, the 2026 Animated Feature race looks anything but predictable.
Duolingo unveils 'The Final Test,' an anime-inspired mini-series starring its owl mascot Duo, expanding its animation and Japanese learning efforts.
At Spain’s Weird Market, Guillermo García Carsi focused on storytelling and craft as Animaj’s AI-driven studio stayed out of the spotlight.
'Playing God,' a skin-crawling stop-motion short where abandoned clay figures fight for identity and belonging, earned qualification by winning the grand jury award at Animayo.
Discover how Emmy-winning filmmaker James A. Castillo used VR tools to bring Goya’s haunting Black Paintings to life in 'The Quinta’s Ghost.'
OpenAI’s AI-backed 'Critterz' is sold as a test of ‘democratizing’ animation, a framing that feels disingenuous in today’s industry context.
From rainbow penguins to dystopian thrillers, explore the wild, heartfelt, and inventive new TV animation projects unveiled at Cartoon Forum 2025.
A U.S.–China deal keeps TikTok alive, securing a vital platform for animators and studios to reach audiences and drive viral campaigns.
The 36th Cartoon Forum in Toulouse hosts 75 new animated series from 20 countries, highlighting co-productions, diversity, and new IPs.
RiFF Studio’s 'Dark Dimension' channels Thai horror and folklore in a chilling animated anthology, echoing 'Love, Death + Robots' with eerie local twists.
'Light of the World' brings hand-drawn 2D animation back to theaters with a global team, indie spirit, and some '90s Disney known-how.
Disney will pay $10M to settle FTC claims it misclassified YouTube videos for kids, suggesting stricter rules for online content providers.
Aardman and TikTok launch a contest for Shaun the Sheep fans, with one winner set to be immortalized in clay as a character in 'The Beast of Mossy Bottom.'
Argentina’s Rudo Company creates Pixelatl's 2025 trailer, blending eclectic animation styles to capture the festival’s theme: 'Enchant the World.'
'Spider Rose' director Jennifer Yuh Nelson on returning to favorite stories, designing an 'ugly cute' creature, and why U.S. sci-fi sticks to short form.
Universal shifts 'Shrek 5' from December 2026 to June 30, 2027, avoiding a heavily packed holiday release window.