The stop-motion series aims to find if talking critters can help people understand the challenges of the traditional financial system, and present cryptocurrency as a tool to increase their financial freedom.
Director Tomoki Misato discusses crafting and filming a tactile, textured, and hand-made world for the beloved characters’ new series using wool, magnets, 3D printers, and an innovative motion control camera rig; now streaming on Netflix.
Based on the picture books from Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen, new episodes of the stop-motion preschool series will premiere globally on August 29.
Set in a dino-populated medieval fantasy world, writer-director Nate Smith’s film follows a grizzled knight’s journey to understand the courage and love it takes to give a child a better life, echoing the real-life adoption experiences of its creators.
The stop-motion comedy follows Marioneta, a proud wealthy Spaniard living in 1980s Quito, Ecuador; series premieres August 17.
Oscar winner Phil Tippett’s visual effects and animation production company showcases its latest work on projects including ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew,’ ‘The Book of Boba Fett,’ and ‘The Mandalorian.’
The new series will launch on October 6 across EMEA, Latin America, APAC and on HBO Max; series blends 2D and 3D animation, CGI, puppetry, photorealism, and live-action.
Cami Kwan shares the emotional debt she feels she owes in her heartfelt, stop-motion short about her great grandmother Joy Dep Chan, who immigrated from China to America in 1926 but was reluctant to reveal her story to anyone other than her great granddaughter.
Interviewed by ASIFA-Hollywood executive director Aubry Mintz at the Annecy Festival, the famed, Oscar-winning director, writer, and artist discusses thinking outside the box and inside the frame with his new cut-out animation film.
The 1-week Halloween run features ‘ParaNorman: The Thrifting,’ a new CG short film starring Anna Kendrick and Finn Wolfhard; hits the US on October 25 and international markets October 23.
Filmmakers Alex Lamb and Max Well’s new documentary mixes 2D, stop-motion, archival footage, and expert interviews to tell the incredible story of Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt, better known as Don the Beachcomber, creator of the Tiki bar.
The stop-mo animated series follows Marioneta, a proud, wealthy Spaniard living in 1980s Ecuador; features an all-woman cast and is produced entirely in Spanish with English subtitles.
The ‘Corpse Bride’ and ‘Frankenweenie’ screenwriter joins director Pete Candeland on the project, which follows a theater-loving high school student who is lured into an endless bacchanal in search of her missing mother.
The ‘Bones and All’ scribe will write the stop-motion animated feature be set in a house with infinite rooms, endless corridors, and walls lined with thousands of statues; Travis Knight to direct.
Ahead of Annecy 2025, DBT shares that new series ‘Sam Witch’ and Christmas special ‘Dasher’ have been greenlit; ‘Miraculous Stellar Force’ was acquired; and renewals include ‘Marvel’s Spidey and his Amazing Friends,’ ‘SuperKitties,’ ‘Disney Jr. Ariel - The Little Mermaid,’ and ‘RoboGobo.’
Designed to advance the skills of professional stop-motion animators, the 4-week intensive course starts with 2 weeks at Foliascope Studio in France, followed by 2 weeks at Aardman in the UK.
ASIFA-Hollywood celebrates the best the industry has to offer at animation’s most prestigious awards ceremony, February 21, 2026, at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
The distinguished director known for his films at the NFB, including 1977 Oscar-winning ‘The Sand Castle’ and 1972 BAFTA-winning ‘Tchou-tchou,’ passed away on May 26 in Montreal.
Celebrating the property’s 30th anniversary, Aardman and the BBC’s stop-motion series returns with new episodes filled with the hilarious exploits of Shaun, the long-suffering, loyal sheepdog Bitzer, and the flock at Mossy Bottom Farm.
AWN’s latest survey highlights a selection of under-the-radar animated shorts currently making their way through the festival circuit - or newly available online.
Aardman partners with Sky to release new animated feature in UK cinemas and VOD, with STUDIOCANAL distributing internationally.
Submissions open May 12 for animation creatives aged 11-22; deadline set for September 1, with nominations announced on October 1.
All 8 episodes of Eli Roth and Noah Belson’s cult stop-motion animated comedy series are now streaming on the platform in celebration of the show’s 25th anniversary.
‘Animation: Script to Screen’ will feature artists from collaborating studios such as LAIKA, HouseSpecial, ShadowMachine, and Tippett Studio, running from June 20 - 22.
The 3-day international animation festival runs April 5-7 in Brighton, England; the 2025 edition will include a focus on East Asian Animation.
