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Thousands of vfx and animation workers around the globe could become unemployed as early as this week.
Thousands of vfx and animation workers around the globe could become unemployed as early as this week.
Expect to see a lot more of this classic cat-and-mouse duo in 2025.
As animation directors explore longer film formats, the trend is causing headaches for producers, distributors, festival programmers, and educators.
The festival, which takes place next month, will also present a major retrospective on Satoshi Kon.
With over a half-dozen Norwegian animated features set to release in 2025, the country's animation industry is starting to emerge as a European force.
"I’ve learned [the puppets'] limitations and enjoy finding ways to push those boundaries and work with them creatively," says Kristina Dufková. "What initially felt limiting compared to drawn animation became incredibly fun for me."
In this exclusive series, the filmmakers behind each of this year's Oscar-shortlisted shorts reveal their favorite shots.
The animated short film shortlist is led by films from France and Japan.
This Oscar-qualified short set in the 'Star Wars' universe has parallels with the real-life genocide of Indigenous Patagonian people in Chile.
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.
'The 21,' crafted in the style of Coptic iconography, is a film honoring the 21 Coptic men murdered by ISIS in 2015.
The Colombian short is in contention after winning three Oscar-qualifying festivals.
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.
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.
As Austro-Hungary teeters on collapse, Andras and his daughter are taken aback by the visit from Andras' brother, Zoltan, who comes accompanied by his large family.
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.
The report is described as the "first academic, interdisciplinary, and multistakeholder project dedicated to the European animation industry ecosystem."
The number of eligible films is two shy of last year's record 33 contenders.
The app allows anyone, regardless of experience or skill, to generate cg animation.
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.