America and Japan have been two of the most active and esteemed filmmaking nations throughout cinematic history, with Hollywood defining the U.S.’s celluloid brilliance for almost a century, while ...

Short films are a unique outlet for filmmakers to unleash their wildest ideas and full creativity. Not bogged down by the typical limitations and rules of a feature, a director can make a short film ...

Hayao Miyazaki will continue to make short films following his retirement. The Studio Ghibli founder has revealed that he is working on some projects for the Studio Ghibli Museum in Tokyo, reports ...

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the creation of two separate branches, dividing the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch into two distinct ...

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted to have two "distinct identities" for short films and animated features behind future Academy Awards voting. Future ...

Works from Iran, Japan, France, Netherlands, and Belgium make up the field of 2025 Best Animated Short Oscar nominees, a ...

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 ...

The animation branch, to which approximately 700 Academy members will belong, will be represented by two governors, and the short films branch, to which some 200 members will belong, will be ...

Short subjects willing to tackle tough subjects made the final cut with the Academy this year. That means audiences buying tickets to the “2024 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation” program should ...