Twenty-second edition of the Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival to be held in Bristol September 20-25.
Oscar-nominated stop-motion director unveils his newest spot for Honda using long-exposure photography to create a stylized time-lapse technique.
Hand-drawn, 2D-animated graduation short by Canadian animator Myriam Obin explores themes of police brutality as seen through the eyes of a child.
Philadelphia-based stop-motion director Dani Aloi launches crowdfunding campaign to help cover production costs of the stop-motion and digitally animated short film, which is expected to be completed in May 2017.
Canadian animator Howie Shia’s 2016 short film produced by the NFB dives headfirst into the awkward reality of how we handle aggression and rage.
Animated short film created by students from New Zealand’s Media Design School takes the prize for Best Animated Film at the 2016 Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival
360-degree interactive short with production design by Caldecott-winning illustrator Jon Klassen previously launched on Moto X and Moto G devices and on the Google Spotlight Stories app on Android and iOS.
New features from Ann Marie Fleming and Alanis Obomsawin join shorts by Justin Simms and Theodore Ushev at the Toronto Independent Film Festival.
The U.K.’s ‘Mr. Madila or the Colour of Nothing’ by Rory Waudby-Tolley receives the grand prize jury and audience awards for best short film at the 10th annual TAIS Animation Showcase.
The motto of the 23rd International Trickfilm Festival was Animation For Grown-ups, and sure enough, the films shown at the opening night of the International Competition were very thought provoking.
‘Perfect Houseguest’ from Baltimore-based studio Tiny Inventions wins Best in Show; NFTS student Rhiannon Evans wins Best Student Film for ‘Fulfilament.’
Students from DePaul University, Pratt Institute, Ringling, SVU and USC are selected as finalists in the animation category of the 2016 Student Academy Awards; winners to be honored on September 22.
New short released online on Saturday combines a rough take on Aristophanes’ ‘Lysistrata’ with digs at GOP nominee Donald Trump.
Margate-based animation production company signs Budapest-based stop-motion animation filmmaker and director Milán Kopasz for commercial representation in the U.K.
Musical 2D-animated short aimed at helping children protect themselves from sexual abuse to be screened in cinemas across the U.K.
August 12 Adult Animation Program includes Oscar-winning animated short ‘Bear Story,’ ‘Man O Man’ from Simon Cartwright and Ely Dagher’s Palm D’or winner ‘Waves 98.’
Six-day film festival bursting with wayward animation takes place October 25-30 at EYE Filmmuseum Amsterdam.
Following recent spots for Honda and Android, Oscar-nominated independent animation director PES joins London-based commercial production company.
Multi-faceted director/designer who has worked with companies including The Mill, Psyop, R/GA and Moonbot Studios joins animation studio’s creative roster.
New international trailer for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ forthcoming animated feature directed by Ron Clements and John Musker introduces a baby Moana as she meets the Water for the first time.
New trailer showcases elaborate hand-crafted sets and meticulous stop-frame character animation with a healthy dose of period-specific trailer tropes.
Autodesk’s Vision Series at SIGGRAPH 2016 includes presentations from Academy Award-winning director Patrick Osborne, Portland-based animation studio LAIKA and VFX outfit Atomic Fiction.
Studio behind ‘The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore’ animates the life of Usain Bolt, the fastest man alive, in a new short film for Gatorade.
Program highlights include the Canadian premiere of Russia’s ‘Quackerz,’ Igor Kovalyov’s ‘Before Love,’ and a female director short film showcase with 11 countries represented.
Ongoing series of short animated films created by kids is aimed at giving voices to those targeted by discrimination; crowdfunding effort for ‘From Homeless to Hopeful’ documentary short now underway.
