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‘Tangles,’ ‘Paper Trail’ Win Top Prizes At Animation Is Film
Louis Clichy’s ‘Iron Boy’ earned both the audience and special jury awards, while Anna Mantzaris’s ‘Please’ also picked up a shorts prize.
Awards
2027 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Once In A Body’ Director María Cristina Pérez González
A woman carrying a strange being seeks reconciliation with her sister in a hand-painted exploration of how memory and experience inhabit our bodies.
2027 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘The End’ Director Niki Lindroth Von Bahr
Animal travelers inhabit an airport inspired by Dante’s limbo in a stop-motion satire of modern life, where everyday frustrations meet mortality.
2027 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Because Today Is Saturday’ Director Alice Guimarães
A mother’s attempt to find time to write becomes a vivid exploration of invisible domestic labor, mental overload, and the need for creative freedom.
2027 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Dog Alone’ Director Marta Reis Andrade
An abandoned dog, a widowed grandfather, and a young woman returning home share a search for connection in this Portuguese portrait of loneliness and affection.
Sheridan Students Take Two Of The Top Three Prizes At 2026 24 Hours Animation Contest
Students had one day to turn Daniel Chong’s “Everyone Calm Down” prompt into animated shorts, with seven teams sharing over $107,000 in prizes.
2027 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Cosmonauts’ Director Leo Černic
Three lonely travelers seek sex, affection, and belonging on an intergalactic singles cruise in a 2D comedy that pairs bawdy humor with tenderness.
2027 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Monitor’ Director Michael Berardini
The anxieties of new parenthood become blood-freezing, supernatural horror in this indie short that opened the 2026 Annecy Festival.
2027 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Daughters Of The Late Colonel’ Director Lizzy Hobbs
Two sisters reconsider life after their overbearing father’s death in an ink-and-paint adaptation of Katherine Mansfield’s story, full of warmth and humor.
2027 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Bread Will Walk’ Director Alex Boya
A sister protects her bread-transformed brother from a hungry mob in a hand-drawn satire of overconsumption, told in one continuous shot.
2027 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Living With A Visionary’ Director Stephen P. Neary
Narrated by James Cromwell, the handmade film explores love, caregiving, and loss through an intimate story adapted from John Matthias’ memoir.
2027 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘9 Million Colors’ Director Bára Anna Stejskalová
A mantis shrimp befriends a blind fish in a stop-motion musical exploring female friendship and how we connect when we see the world differently.
2027 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘The Scarlet Tamagochi’ Director Francisco Visceral
Visceral discusses the childhood fears, schoolyard politics, and handmade animation behind his Oscar-qualified Chilean short.
2027 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Acid City’ Directors Jack Wedge And Will Freudenheim
Acid City blends real New York voices with a surreal sci-fi world to explore climate change, extreme heat, and our relationship with water.
Cartoon Saloon To Receive Honorary Award At 23rd Seville Film Festival
Seville’s expanded animation lineup includes Annecy winners ‘The Violinist’ and ‘Blaise, along with opening film ‘Viva Carmen.’
2027 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Corpus Christi’ Director Bea Lema
Bea Lema discusses ‘Corpus Christi,’ her partly embroidered animated short about mental illness, religion, family, and inherited trauma.
ASIFA-Hollywood Unveils New Two-Day Animation Showcase Ahead Of Awards Season
ASIFA-Hollywood is launching a two-day animation showcase in Los Angeles featuring Disney/Pixar, Netflix, Laika, Sony, DreamWorks, and more.
‘We Are Aliens,’ ‘Praying Mantis’ Win Top Prizes As ‘Ball Face’ Makes Student Film History At OIAF 2026
Other Ottawa International Animation Festival winners included ‘Eri,’ ‘The Comet,’ Adult Swim’s ‘The Elephant,’ and Don Hertzfeldt’s ‘Paper Trail.’
Cheyenne Curtis Wins OIAF Pitch THIS! 2026 With ‘King Baby Snail’
Selected from more than 100 submissions, Curtis’s series pitch won a CAD $11,300 prize package. Gino Baldeon’s ‘tiny BIG adventure’ was runner-up.
‘Metafear’ Takes Best In Show At Spark Animation 2026: Full Winners List
The Vancouver festival also honored Canadian short ‘Distance,’ student film ‘The Memory Clocksmith,’ and the late educator and fest Chair, Keith P. Blackmore.
