“Cracked”, an animated short by filmmaker Jessica Rizk, will make its North America Premiere at the Dances With Films: New ...

Snow Bear is a beautifully crafted hand-drawn animated short from Oscar-nominated director Aaron Blaise , and it tells a simple but emotional story about loneliness, rejection, and unexpected ...

In 1908, Émile Cohl released the short film Fantasmagorie, widely regarded as the world's first animated cartoon. From these humble beginnings, cartoons blew up into detailed theatre shorts by the ...

Directors often workshop their films in several, constantly evolving formats. Years before becoming the youngest Best Director winner at the 2017 Academy Awards, Damien Chazelle was a young filmmaker ...

"It waits to be remembered..." An acclaimed animated short film is now available online to watch - with an extensive backstory published on Indiewire. After playing across many film festivals the last ...

In 1908, Émile Cohl's short film Fantasmagorie became the world's first animated cartoon. Before this groundbreaking achievement, stop-motion techniques were used to bring inanimate objects to life.

The idea that animation is just for kids is thankfully behind us, and more and more audiences around the globe are fully embracing it. Of course, that includes LGBTQ+ fans. While there aren't a ton of ...

Welcome to Cartoon Brew’s series of spotlights focusing on the animated shorts that have qualified for the 2026 Oscars. The films in this series have qualified through one of multiple routes: by ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...