Snow Bear, Cat and Moth, and Student Accomplice are all among the best, near-perfect animated short films from the last 5 years.

A few days after unveiling its TV and commissioned films lineup, the Annecy International Animation Festival revealed the 94 professional shorts which will be competing across six categories at this ...

Think animated movies need a huge runtime to make an impact? Think again. These five remarkable shorts prove that a few minutes can deliver breathtaking visuals, emotional storytelling, unforgettable ...

An isolated polar bear finds ways to overcome his solitude in veteran animator Aaron Blaise’s new 2D-animated short. Titled Snow Bear, the lovingly crafted work is one of the acclaimed projects which ...

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In a 15 th-century Kazakh Kingdom village without light, a young astronomer hopes to bring back the sun to her people in director Amina Ömirjan’a acclaimed short Ümit. The Savannah College of Art and ...

The band Gorillaz have debuted a brand new animated short which is part music video, part animated tale. The 8-minute animated film is titled The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God and it's out ...

AFI Fest 2026 has unveiled its full programme, bringing Brad Bird’s long-awaited Ray Gunn, Laika’s Wildwood and a clutch 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 ...

Better late than never, the immensely popular animated film Nobody is showing at this year’s Annecy after its release in China and a quiet release by CMC Pictures in the United States in 2025.

The world of feature-length animation continues to thrive, with films like Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Predator: Killer of Killers, and the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse movies pushing the ...