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Shorts

The Wolf’s Dinner The Wolf’s Dinner

Miyu, Les Films Du Préau Will Bring Joeri Christiaen’s Modern-Day Fable ‘The Wolf’s Dinner’ To Theaters

The 30-minute Blender-made special follows a courageous young lamb whose encounter with a mysterious wolf challenges her clan’s inherited fears and prejudices.

By Jamie Lang | 7 days ago

Animation in Conversation Animation in Conversation

Acclaimed Indie Filmmakers Get Candid About Their Craft In Miyu’s New Online Series

The new series launches with Ru Kuwahata, Max Porter, and Anna Mantzaris discussing their work, processes, and the challenges of stop-motion filmmaking.

By Jamie Lang | 2 weeks ago

Pária

Watercolor Animation Paints A Fight For Survival In Daniel Bruson’s ‘Pária’

A young woman faces down a hostile mob in Daniel Bruson’s wordless parable about exclusion, oppression, and the struggle to claim one’s place in the world.

By Jamie Lang | 2 weeks ago

My Good Boy

A Tender Love Triangle Between A Woman, Her Dog, And A Jealous Boyfriend In Sara Priorelli’s ‘My Good Boy’ (EXCLUSIVE TRAILER)

‘My Good Boy’ director Sara Priorelli explains drawing love as something squashy, strange, and never quite explained in full.

By Jamie Lang | 2 weeks ago

‘Boundaries’ Is Seun Yee’s One-Person, Stop-Motion Meditation On The Space We Owe Each Other (EXCLUSIVE TEASER)

Paper, thread, and a sheet of glass – Seun Yee speaks on how she spent eight months animating ‘Boundaries’ by hand, frame by frame.

By J.D. Linville Jr | 2 weeks ago

Our Choir Has Always Been Travelling

Melbourne’s Best Australian Short Winner ‘Our Choir Has Always Been Travelling’ Is Going On Tour (EXCLUSIVE)

Fresh off winning MIFF’s Best Australian Short prize, ‘Our Choir Has Always Been Travelling’ is about to hit the road.

By J.D. Linville Jr | 2 weeks ago

YouTube

YouTube’s New 90-Day Monetization Rule Will Push Animators Away From Shorts

Creators say YouTube’s recurring 10-million-view requirement will make Shorts revenue unreliable for human animators, pushing them to other platforms.

By Jamie Lang | 2 weeks ago

Melk

Grotesque, Gorgeously Crafted ‘Melk’ Makes Animation History At Locarno

Filip Anthonissen’s animated short ‘Melk’ won Locarno’s Pardino d’Oro and was selected as the festival’s European Film Awards candidate.

By Jamie Lang | 2 weeks ago

Balconada

Bulgarian Short ‘Balconada’ Turns Meditation Into Inspiration At MIFF (EXCLUSIVE BTS)

A hot summer day shared by five neighbors as ‘Balconada’ director Iva Tokmakchieva speaks on turning a pandemic sketch into a MIFF standout.

By J.D. Linville Jr | 2 weeks ago

‘Star Wars: Visions’ Director Shinya Ohira On Animating A Stormtrooper’s Psychological Collapse In ‘Black’ (EXCLUSIVE BTS)

Director Shinya Ohira discusses the full-animation approach, jazz score, and international crew behind his Emmy-nominated ‘Star Wars: Visions’ short “BLACK.”

By Jamie Lang | 2 weeks ago

Short Animation Fellowship

Ten Teams Picked To Explore Global Myths And Folklore In Titmouse Foundation Short Film Fellowship (EXCLUSIVE)

Titmouse Foundation and Warrior Art Camp have selected ten teams from nearly 300 applicants for their inaugural Short Animation Fellowship.

By Jamie Lang | 3 weeks ago

Amok

Balázs Turai’s Brilliantly Twisted ‘Amok’ Is A Candy-Colored Psychological Nightmare

An evil garden gnome with supernatural powers of persuasion drives a badly burned man toward the breaking point in Turai’s candy-colored psychological comedy.

By Jamie Lang | 3 weeks ago

Fredrikstad

Fredrikstad Animation Festival Unveils 60-Film Short Competition Lineup

The Norwegian festival’s 2026 competition features 60 animated shorts from 32 countries, with a strong focus on Nordic-Baltic talent.

By Jamie Lang | 3 weeks ago

Fruit

Waffles, Wanking, And Other Worlds: The Films Of Ivan Li

Canadian animator Ivan Li discusses the sex, violence, discomfort, and unruly 3D worlds behind Finding Uranus, Fruit, Build, and Jelly Baddies.

By Chris Robinson | 4 weeks ago

Gauze, Butterfly

Academy-Honored Shorts ‘Butterfly’ And ‘Gauze’ Use Water, Memory, And Animation To Confront Genocide

Each acclaimed film follows a young swimming champion whose life is shattered by genocide, connecting historical memory with the present.

By Jamie Lang | 4 weeks ago

Epic Spaceman On Solo-Building One Of YouTube’s Top Science Channels, Making The Universe Comprehensible, And Rejecting GenAI

Toby Lockerbie explains how he turned self-taught animation and VFX skills into one of YouTube’s top science channels, and why genAI has no place in his videos.

By Jamie Lang | 4 weeks ago

Hoppers

Disney And TikTok Strike Deal To Bring Fan-Made Short-Form Videos To Disney+

Months after its OpenAI Sora deal collapsed, Disney is partnering with TikTok to bring fan-made shorts featuring its characters and franchises to Disney+.

By Jamie Lang | 4 weeks ago

Student Academy Awards

Academy Unveils 2026 Student Academy Award Winners

Student films from ESMA, Gobelins, and Film Academy Baden-Württemberg are among this year’s winners, who will receive their awards at TIFF.

By Jamie Lang | 4 weeks ago

Hertzfeldt

Don Hertzfeldt’s Films Find A New Streaming Home At Dropout

Dropout has acquired a collection of Don Hertzfeldt films, including ‘Rejected’ and ‘World of Tomorrow,’ with Annecy-winner ‘Paper Trail’ arriving September 1.

By Jamie Lang | 4 weeks ago

70 Deadly Sins

‘The 70 Deadly Sins’ Turned The Shock Of USC’s XA Shutdown Into An Experimental Short (EXCLUSIVE)

Chinese animator Tara Hou discusses making ‘The 70 Deadly Sins’ and how USC’s Expanded Animation program shutdown disrupted her MFA education.

By Jamie Lang | 4 weeks ago

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