Los Angeles Animation Festival 2025
Begins: December 6, 2025
The international animation festival, founded in 2007, is dedicated to indie and student films; the festival runs December 6-7.
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Animation Educators Forum Announces 2025 Top 5 Student Films
This year’s Student Animation Showcase film selections are all from Ringling College of Art and Design; each to receive ASIFA-Hollywood membership and free submissions to the Annie Awards.
‘Éiru’: The Irish Wild’s Call for Connection
Director Giovanna Ferrari and Cartoon Saloon bring Celtic mythology and feminine resilience to life in the hand-drawn short that reimagines Ireland’s spiritual connection to nature through a fearless young girl’s mythic journey.
Nigerian Animated Short ‘Okunkun Lo’ Now Streaming on YouTube
The project, from animator and director Bankole Lasekan, follows a schoolboy and baby rhino who are forced into an alliance for survival in the African savannah.
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Winners Announced for 2025 Student Academy Awards
12 short films, including 3 animations, from 3,127 entries, are awarded at 52nd ceremony, held in New York City; all winning films now eligible for 98th Oscars.
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Digitoonz Greenlights Production on ‘Enormous’ Starring Mel Brooks
Tony Hale, Ghostface Killah, and Ming-Na Wen board the heartfelt 3DCG short film, helmed by ‘Storks’ and ‘Presto’ director Doug Sweetland, about a man overcoming depression with the help of his pug Jelly Donut’s love.
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Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2025
Begins: October 23, 2025
FAF 2025 returns to Fredrikstad, Norway with a full program celebrating the dynamic storytelling of global animation October 23-26.
‘Death Does Not Exist,’ ‘Il burattino e la balena’ Lead OIAF 2025 Winners
Félix Dufour-Laperrière takes home the Grand Prize for feature animation, while Roberto Catani takes home the Grand Prize for short animation, at the 49th annual Ottawa International Animation Festival.
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JALI Research Powers ‘When the Moon Sings’ in Competition at OIAF 2025
Jesu Medina’s short film, selected for the Canadian Student Animation program, is an abstract narrative thriller that follows a desperate mother who falls victim to a series of cruel encounters with the Muse, the Angel, and the Demon; fest runs September 24-28.
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‘Spike & Mike’ Returns to Theaters After Nearly 2 Decades
24 ‘Sick & Twisted’ films make up the inaugural 3-day ‘Animation Extravaganza 2025’ comeback festival that’s releasing in the U.S. on October 31.
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ANIMASYROS 2025 Unveils Animation Festival Program
Award-winning films, leading animation figures, special tributes, educational workshops, Agora activities, and a variety of parallel events headed to the capital and seven islands of the Cyclades from September 22-28.
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Pete Docter to Kick-Off 24 HOURS Animation Contest for Students
The 23rd annual global competition, hosted by Professor Aubry Mintz at Cal State Long Beach, will award 7 teams for their 30-second animated film made in no more than 24 hours; famed Pixar director will not reveal theme until contest starts.
Los Angeles Animation Festival 2025 Announces Entry Deadline
Submissions must be received by September 26; submissions are accepted through November 7 for an extra fee; festival runs December 6-7.
‘Munch Rexford: Legendary Poacher!!’ Returns to Adult Swim SMALLS
The animated series from Australian creator Millie Holten and producer Nicolas Colla follows the exploits of a sad hunter trying to bag elusive and often mythological big game; a new episode debut on September 26 and October 3.
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LAIKA Celebrates 20 Years - ‘ParaNorman’ Return to Theaters
The spooktacular stop-motion film will re-release in newly remastered 3D and 2D formats as part of the studio's year-long 20th Anniversary celebration; hits international markets on October 23 and the US on October 25.
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New Chitose 2025 Reveals Short Film, 30 Seconds Animation Selections
From 2,479 submissions, 62 have been chosen for the Short Film (international/Japan/Student/Music) competition, while 8 works were chosen from 172 submissions for the 30 Seconds Animation competition; festival runs November 21 -25.
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ITFS 2026 Call for Entries is Now Open
The Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film has begun accepting film submissions - the deadline for the short film competition is November 15, 2025; the deadline for the feature-length film competition is January 15, 2026.
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Sing, Dance, Slay in Ottawa: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Sing-Along and Director Q&A Set
OIAF 2025 will help seal the Honmoon with a special screening of the hugely successful Netflix musical adventure, with directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans on-hand to discuss; Kevin Gillis will talk all things ‘The Raccoons’ at the Animation Exposé.
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FLAMIN Animations Announces New Animator Cohort
Film London’s commissioning program for early-career Black and African, Asian, indigenous, Latin American, or mixed-heritage backgrounds animators welcomes David Adeyemi, Jasmine Hewitt, Brandon Saunders, and Lysander Wong to its 2025-2026 program.
Binocular Briefs – A Tribute to Phil Mulloy
AWN’s latest short film survey remembers the raw, minimalist, and ferociously satirical work of the legendary indie filmmaker, who passed away this July.
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A Night of Fleischer Magic at the Museum of the Moving Image
Animator Aaron Augenblick led a nostalgic dive into Fleischer Studios and brothers Max and Dave’s history with a screening of restored ‘Koko the Clown’ cartoons and a lively discussion on New York’s gritty animation roots with Stephen DeStefano, Mark Newgarden, and J.J. Sedelmaier.
Exclusive: Watch Arcana Studio’s ‘Pigasus’ Animated Short
The award-winning 3DCG film by Sean Patrick O’Reilly, about a special little pig on a path to fulfill his destiny, follows its almost 200-festival run with a digital release on YouTube.
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Dan French Crafts Underground World for Jianbo’s ‘For The Honour’ Music Video
Directed and animated by the artist and produced by Stink, the short takes viewers on a surreal descent into a stylized, CGI cyber-world where identity, ancestry, and alternate futures collide.
The Academy Elects 2025-2026 Academy Foundation Board Members, Officers
The Academy Foundation Board comprises 12 trustees who also serve as members of the Academy Board of Governors; casting director Kim Taylor-Coleman was elected Board president.
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Catch the National Film Board of Canada at SIGGRAPH 2025
Head of technical direction and production technologies Éloi Champagne will participate in a Real-Time Live! Session, and will sit down with filmmaker Amanda Strong to discuss ‘Inkwo for When the Starving Return;’ Jo Roy’s ‘Corpus and the Wandering’ will screen as part of the Electronic Theater.
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