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 ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. World of Warcraft: The War Within will see hero Alleria Windrunner stepping into the spotlight once more as one of the expansion's main characters, ...

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 ...

Every year, the Short Film categories at the Academy Awards highlight projects that often receive far less mainstream attention than feature-length nominees. This is especially true for animated ...

"You don't have to be alone." There's a trailer available for a lovely new animated short film called Snow Bear, made by animation veteran Aaron Blaise as his own personal project. The short recently ...

"Wander to Wonder" and "In the Shadow of the Cypress" are the two favorites in an international field that emphasizes more 2D and stop-motion than CG. The Best Animated Short nominees are “Beautiful ...

The remaining contenders hail from eight other countries (Croatia, France, Estonia, Israel, Hungary, Iran, Mexico, and the U.K.), nine were directed or co-directed by women, 10 qualified through the ...

Walt Disney Animation might have gotten its start in the world of 2D animation, but for more than a decade now, it's transitioned almost exclusively to 3D animation. It’s a move that made sense at the ...

From Cats Don't Dance to The Last Unicorn, these near-perfect movies prove that there is a singular magic to 2D that no other technique can replicate.