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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.
Shorts
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.
Flóra Anna Buda’s ’27’ Tops Live-Action Competition To Take Cannes’ Short Film Palme d’Or
’27’ is the first animated short to win the prize since ‘Waves ’98’ did so in 2015.
These Minnesota-Based Designers Made Hellavision Television A Home For Experimental Animation
We spoke to Hellavision organizers Peter Steineck and Michael Van Swearingen, as well as Dave Merson Hess, who programmed its most recent episode.
Portugal Shines At 2023 Quirino Awards As ‘Nayola’ Nabs Best Feature, ‘The Garbage Man’ Best Short
João Gonzalez’s Oscar-nominated Portuguese short ‘Ice Merchants’ was also honored, taking home the visual development award.
Trans Coming-Of-Age Short ‘All Those Sensations In My Belly’ Is Now Online
Directed by Marko Dješka, the short is sometimes funny, other times terrifying, and eventually enlightening. Just like real life.
Flóra Anna Buda’s ’27’ Is Heading To Cannes’ Short Film Competition, Check Out The Exclusive Trailer
Buda talks to us about how her work has evolved since ‘Entropia’ and what she wants to do differently on her next film.
Check Out Ori Goldberg’s Phlegm-Filled Short ‘Don’t Die On Me,’ Released In Recognition Of World Asthma Day
Israeli filmmaker Ori Golberg talks us through animating his debut short with the help of some incredible behind-the-scenes artwork.
‘Unicorn Wars’ Director Alberto Vázquez Is Launching A New International Animation Festival In His Spanish Hometown
Vázquez is launching Imaxinaria, “To show the public the artistic and expressive possibilities of animation and bring this wonderful medium closer to them.”
Aaron Hughes’ ‘Five Cents,’ A Tangible Critique Of Modern-Day Capitalism
Hughes used ink, white-out, gouache paint, gold leaf, and other materials to hand-draw the short on thousands of pages of financial journals.
There’s Plenty To Fear In Victoria Vincent’s Latest Short ‘Nothing To Hide’
Vincent deftly plays with perspective and scale in her latest short, available online now.
What We’re Looking Forward To At This Month’s Stuttgart International Festival Of Animated Film
Highlights include a South Africa country focus, Disney’s 100th-anniversary celebration, and an honorary Trickstar for Signe Baumane.
This Air Jordan Spec Ad Is Better Than Almost Any Real Nike Commercial
Director Michael Emry teamed with U.K. visual artist Troy Browne to put together the vibrant spot.
Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Kōji Yamamura
Yamamura’s films are a bit like chameleons. Each looks different from the previous one, yet there can be no doubt that the films are his.
Belgian Animation Master Raoul Servais, Director Of Palme d’Or Winner ‘Harpya,’ Dies At 94
Servais, who used an exciting variety of styles and techniques, was a humanist whose work warned of intolerance and authoritarian ideologies.
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