2026 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Cardboard’ Director J.P. Vine
Vine's 'Cardboard,' produced by Locksmith Animation, follows a single dad and his piglet kids who turn hardship into adventure using pure imagination.
Vine's 'Cardboard,' produced by Locksmith Animation, follows a single dad and his piglet kids who turn hardship into adventure using pure imagination.
The dialogue-free short, produced by Agora Studio, explores love, sacrifice, and identity in a hauntingly familiar dystopian world.
The global animation industry unveiled major news this week. Here are some of the top highlights, including big stories from MIPCOM 2025 in Cannes.
'Two Ships' is a hand-drawn short that explores distance and connection as experienced by a couple occupying the same space, but with opposing schedules.
AnimSchool spotlights independent animation with online event IndieMation Fest 2025, featuring creators behind 'Spice Frontier,' 'Forevergree,' 'MechWest,' and more.
Ida Melum’s stop-motion short 'Ovary-Acting' blends humor and heart as a woman literally confronts her uterus while debating motherhood.
Director Kenji Iwaisawa talks about his new film '100 Meters,' touching up his cult hit 'On-Gaku: Our Sound,' and what he's working on next.
Warner Bros. and DC reveal 'Batman: Knightfall,' a multi-part animated saga adapting one of the Batman comics' most legendary arcs.
Cartoon Saloon’s 'Éiru' is a visually lush Celtic myth about courage, nature, and divine balance, brought to life with a breathtaking color palette.
From anime upstarts to international indies and the absence of stop-motion, the 2026 Animated Feature race looks anything but predictable.
'Gigi' follows a transgender woman’s poetic journey of self-discovery through metaphors of water, mermaids, and transformation.
Karrot Entertainment and Kavaleer Productions team on 'MaeBee,' a new preschool comedy backed by CBeebies, France TV, and RTÉ.
'Playing God,' a skin-crawling stop-motion short where abandoned clay figures fight for identity and belonging, earned qualification by winning the grand jury award at Animayo.
John Kelly’s 'Retirement Plan,' narrated by Domhnall Gleeson, has qualified for the 2026 Oscars after winning several major festival awards.
Zohar Dvir’s 'Butterfly Kiss' turns fear of commitment into eerie body horror as a couple faces love, change, and metamorphosis.
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.
Discover how Emmy-winning filmmaker James A. Castillo used VR tools to bring Goya’s haunting Black Paintings to life in 'The Quinta’s Ghost.'
Discover how DreamWorks reimagined 'Gabby’s Dollhouse' with richer textures, tactile details, smart scaling, and feature-level animation.
Oscar-winning filmmaker and story artist Mark Andrews wowed Comic-Con Málaga with an improvised storyboarding masterclass.
Announced in 2018 after 'Hotel Transylvania 3,' the darker medieval action film stalled at Sony, but Tartakovsky hopes fan buzz can revive it.