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2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘A Bear Named Wojtek’ Director Iain Gardner
Gardner's hand-drawn animated film tells the real-life story of a bear that legend says played a key role during a battle of World War II.
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2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Zoo’ Director Tariq Rimawi
Based on true events, 'Zoo' was inspired by the world's worst zoo located in Gaza.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘La Perra’ Director Carla Melo Gampert
The Colombian short is in contention after winning three Oscar-qualifying festivals.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Duck’ Director Elie Chapuis
Vladimir and Olga hope for a child, but this expectation soon turns into a nightmare in this eerie short where dreams and reality collide through stop-motion animation.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Nate & John’ Director Jumai Yusuf
Barbershops and salons are "one of the last spaces in modern society that nurtures face-to-face connections, allowing people to bond on a basic human level," says director Jumai Yusuf about the setting of her short film.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘The Lovers’ Director Caroline Sandvik
In this short mixing horror and unromantic comedy, Carolina Sandvik unveils her own vision about the life of a couple forced to deal with escalating bodily transformations.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘And Granny Would Dance’ Director Maryam Mohajer
Based on the director's memories of her childhood in Iran, 'And Granny Would Dance' is a beautifully woven tale of love, grief and resilience across generations, infused with music, dance, and empowering characters.
‘The 21’ Is A Powerful Story About Faith, Resilience, And Devoted Love
In 2015, the beheading of 21 Coptic Christians by ISIS shocked the world, yet, it also sparked a powerful response that was at odds with the extremists' intent.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘An Almost Christmas Story’ Director David Lowery
Director David Lowery wanted to make a Christmas film that had the potential to create memories for younger viewers in the same way that classic holiday films impacted him.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Luki & The Lights’ Director Toby Cochran
The production of this film "reaffirmed my belief in animation’s ability to deeply impact people’s lives," says director Toby Cochran.
Gints Zilbalodis On The Improvisational Filmmaking Style Of ‘Flow’
"After finishing the script, I did not read it again," Zilbalodis told Cartoon Brew. "Even when I was making the animatic, that was based on my memory of the script."
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Tennis, Oranges’ Director Sean Pecknold
A robot vacuum in a pandemic hospital quits its repetitive job and travels to Chinatown looking for meaning.
‘Moana 2’ Review Roundup: Critics Label It A Boring And Confusing Corporate Product
Not that it matters, but critics didn't like 'Moana 2.'
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Where Rabbits Come From’ Director Colin Ludvic Racicot
In a cold, dystopian world, a widowed father rabbit tries to instill an ounce of wonder and magic into his daughter's life after the mysterious disappearance of her mother.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Beautiful Men’ Director Nicolas Keppens
Following three bald brothers on a trip to Istanbul for hair transplant surgery, Keppens’ stop-motion short focuses on the insecurities of this touching trio.
SJSU Launches A Master Of Design In Animation For Aspiring Creators
The core focus of SJSU’s new Master’s program is on the development of original intellectual property.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Oren’s Way’ Director Keika Lee
"You don't need to change yourself in order to change the world; you just have to be yourself," says director Keika Lee about the idea behind her Oscar-qualified short 'Oren's Way.'
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘The Miracle’ Director Nienke Deutz
Deutz's film has qualified multiple times over for this year's Oscar competition, including winning the grand prize at Animafest Zagreb.
Animator Spotlight: Fred Moore
“Fred Moore was Disney drawing," his colleague Marc Davis once said. "We’ve all done things on our own, but that was the basis of what Disney stood for.”
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘The Brown Dog’ Directors Nadia Hallgren And Jamie-James Medina
In this atmospheric short, a watchman clocks into his lonely booth and spends hours composing endless security logs to stay awake, as he slowly descends into darkness.
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