Matt Youngberg On The Cartoon Antics In His New Skydance Short ‘Bad Luck Spot’
“Our goal with the short was to hearken back to the classic cartoons of yesteryear but to do so with modern sensibilities and technology,” says Youngberg.
Shorts
HBO Max’s Animated Shorts Program ‘Only You’ Through The Eyes Of Its Filmmaker Participants
Eight unique and personal animated shorts debut on HBO Max today.
Annecy Reveals The 71 Short Films That Will Screen In This Year’s Official Sections
The festival will unveil other competition sections later this month, before kicking of in June.
Animafest Zagreb Has Unveiled the 102 Short Films In Its 2023 Competition Lineup
There are plenty of familiar titles heading to Zagreb this year, including a pair of Oscar nominees.
‘No Dogs Or Italians Allowed,’ ‘Titina’ Top Tokyo Anime Award Festival
Four short films won prizes as well: ‘The Borderline,’ ‘The Queen of the Foxes,’ ‘Swing to the Moon,’ and ‘Intestine Road, Fish Island.’
‘Ice Merchants,’ ‘Passenger’ Lead Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards Nominees
This year’s Quirino Awards will take place on May 13 in the Canary Island city of La Laguna, Tenerife.
2023 Academy Awards: ‘Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio,’ ‘The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, And The Horse,’ ‘Avatar’ Win Oscars
“Animation is the very definition of film,” actor Dwayne Johnson told the audience.
‘Still Life,’ An Enchanting Experiment In Replacement Animation By Conner Griffith
Filmmaker Conner Griffith used 1,400 images taken from 19th-century engravings to construct his latest short.
Picking This Year’s Animated Feature, Animated Short, And VFX Academy Award Winners
While two of the categories feel like locks this year, the animated short race is still relatively open.
‘She Creates Change’ Animated Shorts Aim To Reach World’s 432 Million Adolescent Girls
Nexus Studios is producing six animated shorts promoting gender equality by telling the stories of young women from around the world.
Crafting A Visual Style In A Short Film: This Year’s Oscar Nominees Tell Us How They Did It
See the art that helped define the visual styles of this year’s five Oscar-nominated animated shorts.
Animation Coming To Netflix, Disney+, Criterion, Hulu, And More In March 2023
Titles set to hit major platforms in March include ‘Agent Elvis,’ ‘The Magician’s Elephant,’ ‘Kiff,’ ‘Boy and the World,’ and ‘Inu-Oh.’
Stop Motion Rules At 50th Annie Awards As ‘Pinocchio’ And ‘Marcel The Shell With Shoes On’ Top Winner’s List – Analysis
Netflix led all companies with 11 wins across 32 categories, while Disney floundered.
‘My Sunny Maad,’ ‘Granny’s Sexual Life’ Score French Academy César Awards
Visual effects supervisor Laurens Ehrmann also won a César for his work on ‘Notre Dame on Fire.’
Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Cristóbal León And Joaquín Cociña
Using dark, absurdist humor and nightmarish imagery, the duo has cooked up a body of work that is spellbinding, surreal, and often political.
Animation Festival World Rocked By Accusations Of Film Theft For Second Time In Months
A decade after it finished its festival run, Svilen Dimitrov’s ‘Rew Day’ has been submitted by another person onto the festival circuit.
Canadian Screen Awards 2023: All The Animation, VFX, And Video Game Nominees
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television has announced this year’s cinema, television, and digital media nominees.
Eight Shorts By Artists From Underrepresented Communities Will Premiere On HBO Max Next Month
The shorts were produced as part of Warners’ HBO Max x Warnermedia Access Animated Shorts Program.
‘Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio,’ ‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ Score Animation, VFX BAFTA Award Wins
Apple TV’s ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ was selected as the best British animated short over the weekend.
A Malfunctioning UAV Becomes A Viral Sensation In Sean Buckelew’s ‘Drone’
A malfunction sends a military drone on a live-streamed journey of self-discovery, creating a short-lived viral superstar.
