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Ahead Of ‘Hoppers,’ Take A Look At Animation’s Greatest Beavers
From Golden Age shorts to Nickelodeon and beyond, a tour through the most memorable dam-building characters in animation history.
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Quentin Rigaux’s ‘Cosmo Princess’ Blends Vintage Anime And French Animation Traditions With A Sci-Fi Story
Oscar-winning Sacrebleu producer Ron Dyens backs the ambitious 2D feature, blending space opera, philosophy, and classic French animation influences.
Watch The First Teaser For Cartoon Saloon’s Irish-First Nations Trailblazing Adventure ‘Kindred Spirits’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Tomm Moore was at Cartoon Movie to tease his upcoming animated film about an Irish refugee and a Choctaw boy on a magical journey across 1840s America.
Fake Xerox And Real Piano Wire: How Gorillaz Went Old School For ‘The Mountain’
Directors Max Taylor and Tim McCourt break down the hybrid analog-digital process behind the band’s richly textured new animated short.
Laika, The Gotham Launch Animation Accelerator For Emerging Filmmakers
The six-month program offers mentorship, studio access, Annecy participation, and Gotham Week pitching opportunities for emerging animation filmmakers.
Why Director David Derrick Needed To Follow Up ‘Moana 2’ With An Uncompromising Webcomic
The studio system vet leaves blockbuster scale behind to explore myth, violence, and nature in a stark, self-driven project with help from his readers.
From Poem To Puppets: How BAFTA-Nominated ‘Two Black Boys In Paradise’ Became A Stop-Motion Act Of Love
A deeply personal poem on self-acceptance becomes a five-year effort to craft a stop-motion short centered on Black queer love.
‘Sort Of A Miracle’: The Incredible Story Behind Prime Video’s Breakout Italian Adult Animated Series, ‘Il Baracchino’ (EXCLUSIVE)
How How a garage studio stop-motion experiment evolved into Italy’s first original adult animated series, built without a plan, pipeline, or precedent.
‘Arco,’ ‘Little Amélie’ Vendor Goodfellas Bringing ‘Lucy Lost,’ ‘Treasure Trekkers’ To Berlin’s EFM
The inaugural EFM Animation Days is heating up with high-profile titles and companies using it as an early year launchpad.
Bonne Animation Launches As A Human-Focused, CalArts-Bred Studio With A Global Footprint (EXCLUSIVE)
"Honestly, f**k AI": Bonne Animation launches with an era-appropriate philosophy rooted in human craft, global collaboration, and handmade 2D animation.
‘Here’s The Plan’ Director Fernanda Frick Returns To Animation With ‘Last Journey’ Teaser (EXCLUSIVE)
After taking time to finish her graphic novel 'Raise the Bar,' formerly a series project at Netflix, Frick returns to animation with the stop-motion teaser.
Social Experiment Or Hoax? – The Curious Case Of ‘The Three Sisters’ According To Director Konstantin Bronzit
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.
Roger Allers, Co-Director Of ‘The Lion King’ And Key Disney Renaissance Figure, Dies at 76
"A king’s time as ruler rises and falls like the sun": The animation world mourns the loss of a legendary filmmaker and storyteller.
See The First Piece Of Concept Artwork From Each Of This Year’s 15 Oscar Shortlisted Animated Shorts (Exclusive)
We asked the filmmakers of all 15 shortlisted shorts to send us the first piece of artwork they created for their films and to explain what inspired the look.
1960-70s Zagreb School Icon Professor Balthazar Is Making The Jump To Video Games
A beloved Zagreb School icon is reimagined as an interactive experience that preserves the series’ philosophy of creativity, cooperation, and nonviolence.
Traditional Financing Be Damned: Jorge Gutiérrez Courts Partners By Releasing The Full 40-Minute ‘El Guapo Vs. The Narco Vampires’ Animatic Online
The creator sidesteps studios by releasing a raw, adult-aimed animatic online, signaling a growing shift toward creator-led, independent animation.
Cartoon Movie 2026 Projects Reveal Shifting Audiences And Creative Priorities In European Animation
A closer look at the 50-feature lineup shows rising adult animation, stronger female leadership, and a maturing European production pipeline.
In An Era Of AI Slop Christmas Ads, This Hand-Crafted Scandinavian PSA Went Viral (EXCLUSIVE BTS)
Norway's Animasjonsdepartementet and Sweden's Brikk Animation used Don Bluth-era nostalgia and heartbreak to deliver an important anti-waste Christmas PSA.
2026 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Jesus 2’ Director Jesse Moynihan
Cartoon Network vet Moynihan delivers a surreal tale of rebirth and existential dread, blending sacred imagery with lo-fi aesthetics.N
‘Pro-Consumer, Pro-Innovation, Pro-worker, Pro-Creator’: Netflix CEOs Insist WB Acquisition Will Benefit Everyone
Netflix says acquiring WB will expand development pipelines, open global reach for storytellers, and create talent job opportunities. Now that that's settled...
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