Viral Japanese Stop Motion, Grandmas Who Talk To Cats, Flavorless Distopias: Cannes’ Annecy Animation Showcase 2026
This year's lineup mixes techniques, genres, and highlighting filmmakers and features from across Europe, Japan, and Latin America.
This year's lineup mixes techniques, genres, and highlighting filmmakers and features from across Europe, Japan, and Latin America.
Animation honors spread across five countries, highlighting a balanced mix of Iberian and Latin American productions and emerging voices.
Danniel Sterlin-Altman takes us behind the scenes of his adults-only Annecy Cristal-winning student short, now available online.
The new facility underscores Vancouver’s continuing rise as a global animation hub, as major studios expand production capacity outside Los Angeles.
Films from established animation voices debut alongside award-winning titles and emerging experiments, signaling a strong and diverse year for the French fest.
A whirlwind 72-hour dive into Portugal’s Monstra uncovers cutting-edge studios, international collaborations, and standout animated titles.
A breakout musical claims two trophies, Canada’s animation legacy grows, and a tech-driven blockbuster closes the night with VFX glory.
GKIDS brings the underrated Ghibli gems to U.S. and Canadian IMAX screens in newly remastered 4K for one-day event screenings.
From Golden Age shorts to Nickelodeon and beyond, a tour through the most memorable dam-building characters in animation history.
Spain leads this year’s nominees as 27 projects from seven countries compete for the Ibero-American animation awards to be presented in Tenerife.
From studio-backed features to boundary-pushing shorts, the festival’s animation lineup reflects a wide range of voices and styles from around the world.
A world-class animator, producer, studio founder, and a founding member of Women in Animation (WIA) Baer worked with the Nine Old Men and into the digital age.
The duo debuted on February 10, 1940, in 'Puss Gets the Boot' (1940), so we’re celebrating with a look at the rare occasions the normally mute duo spoke up.
The inaugural EFM Animation Days is heating up with high-profile titles and companies using it as an early year launchpad.
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.
Oscar nominations revealed a risk-averse animated feature lineup, an unpredictable shorts race, and animation again ignored outside its own categories.
The upcoming documentary examines the artists, politics, and risks behind the studio that broke away from Disney's industry-dominant realism.
The film hits theaters Friday. We spoke to director and Icon Creative CEO Shea Wageman about the rare North American indie, and why it's not the studio's last.
We pay tribute to the animation artists, guardians, and innovators whose work shaped the medium and continues to inspire.