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 ...

This strange, one-of-a-kind animated short film has finally made its way online after originally premiering over 6 years ago. [O] is an animated made by filmmakers Mario Radev and Chiara Sgatti - both ...

Snow Bear is a beautifully crafted hand-drawn animated short from Oscar-nominated director Aaron Blaise , and it tells a simple but emotional story about loneliness, rejection, and unexpected ...

In 2025 and beyond, 2D animation continues to thrive not just as an art form, but as a powerful tool for storytelling, marketing, education, and beyond. Its blend of emotional resonance, stylistic ...

Being a content creator is a constant cycle of creating and marketing your art for the world to see. 2D animations are a great way to spice up your videos and add a touch of your personality to the ...

Directors Dan Abraham and Trent Correy rounded up 543 characters in their anniversary hybrid short, where 2D takes center stage. The short premieres October 15 during ABC’s “The Wonderful World of ...

One of the better ways to engage with an audience is by producing short animations to illustrate your message. But animation software is typically hard to use. And they’re usually expensive too. Which ...

When Diane Lee ’24 MFA (film and animation) was faced with the challenge of producing a short animation for Senior Lecturer Peter Murphey’s 30 Second Film course, she was torn between two concepts.

"Even darkness must pass. A new day will come... And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer," Samwise Gamgee once said. This lovely short film made by an Italian animation filmmaker Guilia ...

Two decades ago, in 2006, the team at ShortsTV transformed one of the key Oscar races, securing the rights to release all five finalists in the Academy Awards' animated short category on the big ...

The Movie Academy has named 15 animated and live-action short films complied from 180 submissions to its Oscar shortlists.

In our third article dedicated to the 2023 Academy Award for best animated short film race, we’re looking at some of the student shorts which have qualified for the upcoming competition. In August, we ...