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The Oscar Shortlist Interviews: How Each Film Founds Its Visual Style
The fifteen shortlisted filmmakers for the Best Animated Short Academy Award talk about the visual development of their films.
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A Viral Animated Short Has Thousands Convinced That Babies Are Being Genetically Modified And Birthed In Factories
According to filmmaker Hashem Al-Ghaili, the video was intended only to showcase how far technology has progressed and inspire discussion.
The Oscar Shortlist Interviews: What Each Filmmaker Learned Making Their Shorts
The second in our three-part interview series with the shortlisted filmmakers for the Best Animated Short Academy Award.
The Oscar Shortlist Interviews: What Inspired The 15 Stories
The first in a three-part interview series with the shortlisted filmmakers for the Best Animated Short Academy Award.
Oswald The Lucky Rabbit Shorts, ‘Metropolis,’ ‘The Jazz Singer’ Headline 2023 Public Domain Arrivals
Each year on January 1, thousands of films, books, and musical compositions become available for free public use.
Italian Distributor Withdraws Animated Film From Festivals After Accusations Of Theft
Filmmaker Natalia Chernysheva was surprised recently to learn that her award-winning film was screening in festivals, under a different title and credited to another director.
15 Animated Shorts Make Oscar Shortlist, ‘Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio’ Picked For Best Sound, Score, Song
The Academy also unveiled the ten films shortlisted for the visual effects category.
‘No Dogs Or Italians Allowed,’ ‘Granny’s Sexual Life’ Take Top Honors At European Film Awards
Alain Ughetto’s No Dogs or Italians won best animated feature and Urška Djukić and Émilie Pigeard’s ‘Granny’s Sexual Life’ won best short.
Disney Produces Its First Oswald The Lucky Rabbit Short In Nearly 95 Years
Disney legend Eric Goldberg directs, with animation by Goldberg, Mark Henn, and Randy Haycock.
Eleven Under-The-Radar Films Competing For Best Animated Short At Oscars 2023
Our fourth look at contenders that have qualified for the 2023 Oscars.
Animation Is Back, Baby! Short Film Oscar Presentation Will Return To Live Broadcast In 2023
The other seven categories dropped from last year’s live broadcast will also be back for March’s awards ceremony.
Two Boys Grow Agitated With Their Video Game In Aggelos Papantoniou’s Amusing Short ‘Shitty City 4’
The short was produced by Melbourne, Australia-based Gibbon Animation.
Eight Student Shorts Vying For Best Animated Short At Oscars 2023
These shorts have impressed at festivals around the world, and three have already scored Student Academy Awards.
Five Animated Shorts That Could Contend For The Upcoming Oscars
In our second list of the year, we check out five titles which have qualified for this year’s animated short Oscars race.
Netflix And Disney Dominate Nominations At First-Ever Children’s & Family Emmys
Netflix’s most-nominated project is “Maya and the Three;” Disney’s is “Ciao Alberto.”
Don Hertzfeldt’s Oscar-Nominated ‘World Of Tomorrow’ Is Now Available On Youtube
‘World of Tomorrow’ won dozens of awards during its festival run before being nominated for the best animated short Oscar in 2016.
Short Of The Week Launches Shortverse, A New Home For Short Filmmakers, Industry Pros, And Fans
The platform aims to be a space for short films where “the attention is from people who are purposely seeking out quality, rather than having it shoved towards them by an algorithm.”
‘Dozens Of Norths,’ ‘Bird In The Peninsula’ Take Top Prizes At Ottawa 2022
Japanese animation shone brightly at the 2022 Ottawa International Animation Festival awards on Saturday evening.
Academy Unveils 2022 Student Academy Award Winners
For the first time since 2019, student winners are invited to an in-person ceremony on Thursday, October 20, in Los Angeles.
Anthropomorphized Fonts Grow A Garden In Nata Metlukh’s ‘Regular’
Our Cartoon Brew Pick of the Day is Nata Metlukh’s self-produced Regular, a film about fonts with almost no text.
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