Tag: Oscars
Nordic Flight: Anu-Laura Tuttelberg Looks Back at Her Award-Winning Porcelain-Animated ‘On Weary Wings Go By’
A porcelain girl wanders a bleak, but stunning Nordic landscape in Anu-Laura Tuttelberg’s haunting and memorable stop-motion short On Weary Wings Go By (original...
Sundance Winner ‘Como si la tierra se las hubiera tragado’ Releases in the Americas During the UN’s 16 Days of Activism
An urgent message delivered in a powerful animated short film, Como si la tierra se las hubiera tragado (As If the Earth Had Swallowed...
Director Joey Clift Captures an Indigenous Adolescent Experience in His Award-Winning Short ‘Pow!’
Joey Clift’s charming animated short Pow! centers on a young Native American boy who tries to charge his video game console at a large...
Oscars: 35 Animated Features Make Academy Awards Consideration Cut
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature Film and...
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...
Pixar Alum Masha Ellsworth Discusses Her Ukrainian Folktale-Inspired Short, ‘Bound’
Writer-director Masha Ellsworth’s new animated short Bound (Переплетені) is one of the more striking and original shorts up for Oscar voting consideration in the...
Academy Awards Reveals Animated Short Films for Voter Viewing
The preliminary voting period for the 98th Academy Awards is just around the corner (December 8-12, 2025), and voters have over 100 contenders in the Animated...
‘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...
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,...
Oscar-Qualified Animated Short ‘Butterfly Kiss’ Releases on Vimeo Staff Picks Nov. 7 (Exclusive)
Acclaimed animation production companies The Hive Studio (Letter to a Pig, Black Slide) and Fabian&Fred (Sultana’s Dream, Steakhouse) today announce that their short film...
Partners in Art: Mackenzie & McKinley Benson on the Making of Their Poetic, Oscar-Qualified ‘Two Ships’
A modern couple tries to keep their relationship alive despite their different schedules in the gentle 2D-animated short Two Ships, which is among the...
‘Bound’ by Pixar Animator Masha Ellsworth Enters Oscar Shorts Race
A fateful thread ties two star-crossed lovers together in Bound (Переплетені), an independent animated short from Pixar lead technical director Masha Ellsworth which is entering...
Haunted by Goya: ‘The Quinta’s Ghost’s’ Director and Producer Discuss Their Award-Winning Short (Exclusive Clip)
Celebrated Spanish artist Francisco Goya is considered one the most important painters of the late 18th and early 19th century. His haunting work captured...
Oscar Watch: An Early Dossier of the 2025 Qualified Animated Shorts
Every day new animated shorts qualify for the year-end quest for the big golden bald statuette. Keeping tab of all these amazing projects is...
‘Forevergreen’ Wins Oscar-Qualifying Prize at AFI Fest
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the Grand Jury Prize winners and Special Mentions for AFI Fest 2025 (fest.afi.com) presented by Canva. The Grand Jury...
‘Two Black Boys in Paradise’ Wins Oscar-Qualifying Woodstock Film Fest Prize
Two Black Boys in Paradise, the animated short film by One6th Animation co-founder Baz Sells based on a poem by award-winning writer Dean Atta...
‘Playing God’ Director Matteo Burani Discusses His Award-Winning Stop-Motion Creation
A clay sculpture comes to life and is plagued by his imperfections in Playing God, one of the most haunting stop-motion projects of the...
Total Toon Immersion: Animation Is Film Director Shares Must-See Highlights for 2025 Fest
The awards season gets an early start this year with many of animated feature and short contenders making their Los Angeles premieres at the...
The Directors of Goya-Winning Short ‘Cafunè’ Dive into Their Creative Journey
A young immigrant girl is haunted by the memories of a traumatic past in award-winning directors and producers Carlos F. de Vigo and Lorena...
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