Weird Market 2025 Spotlights Original And Top Global IPs, Awards Emerging Animation And Game Creators
The 17th Weird Market honored 13 standout projects in animation, video games, and short films, spotlighting global talent and original IPs.
The 17th Weird Market honored 13 standout projects in animation, video games, and short films, spotlighting global talent and original IPs.
Zohar Dvir’s 'Butterfly Kiss' turns fear of commitment into eerie body horror as a couple faces love, change, and metamorphosis.
CGMA has paused classes and payments after a legal dispute surfaced. Instructors say months of work remain unpaid as the school’s future stays unclear.
Featuring narration by Jane Goodall, 'anyone lived in a pretty how town' blends E.E. Cummings’ poetry, painterly animation, and orchestral music.
Xilam Animation unveils 'Chickies,' a CG comedy spin-off of its popular 'Where’s Chicky?,' with France Télévisions on board for a 2027 debut.
Aaron Blaise’s heartfelt, hand-drawn short 'Snow Bear' is a moving Arctic tale of loss, hope, and love, now qualified for the 2026 Oscars.
Discover how Emmy-winning filmmaker James A. Castillo used VR tools to bring Goya’s haunting Black Paintings to life in 'The Quinta’s Ghost.'
Discover how DreamWorks reimagined 'Gabby’s Dollhouse' with richer textures, tactile details, smart scaling, and feature-level animation.
Oscar-winning filmmaker and story artist Mark Andrews wowed Comic-Con Málaga with an improvised storyboarding masterclass.
OpenAI has revealed it will freely incorporate copyrighted material into its Sora model unless rights holders formally opt out.
'Zootopia 2' grew bigger as directors Jared Bush and Byron Howard stayed “free to fail,” taking risks to push story and world-building while keeping its heart.
Canadian gem 'The Girl Who Cried Pearls' and other standout shorts, features, and student films were also celebrated as this year’s festival wrapped things up.
Spike & Mike’s cult-favorite Animation Extravaganza returns Oct. 31–Nov. 2 with new shorts, rare vault gems, and timeless offbeat animated chaos.
Writer and producer Jessica Conrad and director Gabriel DeFrancesco explain what goes into making an episode of TV's most iconic animated sitcom.
French creators’ groups oppose OpenAI’s reported plan to debut an AI-generated animated film at Cannes, urging protection of human-led artistry.
Rasoul T. Zarrin's hand-drawn holiday special, 'Crickhopper the Musician,' pitches this weekend at the Festival of Animation Berlin.
Discover how The Line brought humanity, style, and mythic power to Supergiant Games’ 'Hades II' trailer, blending artistry with storytelling.
Netflix dropped a new trailer for its upcoming original 'In Your Dreams,' so we sat down with Pilcher to find out how his team created the film's dreamscapes.
Discover the 2025 Manchester Animation Festival lineup full of premieres, project previews, retrospectives, and industry panels.
Warner Bros. Japan has shared a trailer and new character artwork for Netflix's upcoming 'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run.'