In the Shadow of the Cypress, a short film by Iranian directors Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani, has won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. The 20-minute animated short follows a retired ...

Being nominated for an Academy Award is often viewed as one of the highest honors any film achieves, let alone winning. The odds are always stacked against you, especially if you’re a foreign picture, ...

The Seville European Film Festival is increasing its animation focus this year, introducing its first dedicated award for Best Animated Short Film in its 22-year history. Running November 7–15, the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Flow,” a wordless cat parable, won the Oscar for animated feature at Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards. The win gives Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis his first Academy Award. “Flow” ...

At the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the 97th Academy Awards are now in progress, and the excitement is reaching its peak.

"Wander to Wonder" and "In the Shadow of the Cypress" are the two favorites in an international field that emphasizes more 2D and stop-motion than CG. The Best Animated Short nominees are “Beautiful ...

Starting in 2002, feature-length animated films were included in awards season in the same way their short animated film compatriots had been since 1932 — with their own dedicated Academy Awards ...