Shortlists Unveiled For 98th Academy Awards, Including Animated Short And VFX Categories
Animation on this year's shortlists is way down after a banner year in 2025. Only 'Golden' from 'KPop Demon Hunters' appears in a non-dedicated category.
Animation on this year's shortlists is way down after a banner year in 2025. Only 'Golden' from 'KPop Demon Hunters' appears in a non-dedicated category.
With shortlist voting starting today, we're revisiting all 39 Oscar-qualified animated short profiles we put together this year.
Ukrainian director Anastasiia Falileieva discusses 'I Died in Irpin,' her autobiographical documentary short on war, trauma, and resilience.
Explore how witches have enchanted animation through the years, from early Felix shorts to Disney classics, anime spellcasters, and modern TV favorites.
See the full lineup of 113 animated shorts vying for the 2026 Oscars, along with voting requirements and key Academy awards dates.
Eric Robles and the Duffer brothers bring Hawkins to life in CG animation, drawing inspiration from classic ’80s Saturday morning cartoons.
Universal and Moonbug will bring JJ and friends to theaters in 'CoComelon: The Movie,' a new CG-animated adventure hitting screens in February 2027.
A nursing home resident finds himself suddenly transforming into a bird. Although he is still accepted, he feels it may be time to join a new flock.
Oscar-winning filmmaker and story artist Mark Andrews wowed Comic-Con Málaga with an improvised storyboarding masterclass.
Framestore’s VFX team brought Krypto the Superdog and Superman’s Fortress of Solitude to life, contributing over 590 shots.
Discover how Isabel Garrett and BlinkInk crafted 'Bake Off’s' new cosmic title sequence, blending stop-motion, 2D, CG, and VFX magic.
'Jujutsu Kaisen' returns in January with Season 3, The Culling Game arc, streaming weekly on Crunchyroll outside of Asia.
Journalist and writer Roland Kelts, Ghibli vet and Studio Ponoc founder Geoffrey Wexler, and Polygon Pictures' CEO Shuzo John Shiota share insights on anime’s global boom.
Screenwriter Shuko Nemoto shares her process behind Netflix's 'My Melody & Kuromi' and how she brought emotional depth to beloved Sanrio icons.
After briefly being displaced by 'The Old Guard 2,' 'KPop Demon Hunters' was once again Netflix's most watched movie last week.
The 2025 Emmy nominations were unveiled today, featuring mostly familiar faces with a couple of newcomers in the animation and VFX categories.
The first SpongeBob movie to hit theaters in a decade - 2020's 'Sponge on the Run' was waylaid by Covid - will be released on December 19.
The streamer offered new details about the show during its presentation at Annecy today.
'Dandelion's Odyssey,' which premiered at Cannes Critics' Week, presents a daring fusion of time-lapse photography, robots, cg animation, and macro-photography.
We take a look at ten new shorts screening at this year's Annecy Festival.