‘The Great Mouse Detective’ Turns 40: A History Of Animation’s Best Investigators
For The Great Mouse Detective’s 40th anniversary, Vincent Alexander investigates animated sleuths from silent shorts to modern anime.
For The Great Mouse Detective’s 40th anniversary, Vincent Alexander investigates animated sleuths from silent shorts to modern anime.
OIAF's biggest-ever feature competition features seven heavy films that show off the tremendous emotional range of animated storytelling. Bring your tissues.
The acclaimed animator discusses finding a new artistic voice, the impact of family tragedy, and why he's ready to leave animation behind.
Every feature selected for Annecy's prestigious MIFA pitch sessions, from stop-motion epics and folk horror to intimate dramas and family adventures.
The Cannes-pitched stop-motion feature expands into a four-country co-production with new backing from Canada and Latvia.
Filmmakers Alexandre Poncet and Gilles Penso assemble a vast portrait of the medium through dozens of artists, studios, and educators.
The adult-oriented fantasy is set in a dystopian Manchester and is being billed as one of the largest-ever animated productions from the city.
The Cinema Fantasma founders discuss self-financing their landmark feature, building a hometown industry, and lessons from Guillermo del Toro.
Director Gustavo Cova, cartoonist Liniers, and Buenos Aires's Hook Up animation used handcrafted 2D animation to blend memory, fantasy, and sport.
Stellan Skarsgård lends his voice to Mantzaris’ new felt-textured stop-motion short premiering at Animafest before heading to Annecy.
Created in the wake of Newplast’s shutdown, the wax-based material was developed with studio input for sculpting, molds, and durability over longer shoots.
'Short, fast, cheap, and funny': inside the working method that's kept the indie icon drawing through five decades and ten features.
A Pixar alum's 2D debut, an opera adaptation, a Blender simulation comedy, and a queer virus satire. The animation heading to the Croisette next week.
This year's lineup mixes techniques, genres, and highlighting filmmakers and features from across Europe, Japan, and Latin America.
Spanning 1949–2025, the series features Švankmajer, Barta, and Zeman, plus Daria Kashcheeva in person, rare shorts, and restorations.
From Golden Age shorts to Nickelodeon and beyond, a tour through the most memorable dam-building characters in animation history.
Projects from Anca Damian, Studio 4°C collaborators, and Oscar nominee Nina Gantz stood out among the feature pitches at this year’s Cartoon Movie.
Director Kleber Mendonça Filho and Dutch studio Holy Motion explain how an infamous Brazilian urban legend became one of the film’s strangest sequences.
A new curated showcase brings independent animated shorts and series from veteran and emerging creators to the genre streaming platform.
From studio-backed features to boundary-pushing shorts, the festival’s animation lineup reflects a wide range of voices and styles from around the world.