The Sundance Film Festival is one of the most prestigious events in entertainment. It’s an annual destination for movie fans and studio execs to see some big films first. Careers of actors and directors are born here… specifically in Park City, Utah. It may be hard to believe but Sundance did happen in person last […]

Kapaemahu has been making waves across the festival circuit, picking up several major honors. Now this animated short from Hawaii, about four extraordinary mahu and the stones that have honored them for hundreds of years, is vying for Annie and Oscar consideration. Directors Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer have poured themselves into the […]

The Fabric of You comes from writer/director Josephine Lohoar Self. After making waves overseas, this stop-motion short is vying for Best Animated Short Film awards consideration in America. Self’s bold story, about the memories of two male mice falling in love in the ’50s, is structured with a great deal of thought and attention to […]

Robin Shaw directs animated short awards hopeful The Tiger Who Came to Tea, from Lupus Films, an adaptation of the classic 1968 book from late author Judith Kerr. Academy Award nominee Benedict Cumberbatch and Golden Globe nominee David Oyelowo lead the voice cast, and Robbie Williams contributes a central song. It’s already been a big […]

Max Lang and Daniel Snaddon have made some of the most beloved animated short films and specials of the last 15 years, including The Gruffalo, Revolting Rhymes, Stick Man, Room on the Broom, Zog and Albert. Now they’re co-directors of a new short that’s vying for Oscar and Annie Awards consideration, The Snail and the […]

Netflix is debuting three new animated short films over the next month and a half that they will also be putting up for major awards consideration. The first is If Anything Happens, I Love You, directed by Michael Govier and Will McCormack. The two discuss their intentions and emotions behind the short, which is about […]