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Engelhardt, Spears, and a team of 200 volunteers spent five years working in their free time to create the short, including its lush, wood carved aesthetic.
Pixar’s Pete Docter will reveal the theme at the 2025 24 Hours Animation Contest, where students worldwide race to create films in just one day.
Morgan & Morgan has sued Disney, seeking court approval to use 'Steamboat Willie' in its ads. The case tests public domain freedom vs. trademark power.
Over 300 short films from 50+ countries premiere in To Gaza with Love: A Global Anijam, uniting animators in solidarity with Gaza.
Framestore’s VFX team brought Krypto the Superdog and Superman’s Fortress of Solitude to life, contributing over 590 shots.
Netflix, NBCUniversal's ’ 'Ted,' and indie studio SpindleHorse workers unite with The Animation Guild in a landmark week for animation labor rights.
OpenAI’s AI-backed 'Critterz' is sold as a test of ‘democratizing’ animation, a framing that feels disingenuous in today’s industry context.
From rainbow penguins to dystopian thrillers, explore the wild, heartfelt, and inventive new TV animation projects unveiled at Cartoon Forum 2025.
LightBox Expo returns Oct. 24–26 with panels on 'Zootopia 2,' 'Wicked,' 'KPop Demon Hunters,' and more, plus awards honoring Tim Burton and Stan Winston.
Immersive Enterprise Labs brings real-time, hands-on animation to San Diego’s Fleet Science Center with speakers from Disney, Pixar, and more.
Disney teams with Webtoon to launch a digital comics platform featuring 35,000 titles, plus plans for Disney to acquire a 2% Webtoon stake.
A U.S.–China deal keeps TikTok alive, securing a vital platform for animators and studios to reach audiences and drive viral campaigns.
Mykyta Lyskov’s 'Kyiv Cake' layers humor, tragedy, and surreal imagery to capture Ukraine’s resilience and defiance during war.
Cinesite takes on its first full animation and VFX feature with 'Smurfs,' now streaming on Paramount+, blending Peyo’s style with hybrid magic.
Indigenous Enterprise marks 10 years with Still Here at The Joyce Theater in New York, blending powwow dance and animation in a groundbreaking performance.
The 36th Cartoon Forum in Toulouse hosts 75 new animated series from 20 countries, highlighting co-productions, diversity, and new IPs.
WGA East secures union recognition for writers at Fred Rogers Productions and Spiffy Pictures, covering PBS Kids’ animated shows.
Paramount Skydance, backed by the Ellison family, is weighing a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery in a move that could reshape Hollywood’s studio landscape.
Metrograph will host the one-night-only showcase celebrating the humor, grit, and artistic individuality of the city's indie animation scene.
Go behind the making of Robert Valley’s '400 Boys' with a new behind-the-scenes video from Passion Pictures and Netflix's 'Love, Death + Robots.'