The Greenland-based creative health communication agency, led by founder Mona Koch Madsen, is developing new video series focused on issues such as hypertension, COPD, medication literacy, and diabetes.
Cami Kwan shares the emotional debt she feels she owes in her heartfelt, stop-motion short about her great grandmother Joy Dep Chan, who immigrated from China to America in 1926 but was reluctant to reveal her story to anyone other than her great granddaughter.
The international festival of animation, games, and VFX runs November 16-21, 2025, at Teesside University in the U.K.
‘Dearest Grace’ and ‘Little Luna,’ from Hamland Entertainment and Santoro London, will play across the U.S. this Summer.
Created in partnership with Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam and Psyop director duo Todd + Kylie, the short features footage largely captured through gameplay, with cinematic storytelling elements.
The list of new AMPAS member invitees includes 41 in Animation, 25 in Visual Effects, 29 in Production Design, and 25 in Production and Technology.
The world class animation festival returns to the historic Chinese 6 Theaters in Hollywood October 17-19.
Patron and Point72 Ventures led the seed round for Chris deFaria and Aaron Sisto’s new entertainment company, with its proprietary promotion and analytics platform, that is supporting new, original IP development by backing creators and their ideas for TV, feature film and short-form projects.
Entries now being accepted in multiple categories, including shorts, visualizations, VFX sequences, game cinematics, and real-time pieces; deadline to enter is July 13.
Interviewed by ASIFA-Hollywood executive director Aubry Mintz at the Annecy Festival, the famed, Oscar-winning director, writer, and artist discusses thinking outside the box and inside the frame with his new cut-out animation film.
The June 26 ‘Animated for Impact: Short Films for Nature, Connection, and Action’ event aims to inspire action on climate and nature with selection of works from leading voices in animation.
Debut title, the short film ‘FOXING: Kitsuné-tsuki,’ was unveiled as a work-in-progress at Annecy 2025.
The 1-week Halloween run features ‘ParaNorman: The Thrifting,’ a new CG short film starring Anna Kendrick and Finn Wolfhard; hits the US on October 25 and international markets October 23.
The track, which features Qing Madi, fuels the short ‘Why We Fight,’ an introduction to the game’s first non-playable character, Mary Ade.
Taking inspiration from the adventures of Ernest Shackleton, the sequence introduces viewers to a new animated world; the conceptual project focuses on the famed explorer’s August 1914 on-foot crossing of the Antarctic continent with a crew of 27.
Ugo Bienvenu's 2D feature film and the pinscreen short by Pierre-Luc Granjon are among the 23 winners at the jam packed 49th festival edition that saw a record 18,200 accredited attendees from 118 countries.
The Blur Studio co-founder and creative director discuss Prime Video’s hit animated anthology series, sharing insights into adapting video game IP, working with global studios, and balancing creative ambition with commercial intent.
Co-creators Paul Watling and Kyle Marshall and EP Seonna Hong discuss their new animated show about 2 kids learning to navigate their multi-generational Korean American Family, the second series greenlit from Nickelodeon’s Intergalactic Shorts Program.
Ahead of Annecy 2025, DBT shares that new series ‘Sam Witch’ and Christmas special ‘Dasher’ have been greenlit; ‘Miraculous Stellar Force’ was acquired; and renewals include ‘Marvel’s Spidey and his Amazing Friends,’ ‘SuperKitties,’ ‘Disney Jr. Ariel - The Little Mermaid,’ and ‘RoboGobo.’
This year’s festival pays tribute to the country’s rich heritage of animated films dating back 110 years; program includes 10 curated film screenings, 4 heritage feature screenings, numerous films in competition, art installations throughout the city, and the Hungarian Dome immersive theater installation.
The studio behind hit series ‘Arcane’ will continue its partnership with Riot Games for the production of new content; 3 audiovisual and animation professionals, Cécile Hergaux Essame, Christine Ponzevera, and Marion Delord, are appointed to strategic positions.
Rossana Montoya (Colombia, Fiction), Juliet Klottrup (United Kingdom, Non-Fiction), Santiago O'Ryan & José Navarro (Chile, Animation), and Hayder Hoozeer & Franz Böhm (United Kingdom / Germany, Student) selected from over 11,750 film submissions.
AWN’s latest survey highlights a selection of under-the-radar animated shorts currently making their way through the festival circuit — or newly available online.
Yes, he’s back, at least for one sardonic, sarcastic, but prescient look at some of the highlights – and lowlights – from the upcoming festival by the lake!
ASIFA-Hollywood celebrates the best the industry has to offer at animation’s most prestigious awards ceremony, February 21, 2026, at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
