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2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘A Bear Named Wojtek’ Director Iain Gardner
Gardner's hand-drawn animated film tells the real-life story of a bear that legend says played a key role during a battle of World War II.
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2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Zoo’ Director Tariq Rimawi
Based on true events, 'Zoo' was inspired by the world's worst zoo located in Gaza.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘La Perra’ Director Carla Melo Gampert
The Colombian short is in contention after winning three Oscar-qualifying festivals.
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.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘The Garden of Heart’ Director Olivér Hegyi
An artist battles with his inner demons in this award-winning Hungarian short.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Nate & John’ Director Jumai Yusuf
Barbershops and salons are "one of the last spaces in modern society that nurtures face-to-face connections, allowing people to bond on a basic human level," says director Jumai Yusuf about the setting of her short film.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘The Lovers’ Director Caroline Sandvik
In this short mixing horror and unromantic comedy, Carolina Sandvik unveils her own vision about the life of a couple forced to deal with escalating bodily transformations.
‘Flow’ Wins Best Animated Feature At European Film Awards
The film is on an awards season streak, and also won two major awards in the U.S. this week.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘And Granny Would Dance’ Director Maryam Mohajer
Based on the director's memories of her childhood in Iran, 'And Granny Would Dance' is a beautifully woven tale of love, grief and resilience across generations, infused with music, dance, and empowering characters.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘The Family Portrait’ Director Lea Vidaković
As Austro-Hungary teeters on collapse, Andras and his daughter are taken aback by the visit from Andras' brother, Zoltan, who comes accompanied by his large family.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘An Almost Christmas Story’ Director David Lowery
Director David Lowery wanted to make a Christmas film that had the potential to create memories for younger viewers in the same way that classic holiday films impacted him.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Curiosa’ Director Tessa Moult-Milewska
'Curiosa' explores the question of how much we should know about our romantic partners, and how much is too much.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Luki & The Lights’ Director Toby Cochran
The production of this film "reaffirmed my belief in animation’s ability to deeply impact people’s lives," says director Toby Cochran.
Gints Zilbalodis On The Improvisational Filmmaking Style Of ‘Flow’
"After finishing the script, I did not read it again," Zilbalodis told Cartoon Brew. "Even when I was making the animatic, that was based on my memory of the script."
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘The Wild-Tempered Clavier’ Director Anna Samo
The only Oscar contender animated on toilet paper, 'The Wild-Tempered Clavier' is a one-of-a-kind short.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Tennis, Oranges’ Director Sean Pecknold
A robot vacuum in a pandemic hospital quits its repetitive job and travels to Chinatown looking for meaning.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘The Queen’s Flowers’ Director Ciara Lacy
As a magical take on a true story, 'The Queen’s Flowers' is a vibrant animated short adventure aimed at children’s audiences that follows Emma, a Native Hawaiian girl in 1915 Honolulu.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Where Rabbits Come From’ Director Colin Ludvic Racicot
In a cold, dystopian world, a widowed father rabbit tries to instill an ounce of wonder and magic into his daughter's life after the mysterious disappearance of her mother.
The Messiah Has Returned – In The Hand-Drawn Animated Feature ‘Light Of The World’
'Light of the World' is set to release theatrically in the U.S. on September 5, 2025.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Oren’s Way’ Director Keika Lee
"You don't need to change yourself in order to change the world; you just have to be yourself," says director Keika Lee about the idea behind her Oscar-qualified short 'Oren's Way.'
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