10 new shorts, featuring dinosaur gladiators, messianic cats, and other oddities, are set to debut May 15; voice cast includes MrBeast, Kevin Hart, John Oliver, Niecy Nash, John Boyega, and Rhys Darby.
For 98th Oscars, members must now watch all nominated films in a category in order to vote in final award round; each branch will judge films based on the ‘degree to which a human was at the heart of the creative authorship.’
AWN’s latest survey highlights under-the-radar animated shorts that are currently making their way through the festival circuit - or are newly available for online viewing.
Tim Miller and David Fincher’s acclaimed, Emmy-winning animated anthology returns with stories of dinosaur gladiators, messianic cats, and string-puppet rock stars; Jennifer Yuh Nelson once again serves as supervising director.
Three-part animated short series from Jared Corwin and Conor Reed is set in the charming town of Paw Peak, where the Pomeranian dog mayor, Mochi, is one mean son of a bitch.
New animated short anthology series from Dave Filoni focuses on 2 iconic villains from the galaxy’s criminal underbelly, premiering May 4 on Disney+.
The 4th annual animation festival returns to the university’s campus in Provence, France with a lineup of screenings, including Annecy and Oscar winners, presentations, portfolio reviews and masterclasses.
Artists in the fourth year of Film London’s commissioning program for early-career Black animators shared short film works in progress; applications for new round opens March 31.
AWN’s latest survey highlights under-the-radar animated shorts that are currently making their way through the festival circuit—or are newly available for online viewing.
Teodora Tošić took first place for her animation, ‘TV Warming,’ with second place going to Jovana Martinović for her illustration, ‘The Unknown,’ and third place to Andrija Martinović for his illustration series, ‘The1 and The2.’
The 2025 edition of the Internationl Comic & Animation Festival takes place September 18-28 in Chania-Crete, Greece.
The short film, with animation by Passion Pictures, tells the harrowing tale of a mother and daughter experiencing domestic abuse, seen through the eyes of a young girl; campaign aims to pressure the UK government to re-evaluate funding for support services.
The 2D animated short film, set in 1850, follows a prospector driven insane by isolation and greed.
Out of the 3,900 films submitted from around 100 countries, 72 films from 33 countries were selected to compete: 36 in the Official category, 9 in the Off-Limits category, 17 in the Perspectives category, and 10 in the Young Audiences category.
The 3-day international animation festival runs April 5-7 in Brighton, England; the 2025 edition will include a focus on East Asian Animation.
The international animation festival’s ‘Animated Cosmos’ theme will be reflected across all the pillars of the event; the festival returns to Syros Island, Greece September 22-28.
Ujwal Nair and his wife Indou Theagrajan discuss their first musical, a self-funded 2D animated short about a loyal dog dreaming of reuniting with his owner, who left him behind when she moved from India to Canada with her cat.
The 16th edition returns to the picturesque city of Peja, Kosovo July 14-20 with screenings, workshops, classes, and exhibitions.
The 2D animated comedy series, greenlit from the network’s Intergalactic Shorts Program, follows the daily life of a blended multigenerational Korean American family, inspired by the lives of co-creators and executive producers Paul Watling and Kyle Marshall.
New animated series from Australian creator Millie Holten and producer Nicolas Colla follows the exploits of a damaged, sad hunter trying to bag elusive and often mythological big game before his rival does.
The Festival returns to Syros island, Greece, September 22 - 28 for a cosmic themed edition; film entries being accepted until June 1.
In an upset win, Gints Zilbalodis’ animated tale of a cat who wakes up to a world invaded by water took home the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, while the second chapter in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic won for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Design on a night that also saw Iranian filmmakers Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi, with visas approved just yesterday, arrive in the U.S. in time to win Best Animated Short for ‘In the Shadow of the Cypress.’
The annual festival returns to Annecy June 8-14, 2025.
The 4-day event returns to Stuttgart, kicking off May 6; on-demand presentations are available May 10 – June 10.
Victoria Vincent (aka @vewn), known for her previous ‘Mask Dog’ and ‘Bobo the Monkey’ SMALLS shorts as well as her work on ‘We the People’ and ‘Lazor Wulf,’ drops new film about a terribly sleepless night and getting roped into a sniper revenge plot.
