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‘War is Over’ Highlights Brotherhood and Brutality in Protest for Peace

Dave Mullins and Brad Booker’s Oscar-shortlisted animated short, inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1971 song, ‘Happy X-Mas (War is Over), and animated in Unreal Engine at Wētā FX, showcases a game of chess, set on a battlefield, with a carrier pigeon delivering instructions on next moves - on the board and in the trenches - leading to a forgone conclusion: there are no winners in war.

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‘Letter to a Pig’: Traumatic Memory Through the Eyes of Youthful Imagination

Filmmaker Tal Kantor’s first solo short film uses live-action and hand-drawn animation to tackle the heavy and complex subject of a Holocaust survivor addressing a classroom full of students, sharing a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life, and how reality, memory, and imagination blend together in one young schoolgirl’s reaction.

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A Follow-up to Boy and the World Headline News

Alê Abreu’s New Film ‘Perlimps’ Released Online for Industry Members

A follow-up to the Oscar-nominated director’s award-winning ‘Boy and the World,’ the new hand-drawn animated feature is now streaming free on The Animation Showcase for animation and motion picture industry members worldwide.

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The Best in Short Film Animation Headline News

The Animation Showcase Launches 2023 ‘Best Animated Short Film Collection’

The company’s streaming platform for industry professionals just released its latest collection of shorts as a prelude to the upcoming awards season, including ‘27’ by Flóra Anna Buda, ‘Electra’ by Daria Kashcheeva, and ‘The Day I Became a Bird’ by Andrew Ruhemann; program also tours animation studios in Europe and North America.

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‘Titina’ Now Streaming on The Animation Showcase

The Tokyo Anime Award Winner is available for motion picture industry members to stream and is currently playing at the Cinelounge Sunset Theatre in Hollywood, CA.