Snow Bear, Cat and Moth, and Student Accomplice are all among the best, near-perfect animated short films from the last 5 years.

"Even darkness must pass. A new day will come... And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer," Samwise Gamgee once said. This lovely short film made by an Italian animation filmmaker Guilia ...

Once again another magnificent animated short film that shows the extraordianry potential of animation as a storytelling medium. There's so much that can be visualized with animation techniques. Solar ...

Eddie Gamarra and Six Point Harness are working on an animated short based on Aaron Becker's 9/11 book "Survivor Tree.

SPARK Animation revealed the 2026 festival awards winners, led by Sunrise 50th anniversary short 'Metafear' as Best in Show.

In recent years, the landscape of short animated films has undergone a significant shift. Short animated films are increasingly stretching beyond the 20-minute mark. In fact, three of this year’s five ...

Disney Animation Alum John Musker’s short ‘I’m Hip’ playfully teases those with FOMO and features caricatures of animation vets and studio execs. By Carolyn Giardina Former Tech Editor “I have a ...

Two-time Academy Award nominee and Sundance grand jury prize winner Don Hertzfeldt has long been recognized as one of the most influential voices in independent animation. His iconic early-internet ...

A divorce on the board of AMPAS. The board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted Monday to make the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch two distinct branches: the ...

Based in Scotland, Finn has been writing about Japanese pop culture for nine years now. He is also a gamer, hiker, and proud vegan. His passion is bringing news straight from Japan to you, in English, ...

Nintendo’s announcement of a live-action movie inspired by The Legend of Zelda felt both inevitable and yet almost unbelievable. I say the former, because how could Nintendo resist attempting to ...

The animation branch, to which approximately 700 Academy members will belong, will be represented by two governors, and the short films branch, to which some 200 members will belong, will be ...