Oscar Shortlist Interviews: Director Torill Kove Shares Her Favorite Shot From ‘Maybe Elephants’ (Exclusive)
In this exclusive series, the filmmakers behind each of this year’s Oscar-shortlisted shorts reveal their favorite shots.
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Enjoy Oscar-Winning Animator Torill Kove’s Heartwarming Shorts, Available Online For A Limited Time
Need a hug these days? Torill Kove has just what you’re looking for!
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Maybe Elephants’ Director Torill Kove
Three-time Oscar nominee Torill Kove, who won the Academy Award for her short ‘The Danish Poet,’ is back in the Oscars race this year with a new film about her memories of growing up in Kenya.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Boat People’ Directors Thao Lam And Kjell Boersma
The NFB film earned its Oscars qualification by winning the Helen Hill Award for animated short at the New Orleans Film Festival.
Janice Nadeau’s ‘Harvey’: A Boy Recalls The Spring Day When His World Turned Upside Down
It’s been a whirlwind year for Quebec animator Janice Nadeau since the premiere of her animated short Harvey at Clermont-Ferrand.
Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Matthew Rankin
Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin explores local, national, and international history with an eccentric and deadpan touch that is refreshingly and genuinely loving.
Telefilm Canada Appoints NFB’s Julie Roy As Executive Director And CEO
Roy is a former executive producer of the French Animation Studio at the National Film Board of Canada.
Making Bread With Alex Boya: How The Canadian Artist Is Worldbuilding In Reverse With ‘The Mill’
Using Giphy, Boya is baking up an expanded universe called ‘The Mill’ to generate interest in a short film and/or series.
Gerald Potterton, ‘Heavy Metal’ Director, Dies At 91
Over a seven-decade career, Potterton worked with a who’s who of the art form: John Halas, George Dunning, Richard Williams, Norman McLaren, and Bob Godfrey, among others.
RIP Lina Gagnon, Animator Who Worked On ‘The Man Who Planted Trees’
Gagnon was also an influential educator, teaching animation at Cégep du Vieux-Montréal for over two decades.
Canadian Screen Awards 2022: All The Animation Nominees
The awards will be presented over six days in early April, with animation categories announced on April 6.
National Film Board Of Canada Merges English Animation And Digital Studios
Rob McLaughlin will lead the new Animation and Interactive Studio.
Who Could Win, Who Was Snubbed: Looking At The Oscar Animation Nominees
This year’s animated feature nominees were predictable. The short ones certainly weren’t.
How Sandra Desmazières Made Her Lush, Buzzworthy Film ‘Flowing Home’
With subtle colors and rich imagery, the film tells a tale of love and separation in the wake of the Vietnam War.
Oscar Shorts: A Look At This Year’s Most Likely Nominees
Extraterrestrial love, wartime trauma, the pains of becoming an adult: what will catch voters’ attention?
‘Affairs Of The Art’: Joanna Quinn And Les Mills Discuss Their Creative Process In An Exclusive Video Q&A
Meet the extraordinary duo behind Beryl, one of auteur animation’s most beloved characters.
Animating Anxiety: Caroline Robert Discusses Her New Interactive Web Project ‘Brainstream’
Have you ever given a brain massage before?
Exclusive Trailer Premiere: Marta Pajek’s Post-Apocalyptic Short ‘Impossible Figures And Other Stories I’
Pajek’s new short will world premiere this month at the Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival.
Jacques Drouin, Master Of Pinscreen Animation, Dies At 78
Drouin was known for the striking shorts he made at the National Film Board of Canada, such as “Mindscape” and “Imprints.”
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Altötting’ By Andreas Hykade
You know, when I was a boy, I fell in love with the Virgin Mary. It happened in a little Bavarian town called Altötting.
