2026 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘No Vacancy’ Director Miguel Rodrick
Miguel Rodrick’s neon-drenched short 'No Vacancy' delves into a man’s unraveling mind in a decaying motel and earns 2026 Oscar qualification.
Miguel Rodrick’s neon-drenched short 'No Vacancy' delves into a man’s unraveling mind in a decaying motel and earns 2026 Oscar qualification.
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.'
Announced in 2018 after 'Hotel Transylvania 3,' the darker medieval action film stalled at Sony, but Tartakovsky hopes fan buzz can revive it.
Framestore’s VFX team brought Krypto the Superdog and Superman’s Fortress of Solitude to life, contributing over 590 shots.
A U.S.–China deal keeps TikTok alive, securing a vital platform for animators and studios to reach audiences and drive viral campaigns.
Once a hub for indie filmmakers and animators, Vimeo’s $1.38B sale to Bending Spoons marks bookends its long decline from online indie content dominance.
Composer Pablo Pico discusses crafting the original music for Eva Lusbaronian’s dialogue-free short 'Death of the Fish,' which just premiered at TIFF.
Discover how Isabel Garrett and BlinkInk crafted 'Bake Off’s' new cosmic title sequence, blending stop-motion, 2D, CG, and VFX magic.
Animator Justin Rasch turns his lifelong Conan fandom into a stop-motion social campaign, bringing the Barbarian into battle with a Cthulhu-like monstrosity.
At the 'Frankenstein' world premiere, Christoph Waltz claimed that 'CGI is for losers,' but to whom was he, a regular in effects-heavy blockbusters, referring?
Don Hertzfeldt-curated 'Animation Mixtape' premieres at IFC Center tonight, reviving the big-screen experience for short films before touring nationwide.
In Nikita Kibirev's one-minute short 'CAGE,' the U.S.-born Russian immigrant uses surreal horror to explore the fear and cycles of American authoritarian power.
Julian Glander’s debut feature, 'Boys Go to Jupiter,' blends surreal CG animation, Gen Z humor, and DIY production into a one-of-a-kind indie film.
The Avatar franchise has long been driven by animation, with Cameron’s new anthology plans set to explore Pandora through new narratives.
“I wasn’t aiming for realism,” says "MirrorMask" director Dave McKean. “CG can go anywhere and be anything, [but] so much of it is just trying to be photoreal, and that seems a very narrow target."
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, directors of the iconic 'Madame Tutli-Putli,' are back with their latest stop-motion film that pushes the art form to new places.
Some of the important news from Annecy that you may have missed last week.
"Let us live; let us go home; stop the bombs," said Annecy's artistic director Marcel Jean at Saturday night's closing ceremony.
Over two dozen entertainment unions in Europe and North America are calling for action to prevent artificial intelligence from taking over the animation industry.
Hungary is the country of honor at the Annecy Festival this year, and there is a lot to celebrate about the country's animation.