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Oscar Shortlist Interviews: Director Anna Samo Shares Her Favorite Shot From ‘The Wild-Tempered Clavier’ (Exclusive)
In this exclusive series, the filmmakers behind each of this year's Oscar-shortlisted shorts reveal their favorite shots.
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2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Nube’ Directors Christian Arredondo And Diego Alonso Sánchez de la Barquera Estrada
The short earned its Oscars qualification by winning the Ojo for Best Mexican Animated Short Film at Morelia International Film Festival.
The Turbulent, Messy, And Creatively Radical Production Of Pixar’s New Series ‘Dream Productions’
Pixar's Bill Wise explains how the studio's new series was a "huge cultural change for Pixar," but concedes that the studio "learned little from our experiment."
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Remember Us’ Director Pablo Leon
In this uncompromising 2d short, a journalist documents the experiences of people who lived through the tragic 12-year-long Salvadoran civil war in the 1980s.
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: ‘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.
“Sometimes We Can’t See Ourselves As What We Are”: Director Naoko Yamada On Why She Made ‘The Colors Within’
"It’s wonderful to find somebody who can show us this positive side of ourselves," Yamada says of the idea behind her new film.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Maybe Elephants’ Director Torill Kove
Three-time Oscar nominee Torill Kove, who won the Academy Award for her short 'The Danish Poet,' is back in the Oscars race this year with a new film about her memories of growing up in Kenya.
Pixar And Disney Animator Bolhem Bouchiba Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison
Bouchiba continued getting jobs at major studios like Pixar and Dreamworks even after being added to France's national sex offender registry in 2014.
2025 Oscar Contenders: ‘Yuck!’ Director Loïc Espuche
In this Oscar-qualified short, a group of children discover the grossest thing ever: couples kissing on the mouth.
2025 Oscar Contenders: ‘Wander To Wonder’ Director Nina Gantz
Our Oscar contenders series kicks off today with 'Wander to Wonder,' a creepy look at the lives of puppets who are left alone in a tv studio after their creator dies.
‘Flow,’ An Edge-Of-Your-Seat Survival Film, Gets U.S. Trailer, Release Date
Gints Zilbalodis's 'Flow,' one of the very best animated features of the year, will be released in the U.S. in November.
Poland’s ‘Mechozaurs’ Series Is A Cross-Atlantic Collaboration Between Veteran American Writers And European Producers
Presenting at Cartoon Forum this week, 'Mechozaurs' is a sophisticated adult animated series set in an expansive universe.
‘The Wild Robot’ First Impressions: Visually Stunning, Heartfelt, And Emotional Triumph That Is Among The Year’s Best Animated Films
After its first screening at TIFF, the new Dreamworks Animation film is receiving the best notices of any animated features this year.
First Impressions Of Pharrell Williams Lego Biopic ‘Piece By Piece’ Are Mixed
The general critical consensus is that the film, while conceptually original and fun, is a shallow hagiography and struggles to tell the story with Lego bricks.
Step-By-Step: Creating Kid-Friendly Educational Animation
Indian animator Prosenjit Biswas walks us through his process of using Cartoon Animator 5 to create his animation projects.
WB Releases Trailer For ‘The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim,’ Its First Theatrical Animation Release In Over Two Years
Billed as a prequel to Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' film trilogy, 'War of the Rohirrim' features the involvement of many key figures from Jackson's earlier films.
Fragile Figures: BluBlu Studios On The Haunting Animated Vignettes Of ‘Porcelain War’ Documentary
A new documentary found a unique way to bring life to its ceramic subject matter through a mixed-media animation approach.
‘Slow Light,’ A Potent Story About The Dangers Of Living In The Past
The film is directed by the Polish duo Katarzyna Kijek and Przemysław Adamski.
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