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Familiar Faces Feature Among Animated Films Selected For TIFF’s 2023 Short Cuts Lineup
Standouts from this year’s lineup include Annecy titles ’27,’ ‘Electra,’ ‘La Perra,’ ‘Nun or Never!’ and ‘Baigal Nuur – Lake Baikal.’
Shorts
Mexico’s Pixelatl Unveils 2023 Trailer From Colombia’s Lucy Animation Studio
Director Silvia Prietov spoke with us about the honor she and her team felt in being asked to produce the short.
A Father/Son Rally Race Gets Surreal In Sander Joon’s Oscar Shortlisted Short ‘Sierra’
One of our favorite shorts from last year, ‘Sierra’ is now free to watch online.
The Math Checks Out In Alan Becker’s Viral Short ‘Animation Vs. Math’
An orange stick figure takes on complex equations in a battle that has animation fans and mathematicians equally excited.
A Team Of Demons Is No Match For 11-Year-Old Gogo Matsumoto In Speedoru’s ‘Punch Punch Forever!’
Today’s Cartoon Brew Pick is a throwback to frantic Japanese anime from the VHS era, including tracking lines and wonky audio.
Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Sally Cruikshank
Cruikshank’s work melds vivid, eye-popping graphics fusing fantasy and early cartoons with bizarre stories and characters.
Tools Of The Trade: How Jamil Lahham Used VR Software Quill To Pay Tribute To A Classic Syrian Series
Lahham’s short ‘Rise and Shine’ is an animated tribute to the 1970s Syrian program ‘Sah Al-Noom.’
Four Women Reflect On How Relationships Have Changed Across Generations In ‘Granny’s Sexual Life’
The film won the European Film Award for best short film, beating out the continent’s best in live action and animation.
‘Salvation Has No Name’: A Timely Stop Motion Fable Addressing Europe’s Refugee Crisis
The film screened in Annecy’s short competition last month and is now available to watch for free online.
How The Animation Channel DaFuq!?Boom! Became Youtube’s Biggest Hit This Summer
We spoke with the channel’s creator – and only animator – who has launched to fame by creating the nightmarish meme-fueled viral sensation ‘Skibidi Toilet.’
CEE Animation Forum Unveils Its 2023 Project Pitching Lineup
The Forum also revealed a new program called the Market, created to showcase animated projects that are still seeking partners
Animation Coming To Netflix, Disney+, Max, Hulu, Prime Video, And More In July 2023
African animation shines this July with the releases of Netflix’s ‘Supa Team 4’ and Disney+’s ‘Kizazi Moto.’
In Devon Manney’s ‘Last Nite At Sam’s,’ American Capitalism, Gentrification, And White Fragility Play Out In A Bloody Bar Brawl
Manney’s latest is subverts “traditional western cartoon aesthetics” which he feels are often used to dilute the true toll of violence.
Mexico Is Creating A Digital Database To Protect Its Animation Heritage
Several titles spanning back to the 1930s have been digitized and were screened at this year’s Annecy Festival.
Ben Meinhardt’s Meta Short ‘Living The Dream’ Is So Relatable It Should Come With A Trigger Warning
An animated animator smiles and sings through his pain in this whimsical musical short.
‘Chicken For Linda!,’ ‘Robot Dreams,’ ’27,’ Take Top Honors At 2023 Annecy Festival
The biggest Annecy ever, by a lot, wrapped tonight with an awards gala befitting its incredible competition lineups.
28 Newly Restored Walt Disney Animation Studios Shorts Are Headed To Disney+ In The Coming Months
Restorations were executed by Walt Disney Studios Restoration and Preservation team with support from Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Disney Presents Packed TV Slate With Loads Of New Trailers And Images
In Annecy, Disney announced four new animated series titles, sneak peeked eight more, and announced five renewals.
‘Aladdin,’ ‘Moana’ Director John Musker Goes Indie With Annecy-Debuting Short ‘I’m Hip’
He’s directed some of Disney’s most beloved films of the modern era, but making I’m Hip required John Musker to do something he hadn’t done regularly in the last 40 years: animate.
10 Shorts You Won’t Want To Miss At Annecy 2023
We’ve put together a list of ten shorts that demonstrate the breadth and diversity available at this year’s Annecy Festival.
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