'The Violinist,' directed by Ervin Han and Raul Garcia, has won the top Cristal prize for a feature film at the Annecy ...

The Great Dreamscape’ scored a TV Cristal, ‘The Broos’ a TV Audience Award while Jocelyn Charles’ ‘God Is Shy’ scored two ...

EXCLUSIVE: Japan’s Bandai Namco Filmworks is teaming with six leading animation studios on short film project, Pursuing The Future, to showcase the latest technologies and creative ideas in Japanese ...

Versa is directed by Malcon Pierce (Raya and The Last Dragon, Encanto, andWish). The new short film played at Animation Is Film Festival this past fall, when we also got our first look. Versa follows ...

“Butterfly” is more than an animated short — it’s an intimate act of remembrance. Through hand-painted frames that feel like individual works of art, the film honors and retells the life story of ...

Oscars Best Animated Short Film Commentary (Updated March 9, 2026): It’s a tale as old as time: Oscar pools are won or lost in the shorts categories. And this year’s animated short race may be the ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...