‘You Do Art Because Nothing Else Makes Sense’: Nikita Diakur’s Fredrikstad Masterclass
At Fredrikstad Animation Festival, indie filmmaker Nikita Diakur shared how chaos, humor, and connection drive his one-of-a-kind creative process.
At Fredrikstad Animation Festival, indie filmmaker Nikita Diakur shared how chaos, humor, and connection drive his one-of-a-kind creative process.
Eric Robles and the Duffer brothers bring Hawkins to life in CG animation, drawing inspiration from classic ’80s Saturday morning cartoons.
Koike discusses bringing intensity, style, and motion to Lupin’s world, and why collaboration drives his boundary-pushing anime vision.
Director Yasuhiro Aoki reflects on crafting humor, rhythm, and visual contrast in 'ChaO,' a futuristic love story between a human and a mermaid.
Annecy Cristal winner 'The Night Boots' features expressive monochromatic pinscreen animation that makes it one of the year’s most unforgettable shorts.
Go behind the scenes with filmmakers Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese as they share storyboards and craft secrets behind 'Lesbian Space Princess.'
Vine's 'Cardboard,' produced by Locksmith Animation, follows a single dad and his piglet kids who turn hardship into adventure using pure imagination.
Hudson reimagines Frankenstein for families in his 'Stitch Head' feature adaptation, a touching, gothic adventure about love, belonging, and courage.
John Kelly’s 'Retirement Plan,' narrated by Domhnall Gleeson, has qualified for the 2026 Oscars after winning several major festival awards.
Aaron Blaise’s heartfelt, hand-drawn short 'Snow Bear' is a moving Arctic tale of loss, hope, and love, now qualified for the 2026 Oscars.
Oscar-winning filmmaker and story artist Mark Andrews wowed Comic-Con Málaga with an improvised storyboarding masterclass.
Filmmaker Matea Radic revisits war-torn Sarajevo decades later in 'Paradaïz,' blending memory, loss, and identity in a moving animated short.
Writer and producer Jessica Conrad and director Gabriel DeFrancesco explain what goes into making an episode of TV's most iconic animated sitcom.
Rasoul T. Zarrin's hand-drawn holiday special, 'Crickhopper the Musician,' pitches this weekend at the Festival of Animation Berlin.
Glitch Productions launches 'Knights of Guinevere,' its first 2D animated pilot, created by Dana Terrace, John Bailey Owens, and Zach Marcus
LightBox Expo returns Oct. 24–26 with panels on 'Zootopia 2,' 'Wicked,' 'KPop Demon Hunters,' and more, plus awards honoring Tim Burton and Stan Winston.
Mykyta Lyskov’s 'Kyiv Cake' layers humor, tragedy, and surreal imagery to capture Ukraine’s resilience and defiance during war.
Composer Pablo Pico discusses crafting the original music for Eva Lusbaronian’s dialogue-free short 'Death of the Fish,' which just premiered at TIFF.
RiFF Studio’s 'Dark Dimension' channels Thai horror and folklore in a chilling animated anthology, echoing 'Love, Death + Robots' with eerie local twists.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis will break new ground with 'Limbo,' using dialogue for the first time in one of his films.