2026 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Trash’s’ Team Of ESMA Student Filmmakers
ESMA’s sharp CG short 'Trash' follows a rat and pigeon through a decaying city, blending dystopian tension with striking artistry and sometimes hopeful beauty.
ESMA’s sharp CG short 'Trash' follows a rat and pigeon through a decaying city, blending dystopian tension with striking artistry and sometimes hopeful beauty.
At Cartoon Springboard, Pablos showed off minutes-long animatic sequences, a thoroughly researched cast of primates, and a fully realized prehistoric world.
The Northern Animation Network wraps a record 2025 by unveiling a new YouTube channel featuring testimonials from top Nordic-Baltic animation voices.
Mike Johnson discusses how 'Corpse Bride' reshaped stop-motion, proving the medium could match CG in fluidity and ambition while keeping to its handcrafted roots.
Aha Media releases a new 'Frames Per Second' short sharing Eric Calderon’s real-life journey in animation, produced through its student mentorship program.
A nursing home resident finds himself suddenly transforming into a bird. Although he is still accepted, he feels it may be time to join a new flock.
Laika’s 'Wildwood' teaser unveils The General, a golden eagle featuring 9,000 hand-crafted feathers across two specialized puppets.
'Chainsaw Man' tops the U.S. box office with a $17.3M debut, strengthening Crunchyroll’s position as anime's leading theatrical distributor.
Heeboo, the studio behind 'Claynosaurz,' names Emmy-winning producer and long-time animation executive Sherry Gunther Shugerman as Co-CEO.
Szkiłądź’s 'Autokar' turns a child’s unaccompanied 1990s migration by bus from Poland to Belgium into a magical-realist journey of self-discovery.
NASCAR engineer Seth Dillard uses real-world aerodynamics software to prove Lightning McQueen's smile is actually a drag.
Walt Disney Animation Studios' artistic director Malcon Pierce channels personal tragedy into a touching, dialogue-free story of loss and recovery.
The study also found that young audiences today value relatable stories, friendship narratives, and realism over fantasy and romance.
The film is a collaboration with South Africa’s Sunrise Animation Studios (Jungle Beat: The Movie) and directed by Phil Cunningham and Brent Dawes.
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.
Guillermo Martinez and JP Sans will direct, with Wendy and Lizzie Molyneux writing the sequel to Sony Pictures Animation’s Oscar-nominated hit.
Juries at the L.A.-based Annecy counterpart also acknowledged Alberto Vazquez's 'Decorado' and Giovanni Ferrari's 'Éiru.' The Audience favored 'Arco.'
Netflix names Mattel and Hasbro co-master toy partners for its record-breaking animated hit 'KPop Demon Hunters,' with products coming in 2026.
This darkly comic black-and-white short is set in Prague, where a reckless romantic races through chaos to win his crush’s heart.
Netflix has acquired exclusive rights to adapt Catan, planning live-action and animation adaptations of the iconic board game.