In the Disney and Pixar era, most American moviegoers have come to define animation as candy-colored kiddie fare that traffics in facile, rugrat-ready themes about family and finding yourself. But ...

Animation isn’t just kids’ cartoons—it’s a $400 billion force reshaping medicine, education, politics, and the way we live.

Part 1. Origins of animation -- Chapter 1. Setting the scene for animation. Early innovations in simulating movement ; The printing press and comic strips ; The impact of photography on studies of ...

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the creation of two separate branches, dividing the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch into two distinct ...

The animation branch, to which approximately 700 Academy members will belong, will be represented by two governors, and the short films branch, to which some 200 members will belong, will be ...

"C'mon Minnie, this is it!" "Let's get the gang!" Disney has unveiled a quick trailer for a special short film celebrating the magic of Disney Animation called Once Upon a Studio. This 10-minute short ...

Vine's 'Cardboard,' produced by Locksmith Animation, follows a single dad and his piglet kids who turn hardship into ...

Animator turned director Malcon Pierce's "Versa" tells a story of loss, grief and hope through dance and music.

This year’s Animation Is Film Festival is all about advocating for the growing stature of the flourishing medium in the ...

The director of "The Green Knight" and "A Ghost Story" was shocked that his love of all things tactile, handmade, hand-painted, and stop-motion was now digitally possible after the “Spider-Verse” ...

A surprising stat about the viewing habits of Netflix users. In the second half of 2024, the most-watched piece of animation on the platform was an animated short. The short was Ilumination’s ...