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PETA Animated Holiday Short to Screen with ‘Moana 2’ & ‘Wicked’ in Theaters

Animal rights organization PETA is hoping to inspire families to set a cruelty-free table this holiday season with a new CG-animated seasonal short, which...

Mercedes Milligan - 2 days ago

NFB Animated Short ‘Boat People’ Now Available on Vimeo Worldwide

Thao Lam and Kjell Boersma’s multi-award-winning National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated short Boat People is being featured as a Staff Pick on...

Mercedes Milligan - 2 days ago

‘The Brown Dog’ Directors Take Us Along the Creative Journey of Their Award-Winning Short

A despondent night watchman named Nobody goes in search of a mysterious dog in the evocative short The Brown Dog, co-directed by Nadia Hallgren...

Ramin Zahed - 3 days ago

‘Curiosa’ Director Tessa Moult-Milewska Takes Us Behind the Scenes of Her Acclaimed Short

Tessa Moult-Milewska’s Curiosa is a beautifully animated stop-motion short that centers on a young woman who learns a bit more than she asked for...

Ramin Zahed - 6 days ago

‘The Pink Phink’ Turns 60: A Look Back at The Pink Panther’s Oscar-Winning Debut

“The key to the Pink Panther is simplicity and identification. And there’s something else that goes along with it too, and that’s sophistication.” — David...

Rich Johnson - 6 days ago

Exclusive: Adult Swim SMALLS Premieres ‘Bogged Down: Under a Rock?’

Critters and crawlers take the spotlight in the new Adult Swim SMALLS animated short Bogged Down: Under a Rock?, premiering Part 1 today (Friday, November...

Mercedes Milligan - 6 days ago

Director Zhang Xu Zhan Shares His Vision for the Prize-Winning Short ‘Compound Eyes of Tropical’

Taiwanese director ZHANG Xu Zhan’s animated short Compound Eyes of Tropical is inspired by a Southeast Asian folk tale about a mouse and a...

Ramin Zahed - 7 days ago

‘Maybe Elephants’ Producers from NFB & Mikrofilm Discuss the Partnership Behind Torill Kove’s Oscar-Qualified Short

In the world of independent animation, few partnerships are as enduring — and as fruitful — as the one between Norway’s Mikrofilm AS, the...

Jennifer Wolfe - November 14, 2024

Director Fish Wang Discusses How He Brought His ‘Ghost of the Dark Path’ to Animated Life

Fish Wang’s previous animated projects Gold Fish and Red Tail proved to be festival favorites in years past. The director is back on the...

Ramin Zahed - November 13, 2024

E.D. Films’ Acclaimed Animated Short ‘Return to Hairy Hill’ Premieres on Vimeo

After a decade in the works and a year of international festival acclaim, E.D. Films’ animated short film Return to Hairy Hill (Retour à...

Mercedes Milligan - November 12, 2024

Disney Debuts ‘The Boy & The Octopus’, Taika Waititi’s Holiday Tale Starring a CG Cephalopod

A new CG-animated star is ready to make waves this holiday season in the new seasonal short The Boy & The Octopus, an original story...

Mercedes Milligan - November 12, 2024

‘An Almost Christmas Story’ Director David Lowery Discusses His New Disney+ Holiday Tale (New Clip)

Back in November 2020, a tiny owl was discovered in a Christmas tree destined for Rockefeller Plaza. Four years later, this real-life event has...

Ramin Zahed - November 12, 2024

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