Two-time Academy Award nominee and Sundance grand jury prize winner Don Hertzfeldt has long been recognized as one of the most influential voices in independent animation. His iconic early-internet ...

In the new short film "The Windshield Wiper," Albert Mielgo attempts to uncover what it is about this thing called love that so enraptures humanity.

The definition of a short film is technically anything with a runtime of 40 minutes or less, but it's generally thought that ...

Chinese juggernaut Ne Zha 2 overtook Inside Out 2 in February as the top-grossing animated film of all time — mostly from a staggering estimated $1.89 billion in its home country alone. Mayoan expects ...

Teyana Taylor has unveiled stills from her upcoming short film “Escape Room,” featuring songs off the forthcoming album of the same name, exclusively on Variety. The singer directed and produced the ...

Imagine if Rocky Balboa were a Cuban fighting rooster and his dream of becoming a great boxer was forged in Little Havana. The protagonist of “Pollo Punch,” a short film directed by Cuban-American ...

A lonely guy tries to work up the nerve to ask someone out for coffee — or tea. He rehearses and rehearses his lines, but when the moment arrives, nature intercedes. A hornet stings him in the neck, ...

The rest of 2025 is stacked with some highly anticipated animated films, like Zootopia 2 and Mamoru Hosoda's Scarlet, but Arco's new trailer may have made it the most anticipated of all. It's a ...

3D computer animation is the go-to style for most studios making animated films today. However, traditional hand-drawn 2D animation once ruled over the industry and is sorely missed in the modern ...

Teyana Taylor has returned with Escape Room, a powerful dual release that arrives as both a full-length album and an original short film via Def Jam Recordings. Designed as a hybrid of sound and ...

Off on another adventure! Filmax in Spain has debuted the full official trailer for an animated comedy kids movie titled El Tesoro de Barracuda, or The Treasure of Barracuda in English, from the book ...

For decades, when people thought of animated blockbusters, the conversation usually surrounded Disney and Pixar titles. From The Lion King to Toy Story, Frozen to Finding Nemo, the Western giants of ...