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Annecy Festival: Eight Shorts That Leave Long-Lasting Impressions
We take a look at eight of the wonderful new animated shorts curated for the 2023 Annecy Festival’s Official Selection program this year:
Sweet Like...
Cartoon Saloon’s ‘Puffin Rock’ Flock Migrates to the Big Screen!
It’s hard to believe, but it has been eight years since Irish animation powerhouse Cartoon Saloon introduced the world to Puffin Rock, a charming...
E.D. Films’ 10-Year Project ‘Return to Hairy Hill’ to Premiere at Montreal Animation Summit
After nearly a decade in development, E.D. Films’ ambitious, experimental animated short film Return to Hairy Hill (a.k.a. Retour à Hairy Hill) will make its debut...
‘Mars Express’ Director Jérémie Périn & Producer Didier Creste Share a Glimpse of Life on Another World
The upcoming French animated feature Mars Express was one of the most popular titles spotlighted at the 2023 edition of Europe’s Cartoon Movie event....
Lin Tam Takes Us Behind the Scenes of Her New Animated Short ‘Friendship’
Inspired by her real-life experiences, Lin Tam’s animated short Friendship celebrates the beauty of a lasting human connection. We recently caught up with young...
Director Victor Jaquier Invites Us to Face ‘Death and the Winemaker’
Two years ago, Victor Jaquier’s 20-minute short Death and the Winemaker had a successful festival run (50-plus selections, including Clermont-Ferrand, Short Shorts Tokyo, and...
Director Amy Bench on Animating a Journey Through Tragedy in ‘More Than I Want to Remember’
Director Amy Bench’s powerful animated documentary short More Than I Want to Remember has won numerous awards and rave reviews since it debuted at...
Fishing for Enlightenment in Momo Wang’s ‘Penglai’
Momo Wang, who is best known as the creator of the popular bunny character Tuzki and as an animator/creative director at Illumination Entertainment, is...
Animating an Amiable Fable in ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’
***This article originally appeared in the January '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 326)***
About three years ago, Charlie Mackesy’s charming illustrated book The Boy,...
Magic Light’s ‘The Smeds and the Smoos’ Animates a Star-Crossed Alien Tale (NEW TRAILER)
***This article originally appeared in the January '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 326)***
Over the past decade, TV audiences in the U.K. have grown...
Jonathan Laskar’s ‘The Record’ Is an Animated Journey Through Music & Memory
***This article originally appeared in the December '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 325)***
In Jonathan Laskar’s poetic short The Record, an antiques dealer comes...
How ‘Summer Memories’ Creator Adam Yaniv Brought a Season of Wonder to Screens
***This article originally appeared in the November '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 324)***
When Adam Yaniv, the talented creator of the new animated series Summer Memories,...
‘Entergalactic’: Director Fletcher Moules Gets to the Hybebeast Heart of Kid Cudi’s Netflix Event
***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. ’22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 323)***
For the last decade in entertainment, studios and creators have made...
Spirits of the Forest: Alê Abreu Returns to the Big Screen with ‘Perlimps’
***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. ’22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 323)***
It’s been 24 years since Brazilian director Alê Abreu's first animated...
‘Lucy’s School’ Creative Principals Discuss the New Back-to-School Peanuts Special
This Friday, family audiences can click on to Apple TV+ to learn a valuable lesson from Charles Schulz's iconic Peanuts gang in the new...
Seneca College Finds a New Formula for Success with Its ANI 2.0 Program
This autumn, 115 new students will arrive on campus at Seneca College’s School of Creative Arts & Animation in Toronto, Ontario — just in...
Musa Brooker of Six Point Harness on Creating Superhero Animals for ‘The Boys’
Among the many cool surprises of the third season of The Boys was the revelation of Black Noir's (Nathan Mitchell) imaginary cartoon friends, which...
Exclusive: ‘Tent Sale’ Short Launches Studio Smokescreen, a New Model for Inclusive Recruiting
Studio Smokescreen, a new independent, Black-owned animation studio, today unveiled its first animated short, Tent Sale, which it produced with a team of young animation...
Exclusive: Penner & Festa Talk About Their New Short ‘Dede and Sam’
Actor/writer Jonathan Penner’s upcoming animated short Dede and Sam centers on the charming friendship between legendary wrestling star and actor Andre The Giant (André...
Exclusive: The Brief & Beautiful Visions of Annecy’s Short Film Directors
***This article originally appeared in the 35th Anniversary Issue of Animation Magazine (June-July '22, No. 321).
Each year, Annecy Festival attendees are treated to a...
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