Oscar Shortlist Interviews: ‘The Shyness Of Trees’ Directors On Their Favorite Shot (EXCLUSIVE)
The film's emotional climax was also one of its most technically challenging, combining a moving camera, animated background, and emotional performance.
The film's emotional climax was also one of its most technically challenging, combining a moving camera, animated background, and emotional performance.
The Annecy-winning explains how meticulous pinscreen animation was used to create the woodland adventure's coziest shot.
Split framing, shifting scale, and sound place the audience inside Éiru’s disorientation, collapsing time and space as her torch light fades.
After Aardman's last two films went straight to Netflix, 'Mossy Bottom' will get a chance with theatrical audiences next Halloween.
The give a behind-the-scenes explanation of the pivotal shot where story, music, and performance align to create cinematic "sorcery."
Falileieva talks about building the entire film around this one shot, imagined just two days after she escaped the Russian attack on Ukraine.
In a man's final swim, the aging champion revisits love, joy, and trauma, as water becomes a living passage between memory, loss, and survival.
The director describes the film's Sparrow Lady as a grandmother figure tied to memory and roots, defined by hidden eyes, gentle sadness, and familiar warmth.
Cartoon Brew writers share their top animated features, series, and shorts of 2025, highlighting indie discoveries, global hits, and TV standouts.
Disney legend Aaron Blaise discusses the emotional centerpiece of his Oscar-shortlisted animated short ‘Snow Bear’ and what the moment means to him.
Directors of 'Endless Cookie,' 'Black Butterflies,' 'Boys Go to Jupiter,' 'Dog of God,' and 'Slide' discuss their 2025 indie gems.
The proposed deal puts Atomic Cartoons at the center of a debate over valuation, control, and whether Blue Ant’s offer reflects Thunderbird’s long term worth.
Director Haruo Sotozaki and DP Yûichi Terao discuss global success, creative pressure, fandom expectations, and shaping the franchise's final chapter.
Animation on this year's shortlists is way down after a banner year in 2025. Only 'Golden' from 'KPop Demon Hunters' appears in a non-dedicated category.
Norway's Animasjonsdepartementet and Sweden's Brikk Animation used Don Bluth-era nostalgia and heartbreak to deliver an important anti-waste Christmas PSA.
What if Cinderella's stepsisters were just misunderstood? That's the question at the heart of Netflix's latest animated feature announcement.
Castillo discusses the film's horror roots, innovative technological pipeline, and adapting the aesthetic of Francisco de Goya's Black Paintings in animation.
Categories for best documentary, best feature made for under $1 million, and best new series picked animated titles to compete alongside live-action fare.
Published by Nucleus, the digital version is available now, with preorders going live on January 1 and fulfillment beginning on February 1.
An elderly widow in WWII London finds healing through an unlikely bond with a sparrow, whose song brings hope to children sheltering from the bombs.