The Academy Awards are approaching, which means that movie buffs and critics alike have been speculating and arguing over such categories as Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Cinematography, Best ...

In recent years, the landscape of short animated films has undergone a significant shift. Short animated films are increasingly stretching beyond the 20-minute mark. In fact, three of this year’s five ...

The 2026 Oscar-nominated animated shorts mix the past and the present, fable and nonfiction. Some even look into the future, whether we like what they see or not. Florence Miailhe’s oil-painted memory ...

Splitting up the Short Films and Feature Animation branch into separate branches has been met primarily with enthusiasm. But there are concerns about their futures. The new Academy realignment that ...

Every year the Academy Awards gives out Oscars to short filmmakers, and every year a lot of people in the audience scratch their heads, because they've never seen or heard of most of the nominees.

This weekend’s Oscars are seen largely as a race between One Battle After Another and Sinners, two terrific movies that are available to stream on HBO Max after lengthy theatrical runs. In fact, all ...

This year’s Oscar-nominated animated shorts tell compact tales about first kisses, sweets and an old-fashioned children’s TV show, along with more adult topics such as PTSD and hair transplants.

"There will come soft rains & the smell of the ground, and swallows circling with their shimmering sound." An eerie, ominous warning from the past about our techno-fascist future. This animated short ...