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‘Steakhouse’ Uses a Classic Disney Animation Technique to Serve Up Meaty Domestic Drama | IndieWire

January 11, 2023

Špela Čadež tells IndieWire about the “psychological violence” of her award-winning film, shortlisted for the Best Animated Short Oscar.

"The Flying Sailor." Courtesy of the NFB

‘The Flying Sailor’ Finds the Beauty in History’s Most Devastating, Non-Nuclear Explosion | IndieWire

December 14, 2022

The Oscar-nominated and Palme d’Or-winning duo of Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis tell IndieWire about animating one survivor's two-kilometers-high tale.

"My Year of Dicks." Cat’s Pajamas/Wonder Killer

Coming of Age with ‘My Year of Dicks’ | IndieWire

December 12, 2022

One of the writers behind "Moana" and "Ralph Breaks the Internet" tells IndieWire about bringing flights of fancy to her own adolescent misadventures.

‘The Physics Of Sorrow’: Theodore Ushev Innovates Wax Painting Technique for Animated Short | Variety

December 13, 2019

Comprising more than 15,000 hand-painted images, Theodore Ushev’s “The Physics of Sorrow” is the first fully animated film made using encaustic hot wax painting.

A Wide World of Animated Shorts | Variety

December 4, 2019

A record 92 animated short films have qualified for the 92nd Academy Awards, a list that will be winnowed to 10 contenders when the shortlist is announced Dec. 16. Alongside entries such…

‘L'oiseau qui danse,’ by Jean-Marie Marbach, winner of Best in Show at SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Computer Animation Festival.

A Mesmerizing Homage to Visual Music: SIGGRAPH Asia Best in Show Winner ‘L’oiseau Qui Danse’ | ANIMATIONWorld

December 10, 2018

Independent VFX artist and director Jean-Marie Marbach pushes motion graphics to new heights with his award-winning music video made entirely with Adobe After Effects and Red Giant’s Trapcode Suite.

Helmed by John Kahrs, the Academy Award-winning director of Disney’s ‘Paperman’ short, ‘Age of Sail offers’ a sweeping, cinematic tale set on the open ocean in the year 1900. © 2018 Google Spotlight Stories.

Google Spotlight Stories and Chromosphere Raise the Bar for ‘Age of Sail’ | ANIMATIONWorld

December 4, 2018

Technical art leads Cassidy Curtis and Theresa Latzko keep things shipshape in their quest to take the cinematic VR Short by Oscar-winning director John Kahrs onto the high seas.

How Baobab Studios Created a Storybook World for the Immersive ‘Crow: The Legend’ | ANIMATIONWorld

December 3, 2018

Created using the Unity game engine, VR experience and accompanying theatrical short film written and directed by Eric Darnell and produced by Maureen Fan pushes real-time graphics to new heights.

Director William Salazar’s ‘Bird Karma’ brings a classic 2D look to CG animation. © 2018 DreamWorks Animation.

Bringing a 2D Touch to DreamWorks Animation Short ‘Bird Karma’ | ANIMATIONWorld

December 3, 2018

Dive into enlightenment with the first project to emerge from the studio’s newly-launched shorts program in AWN’s exclusive video and accompanying interview with director William Salazar.

John Kahrs Enters the ‘Age of Sail’ with Cinematic New VR Short | ANIMATIONWorld

November 14, 2018

Taking virtual reality onto the high seas, Oscar-winning director of Disney’s ‘Paperman’ delves into the making of Google Spotlight Stories’ longest, most visually complex virtual reality experience to date.

Produced by Cartoon Saloon, ‘Late Afternoon’ has received 15 awards to date, including an Oscar-qualifying win for Best Animated Short at the Tribeca Film Festival.

State of Mind: Exploring Memory in Louise Bagnall’s ‘Late Afternoon’ | ANIMATIONWorld

November 9, 2018

Oscar-qualified short film produced by Cartoon Saloon uses hand-drawn digital animation to poignantly depict the internal landscape of a woman with memory loss.

Written and directed by Trevor Jimenez, ‘Weekends’ won both the Special Jury Prize and Audience Award at this year’s Annecy Festival, and topped two other Oscar-qualifying festivals, the Nashville Film Festival and the Warsaw Film Festival.

Within a Dream: Bringing Emotion To Trevor Jimenez’s ‘Weekends’ | ANIMATIONWorld

November 6, 2018

Oscar hopeful Trevor Jimenez breaks down a surreal dream sequence designed to evoke heightened emotions in his painterly short film ‘Weekends.’

‘Incredibles 2’: How Pixar Story Artist Ted Mathot Brought the ‘Auntie Edna’ Mini-Movie To Life | ANIMATIONWorld

October 31, 2018

Story artist-turned director Ted Mathot brings the iconic Edna E. Mode out of her comfort zone and into the spotlight in a new short film created for the home entertainment…

Q&A: Encounters Festival’s Kieran Argo Presents Six Top Picks for 2018 Edition | ANIMATIONWorld

September 19, 2018

Encounters animation programmer Kieran Argo delves into this year’s Oscar-qualifying international competition.

‘Animal Behaviour’ by Alison Snowden and David Fine (2018).

Walk on the Wild Side: Alison Snowden & David Fine Talk ‘Animal Behaviour’ | ANIMATIONWorld

September 10, 2018

The Oscar-winning duo behind ‘Bob’s Birthday’ returns to the NFB with a new short film exploring the animal side of human nature.

Trevor Jimenez’s ‘Weekends’ | ANIMATIONWorld

August 8, 2018

Pixar story artist Trevor Jimenez discusses the making of his painterly hand-drawn short film that takes a dreamlike look at divorce.

DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Bilby,’ directed by Liron Topaz, Pierre Perifel and JP Sans, was given the Jury Award at the 2018 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival.

SIGGRAPH 2018: A Chat with Computer Animation Festival Director Larry Bafia | ANIMATIONWorld

August 7, 2018

Ahead of this year’s SIGGRAPH Conference, Computer Animation Festival director Larry Bafia reflects on his experiences heading up this year’s edition, and dishes up some sage advice for first-time attendees.

‘time for sushi’ by David Lewandowski (2017)

David Lewandowski’s Experimental CG Shorts Are Perfect for Summer | ANIMATIONWorld

August 2, 2018

Watch Lewandowski’s surreal, rubbery, naked CG characters in the gloriously wacky trio of experimental CG-animated short films ‘going to the store,’ ‘late for meeting’ and ‘time for sushi.’

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