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2027 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Apart’ Director Pola Maneli
A forbidden friendship in apartheid South Africa is the focus of today’s short, inspired by resistance woodcuts, harsh sunlight, and Nguni geometric patterns.
2027 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Pigeons’ Director Amos Sussigan
You’re Invited To A Free ‘In Waves’ Screening, Q&A, And Reception In Los Angeles
Association of Japanese Animations Sets First-Ever Nippon Anime Awards For November 2027
Disney’s Year Of Cuts Continues With Thousands More Layoffs Expected
‘Blue Eye Samurai’ Season Two Arrives In January, Netflix Drops New Teaser
Fathom CEO Jason Brenek On Bringing ‘Wildwood’ To 3,000 Theaters, ‘The Amazing Digital Circus’ Surprise, And Finding Animation’s Next Big Audience
Brenek discusses Laika’s creative control, lessons from a surprise box office hit, and plans to bring more anime to U.S. theaters.
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Strong Word Of Mouth Helps ‘Wildwood’ Beat Projections With $9 Million Weekend, Second Sunday Up 2% Over First Week
Laika’s stop-motion feature fell just 27% in its second weekend, reaching $27.4 million domestically as audience polling pointed to strong word of mouth.
Artists Behind ‘Frozen,’ ‘Corpse Bride,’ And ‘Up’ Teach Character Design In New Course From The Creators U
Five leading designers share practical exercises, drawing demonstrations, and lessons from creating characters like Ellie and Sadness.
Anime Is A $28 Billion Business: Here’s How Japanese Studios Are Capitalizing On Its Global Growth
Nippon Animation’s Hitomi Hiratsuka and Production I.G’s Yoko Ueda discuss overseas partnerships, family audiences, and lasting fan connections.
China’s First AI Feature Limps Through Second Weekend, Reaching Just $253,000 After 11 Days
‘Sanxingdui: Future Past’ reportedly cost $1.5 million to produce, but Chinese box office forecasts suggest it won’t gross even a third of that.
‘Jim Queen,’ ‘In Waves,’ ‘Lucy Lost’: What Do This Year’s Buzziest French Features Have In Common? Meet Studio Gao Shan Pictures
Based on Réunion, the studio is expanding across borders while investing in local talent, sustainable production, and creative partnerships.
Kojima’s ‘Death Stranding Isolations’ Gets New Disney+ Teaser
Sci-fi writer Tow Ubukata joins the hand-drawn series as writer, with new story details exploring the consequences of reconnecting a fractured America.
Christmas Crashes Into Halloween In Animated Fantasy ‘Samhain,’ From Arriate, ¡Viva Calavera! (EXCLUSIVE TRAILER)
Based on Lobón Leal’s graphic novel, the mixed-holiday adventure follows three friends into a world where magic and nature are exploited for profit.
‘Wildwood’ Adds Screens, Passes $20M At The Domestic Box Office
A projected $7–8 million second weekend would put Travis Knight’s stop-motion fantasy roughly in line with earlier Laika releases.
TIFF 2026: Anime’s Co-Pros; Hungry Ghosts; Feature Spotlights
Our second Tokyo dispatch explores financing across Asia and Europe, Ervin Han’s food-fueled ghost stories, and the craft behind four festival titles.
International Anime Producers Discuss Challenges And Benefits Of Co-Production At TIFFCOM
Producers compare public funding in Europe with Asia’s reliance on private investment, exploring how international partnerships can bridge the gap.
The Bears Are Cute, But The Working Conditions Are Murder: Welcome To ‘Pinkooland’ (EXCLUSIVE TRAILER)
Luis Usón’s animated horror short blends sci-fi and corporate satire in an Ecuadorian-Spanish production conceived as a proof of concept for a feature.
Patrick Stewart, Who Performed In ‘Plague Dogs,’ ‘American Dad!,’ ‘The Prince Of Egypt,’ And Voiced Poop In ‘The Emoji Movie,’ Dies At 86
From Major to Pharaoh Seti to Avery Bullock, Stewart brought authority, warmth, and irreverent humor to a voice acting career spanning more than four decades.
Aliens, Battle Royales, And Vampire Romance: Atsushi Nishigori Poured His All Into ‘Grotesqqque,’ A Three-Course Anime Omnibus
The director discusses digital animation, contrasting visual styles, and balancing creative roles in his ambitious three-part feature.
A Forbidden Cornfield Leads To Underworld Terrors In Mexican Stop-Motion Short ‘Dolores,’ Now Online
Cecilia Andalón Delgadillo discusses the corn-husk puppets, ancient Mexican influences, and stop-motion craft behind her haunting debut short ‘Dolores.’
View Conference Was Inspiring: The AI Sales Pitches Were Exhausting (And Occasionally Bullshit)
Filmmakers shared their craft at Turin’s View Conference, while AI evangelists (a real job title of one speaker) insisted everyone already uses the technology.
Making Your Mouth Water And Your Skin Crawl: Ervin Han On ‘A Banquet For Hungry Ghosts’
The filmmaker discusses adapting Chinese food-themed ghost stories, coordinating four studios, and making animated meals look both delicious and terrifying.
2027 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Dear Upstairs Neighbors’ Director Connie Qin He
Noisy neighbors fuel a sleepless woman’s surreal fantasies in a short combining 2D and 3D animation with Google DeepMind’s generative AI tools.