Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
Hurikán, which won the Audience Award at Annecy, is among the most audacious shorts on the Oscar shortlist. Adapted from a comic book character with a pig's head by Czech filmmaker Jan Saska, the black-and-white, hand-drawn short offers a wild, noirish romp through Prague's urban Žižkov district.
Animation Scoop's coverage of the 2026 Oscars shortlisted animated short films continues with Autokar, from director Sylwia Szkiladz.
Director Florence Miailhe's "Butterfly" is one of the 15 finalists for this year's Best Animated Short Film Oscar. This Annecy-winning drama about Jewish French swimmer Alfred Nakache, who competed in the Olympics and was held captive at Auschwitz, is presented in painting-style animation.
Emmy-winner James A. Castillo is the director of one of the 15 shortlisted animated shorts for the 98th Oscars. It's the dramatic horror / thriller The Quinta's Ghost, which I first screened last year during its Tribeca Festival run.
Crunchyroll's "Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle" continues breaking box office records. It's not only the highest-grossing Japanese film of all time with $682 million worldwide, but also the number one international film ever in North America with $134.5 million.
Directors Tom McGrath and Eric Darnell reflect on making the star-studded comedy classic, which spawned two sequels, a Penguins spinoff film, TV shows and holiday specials. And is a new installment is on the way?
Cartoon Saloon is back in the Animated Short conversation — on the 2026 Academy Awards shortlist for director Giovanna Ferrari's Éiru, about a girl in a warrior clan who seeks to find missing water and may discover much, much more.
GKIDS announced today its acquisition of US distribution rights to the latest Shaun The Sheep feature from Aardman. First look at the trailer, here.
Super Bowl champion Martellus Bennett and Emmy-winning Phineas and Ferb co-creator Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh have teamed-up for the new animated family series. We spoke to them.
One of the 15 finalists for the upcoming Best Animated Short Film Oscar is Cardboard, from director J.P. Vine and Locksmith Animation. This is the Animation Scoop Interview.
