“Cracked”, an animated short by filmmaker Jessica Rizk, will make its North America Premiere at the Dances With Films: New ...

The remaining contenders hail from eight other countries (Croatia, France, Estonia, Israel, Hungary, Iran, Mexico, and the U.K.), nine were directed or co-directed by women, 10 qualified through the ...

In 2025 and beyond, 2D animation continues to thrive not just as an art form, but as a powerful tool for storytelling, marketing, education, and beyond. Its blend of emotional resonance, stylistic ...

Walt Disney Animation might have gotten its start in the world of 2D animation, but for more than a decade now, it's transitioned almost exclusively to 3D animation. It’s a move that made sense at the ...

Fifteen animated shorts have been shortlisted for an Oscar this year. To better understand how these films were crafted, we sent a series of questions to all the directors, to learn more about how ...

"One monument cannot redeem all my mistakes... If I could only see her again..." This is a must watch animated short film - only 11 minutes long. Slow Light is a 2D stop-motion animated short film ...

There are many Disney fans out there who long for the days of traditional, artful, hand-drawn animation, harkening back to the golden days of the Disney Renaissance. Now, after practical years of ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. World of Warcraft: The War Within will see hero Alleria Windrunner stepping into the spotlight once more as one of the expansion's main characters, ...

"You don't have to be alone." There's a trailer available for a lovely new animated short film called Snow Bear, made by animation veteran Aaron Blaise as his own personal project. The short recently ...

Last week, the Avon Cinema screened the 92nd Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film nominees in anticipation of the awards show. Out of the 92 short films that qualified for Oscar consideration, ...

Snow Bear is a beautifully crafted hand-drawn animated short from Oscar-nominated director Aaron Blaise , and it tells a simple but emotional story about loneliness, rejection, and unexpected ...

What were the most challenging scenes to animate in the Oscar-Nominated shorts? I posed this to all five directors: Lauren MacMullan (Get A Horse!), Daniel Sousa (Feral), Shuhei Morita (Possessions), ...