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CARTOON BREW FILM OF THE WEEK: TIM TOM
I first saw this film back at SIGGRAPH 2003 so it’s not exactly new. But the film has stuck with me, and it holds up quite well. Now that …
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‘Under The Lake,’ A Coen-Inspired, Dialogue-Free Thriller, Gets Trailer Ahead Of Tribeca World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Juan Carlos Mostaza’s dark animated short blends classic Hollywood tension, noir atmosphere, and faceless wire characters in a nail-biting thriller.
12,000 Hand-Painted Tiles Come To Life In Marcy Page’s ‘Virgin Fandango’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Marcy Page’s Annecy-bound short transforms ceramic murals into a stop-motion musical celebrating women, rebellion, and craft.
Yevhen Syvokin, Ukrainian Director, Artist, Writer, And Teacher, Dies At 88
Syvokin was a visionary artist and teacher who reshaped Soviet-era Ukrainian animation through satire, experimentation, and generations of students.
Keep It In Motion: Bill Plympton At 80
'Short, fast, cheap, and funny': inside the working method that's kept the indie icon drawing through five decades and ten features.
Worshiping At The Altar Of Cel Animation: The Five-Year Journey Of Spktra’s ‘Spirit Jumper’ Music Video (EXCLUSIVE)
Electronic musician spktra on obsessively crafting the look of his '90s-inspired music video, teaching himself animation, and recruiting a 'Batman Beyond' vet.
Oscar Shortlist Interviews: Director Florence Miailhe’s On Her Favorite Shot From ‘Butterfly’ (EXCLUSIVE)
In a man's final swim, the aging champion revisits love, joy, and trauma, as water becomes a living passage between memory, loss, and survival.
‘You Have To Leave Him How You Found Him’: Derek Drymon And The Reel FX Team On Bringing SpongeBob Back To The Big Screen
From story structure to CG textures, Derek Drymon and the Reel FX animation team detail how SpongeBob’s theatrical DNA was preserved and expanded.
Tony Benedict, Longtime Hanna-Barbera Writer And Story Artist, Dies at 89
After starting at Disney, Benedict helped guide the first TV animation boom at Hanna-Barbera, working on dozens of titles and documenting every step of the way.
2026 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Retirement Plan’ Director John Kelly
John Kelly’s 'Retirement Plan,' narrated by Domhnall Gleeson, has qualified for the 2026 Oscars after winning several major festival awards.
‘Spit And Duct Tape And Dreams’: How A Small Global Team Built The Queer CG Feature ‘Bouchra,’ Premiering In Toronto
'Bouchra,' a queer CG-animated story and Morocco’s first animated feature, world premieres at Toronto tonight.
‘We Wanted To Keep Him Familiar’: Rob LaDuca On Adapting Mickey For A New Generation Of Clubhousers
Disney TV legend Rob LaDuca ('Aladdin the Animated Series,' 'Timon & Pumba') on adapting 'Mickey Mouse Clubhouse' for a new generation.
NVIDIA Mined Hours Of Classic Tom & Jerry Shorts To Generate New AI Horrors
Researchers are touting these new AI-generated Tom & Jerry experiments as examples of how they can generate longer and more consistent AI video.
Jellyfish Pictures Founder Phil Dobree Speaks Out About His Studio’s Sudden Closure
Dobree wrote that "unstoppable market forces have resulted in a race to the bottom" and called for greater industry support and regulation for the animation/vfx industries.
‘The Eclipse’ Short Film Is A Magical Directorial Debut For Gabriel Schemoul
Schemoul, an animation industry artist in France, worked nights and weekends for nine months to create this stunning, dreamlike film.
16 Overlooked Stop-Motion Features You Probably Haven’t Seen
We're taking a closer look at underappreciated stop-motion features from the last 100 years.
This Student Crew Used Toon Boom Harmony To Create The 2D/3D Hybrid Short ‘The Legend Of Bill’
The director and producer talk about wrangling multiple software tools and animation techniques along with student schedules in order to finish their short film.
Gints Zilbalodis’ Debut Feature ‘Away’ Returns To U.K. And Irish Cinemas In March
'Away' is the solo-animated debut feature of the director of the two-time Oscar-nominated 'Flow.'
The Custom Blender Plug-in That Was Used To Create The Water Scenes In ‘Flow’ Is Now Available Publicly
'Flow' director Gints Zilbalodis and plug-in developer Mārtiņš Upītis talk about the development of the water plug-in used to create the Golden Globe-winning film.
VFX-Driven Projects That We Can’t Wait To See In 2025
A subjective guide to this year's vfx tentpoles, franchise entries, outliers, and streaming content.
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