2026 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘A Sparrow’s Song’ Director Tobias Eckerlin
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.
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.
The film is an unsettling portrait of Ingrid Olderöck, a Chilean national police officer under Pinochet who used dogs to torture prisoners.
Motion capture data of martial arts performances reinterpreted into abstract forms and expressions.
Dennis might be a menace, but at least he's not an uncultured oaf like his mom.
Tomorrow afternoon at CalArts, the experimental animation program will present the school's first-ever symposium on gender bias in animation.
There are many ways to create animation, and most of them are tedious and life draining. It's pretty common to find animators incorporating some combination of chair and desk as a prison of their practice, where they trudge through their work while simultaneously wasting away. Tobias Stretch has no appetite for that lifestyle, and uses the world as his stop motion playground.
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The Visual Effects Society honored standout achievements across film, animation, television, games, and emerging technology.
Here's our full rundown of the 53rd Annie Awards, including all the winners and the glamorous evening's most memorable presenters and moments.
After taking time to finish her graphic novel 'Raise the Bar,' formerly a series project at Netflix, Frick returns to animation with the stop-motion teaser.
Konstantin Bronzit explains why 'The Three Sisters' was submitted under a false name and country, turning his Oscar-nominated short into a test of bias.
'Avatar: Fire and Ash' scored 11 VES Awards nominations, while 'Zootopia 2,' 'Elio,' and 'KPop Demon Hunters' lead animation titles with five each.
Split framing, shifting scale, and sound place the audience inside Éiru’s disorientation, collapsing time and space as her torch light fades.
ASIFA-Hollywood reveals the 53rd Annie Awards nominees, including features, series, shorts, VFX, games, and craft categories ahead of the Feb. 21 ceremony.
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Creators Ben Bocquelet and Erik Fountain break down the long wait, warped humor, and production challenges behind Gumball’s rare Christmas episode.
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.
With shortlist voting starting today, we're revisiting all 39 Oscar-qualified animated short profiles we put together this year.