The Animation Showcase spotlights 2025’s top award-contending animated shorts, now streaming for free for industry professionals worldwide.

“It took seven days to create the world; it only took one to disrupt its balance,” says the tagline for an award-winning ...

Annecy Cristal winner 'The Night Boots' features expressive monochromatic pinscreen animation that makes it one of the year’s ...

TL;DR: Nintendo surprised fans with "Close to You," an animated short film on its YouTube channel, featuring a baby's first steps and subtle Pikmin references. Though its connection to upcoming games ...

Directors Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi (Kevin Winter/Getty Images) The Oscar for animated short film went to “In the Shadow of the Cypress,” a wordless 20-minute animated film from married ...

DreamWorks Animation has had many runaway hits but it's rare that so many cna be perfect from beginning to end.

The Sharjah Intl. Film Festival for Children and Youth, now in its 12th edition (Oct. 6-12), affirmed its growing stature as one of the Arab world’s most dynamic and globally connected showcases for ...

Nintendo is no stranger to puzzles, but its latest one is a real head-scratcher. Out of absolutely nowhere, Nintendo released a Pixar-esque animated short on its YouTube channel called “Close to You,” ...

The award-winning anthology of animated Star Wars shorts is back with a third batch crafted by Japanese studios. Here's our ...

‘Animation companies are under pressure, being asked to do more with less each year.’ Enter Unreal Engine, Epic Games’ Rob Di Figlia argued at MipJunior In unveils, Di Figlia sneak-peeked a 90-second ...

Apple TV+ is undergoing a makeover. The streamer has dropped the plus sign and is now simply Apple TV, “with a vibrant new identity.” The news was quietly revealed in its press release announcing the ...