Tag: Issue 354
Triumphant Trio: The 2025 Student Academy Award Animation Winners Discuss Their Diverse Films
“A man walks into a bar…” This classic line might be the setup for one of the oldest jokes in the world, but this...
Connoisseur’s Choice: A Highly Subjective Guide to the Top Animated Shorts of 2025
From the festival circuit, this looks like a wide-open year for shorts chasing the statuette named after Steve Austin’s (a.k.a. The Six Million Dollar...
‘Angel’s Egg,’ Rehatched
Mamoru Oshii’s 1985 feature Angel’s Egg — technically an Original Video Animation (or OVA) — has made many a cinephile’s list of anime’s greatest...
‘Wednesdays with Gramps’ Directors Chris & Justin Copeland Explore Family Ties and Love for Gaming in Their Heartwarming Short
“Whenever we work on a film, we ask ourselves: what about this idea makes it work as an animated film? What separates it from...
Ready, Set, Animate! ‘100 Meters’ Director Kenji Iwaisawa Puts Us Through the Paces of His Sprint Racing Drama
“There were almost no film works in Japan themed around the 100-meter dash, a short-distance event, so the idea of taking on something no...
Brief Encounter: ‘The Night Boots’ Director Pierre-Luc Granjon Reflects on the Making of His Award-Winning Short
Earlier this year, French writer-director Pierre-Luc Granjon (The White Wolf, co-director on the 2023 feature The Inventor) took home the Oscar-qualifying short film Cristal...
Flight from a Dark Past: ‘Shadows’ Director Randy Beiruty Discusses Her Oscar-Qualified Animated Short
“Animation can soften the edges of very difficult topics, making them easier for audiences to face without losing their weight. That combination of protection,...
‘Decorado’ Director Alberto Vázquez Introduces Us to His Animals in Existential Crisis
“The current global situation is very disturbing: wars, hyperconnectivity, polarization, artificial intelligence, megalomaniac leaders, mega-corporations that control everything. I think Decorado is a contemporary...
The Fast and the Funny: ‘Rally — From Paris to the Pyramids’ Director Details the Animated Racing Adventure
Norwegian director Rasmus A. Siversten is no stranger to ambitious, international animated features. He is the man behind Euro crowd pleasers such as Three...
Archives Animation Magazine – #354 December 2025
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How writer-director Alex Woo and his team sprinkled their brilliant artistic vision into Netflix’s beautifully crafted...
Mamoru Hosoda Discusses His Epic Animated Revenge Tableau ‘Scarlet’ (Exclusive)
CG or not CG? That is the question that anime veteran Mamoru Hosoda has been pondering with his film Scarlet — a reimagining of...
Flights for Survival: David Baute’s ‘Black Butterflies’ Animates Three Eye-Opening Climate Refugee Stories
The Annecy Festival Contrechamp prize-nominated feature Black Butterflies (Mariposas Negras) spotlights the plight of climate refugees from different regions of the world who have...
‘Arco’ Director Ugo Bienvenu Discusses His Vision for Humanity’s Brighter Future in Animated Feature Form (NEW TRAILER)
A time-traveling 10-year-old boy from the future strikes up a friendship with a lonely young girl when he lands in the year 2075, in...
Disney’s ‘Zootopia 2’ Creative Team Guides Us Through Their Return to the Urban Jungle
“It’s the biggest movie we’ve ever done in the history of Disney animation, which is saying something. Just the variety of characters, and not...
A Little Night Magic: ‘In Your Dreams’ Director Alex Woo & Team Uncover the Beautifully Crafted Netflix Movie
“I wanted to show that, like life, dreams can have a dark side to them. If you focus too much on them, you can...
‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain’ Directors Discuss Their Hand-Crafted Vision of Childhood (NEW TRAILER)
When Little Amélie or the Character of Rain premiered earlier this year in the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, it was lauded for its bold...
Fears of the Clown: ‘It: Welcome to Derry’ VFX Supervisor Guides Us Through the Show’s Visual Horrors
HBO’s new series It: Welcome to Derry serves as a frightening prequel to the feature films It and It: Chapter Two, in which an...
Return to Samurai Roots: Inside ‘Star Wars: Visions’ 3rd Volume Anime Redux
The Star Wars universe continues to grow with the animated anthology Star Wars: Visions, the third volume of which was released October 29. Untethered...
Disney Veteran Malcon Pierce Explores Love, Loss and Resilience in His Deeply Personal, Oscar-Qualified Short, ‘Versa’
Malcon Pierce, a longtime Disney animation veteran who has worked on Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6 and Moana, used his and his wife’s...
Meet Éiru, the Iron Age Warrior of Cartoon Saloon’s Acclaimed New Short by Giovanna Ferrari
There’s always a special buzz in the animation community when Ireland’s beloved studio Cartoon Saloon delivers a new project. This year, a lyrical short...
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