‘Steakhouse’ Uses a Classic Disney Animation Technique to Serve Up Meaty Domestic Drama
Špela Čadež tells IndieWire about the “psychological violence” of her award-winning film, shortlisted for the Best Animated Short Oscar.
Špela Čadež tells IndieWire about the “psychological violence” of her award-winning film, shortlisted for the Best Animated Short Oscar.
Director Joel Crawford and VFX supervisor Mark Edwards break down their unique 2D look for the fights between Puss and The Wolf.
With no big studio shorts in competition, it’s a wide open race for indie and international contenders.
The Oscar-nominated and Palme d’Or-winning duo of Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis tell IndieWire about animating one survivor’s two-kilometers-high tale.
The filmmakers behind “Eternal Spring” and “Aurora’s Sunrise” on why animation was the proper medium to tell their subjects’ stories.
One of the writers behind “Moana” and “Ralph Breaks the Internet” tells IndieWire about bringing flights of fancy to her own adolescent misadventures.
The animators behind “Kung Fu Panda,” “Tales of Arcadia,” and “The Book of Life” reflect on working in the “Pinocchio” director’s “protected playground”s.
Cinematographer Frank Passingham tells IndieWire about being inspired by Gordon Willis and Russell Metty, and bringing a naturalism to a stop-motion world.
Director Dean Fleischer Camp tells IndieWire the process of advocating for the film’s Best Animated Feature qualification “is like defending your child.”
Hideaki Anno’s pioneering mecha anime franchise has grown into a behemoth — but there’s a simplicity to its seemingly complex nature.
“We have to execute the same level of precision, realism, but in miniature,” the director said of the stop-motion process that brought his Best Picture contender and Best Animated Feature frontrunner to life.
For the animators, the pantomime character was like playing charades with a balloon animal — and a symbol of the studio’s legacy.