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Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1

…experience. A grouping of these films has often been requested by enthusiasts, though the Pixar Short Films Collection isn’t the first time we’ve seen such an assortment. The original deluxe…

Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2

…maybe the “student short films”?). Remastered in HD, this is the first time, as far as I am aware of, that seven of the directors’ earliest Cal-Arts films have been…

Annie nominations for 2011 films announced

…DreamWorks Animation Rango — Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production Rio — Blue Sky Studios Tintin — Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall Annie Award…

Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection

…those films. In fact, Lasseter’s early exposure to Walt’s films of the time is again evident here: Nessie is produced with such a reverent eye to the Studio’s films of…

Disney announces ten animated films through 2012

…of new animated features includes six new films from Pixar Animation Studios, four from Walt Disney Animation Studios, and the first four in a series of direct-to-DVD films featuring Disney…

A Conversation with Terry Rawlings

…was a group of little films that they made. AV: All overlapping? TR: Yeah, they made these little films and you were just put on to them, which was good….

Ten films up for animated short film Oscar

Ten animated short films–including Disney’s Paperman and the Simpsons cartoon Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare–are in the running for this year’s Best Animated Short film Oscar. Originally 56 films

The Art Of Pixar Short Films

…While the technical advancements in films like Luxo Jr. and Tin Toy might have wowed the crowds at Siggraph, it was the heart in the films that began to earn…

VES Unveils “50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time”

The following is the official press release from The Visual Effects Society revealing their “50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time,” which includes several animated films. It’s not…

Only two animated films in the top twenty most viewed films of all time

…It does not look at critics ratings or financial intake. Only two animated films (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at No. 3 and The Jungle Book at No. 7)…

Pixar Short Films to debut on ABC Family

…Presents Pixar Short Films, featuring twenty animated Pixar shorts, as part of the network’s annual 25 Days of Christmas programming event (December 1-25). The critically-acclaimed short films include the Academy…

Some 2020 streamed films to be Oscar eligible

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that for this year only, streamed films will be eligible for Oscars. “Until further notice, and for the 93rd Awards…

Twelve films submitted for animated Oscar

Twelve films have been submitted for consideration for the Best Animated Film category of the 80th Academy Awards: Alvin and the Chipmunks, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for…

Annie Award nominees for 2013 films revealed

films, television series to internet shows, games, shorts and student films, as well as a wonderful group of juried award recipients, all showcasing the huge variety of venues, creativity, technical…

Eighteen 2011 animated films up for Oscar consideration

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 18 films have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 84th Academy Awards. If…

Ten films to compete for visual effects Oscar this year

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 87th Oscars®. The films are listed…

Highest grossing films of 2010

Cartoons have proven themselves this year by claiming four spots on the highest grossing films list for 2010, according to Forbes. Disney raked in over $2 billion with their films

A look at Oscar's Animated Short Films

With the Oscars only days away, Animated News brings together reports from around the web to give you a closer look at the five films nominated for Best Animated Short….

Family films becoming less family-friendly?

The Associated Press, via Yahoo! Movies, investigates the subtle adult humor and cartoon violence found in many animated offerings today, including such films as Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of…

AFI Awards names The Incredibles one of the top ten films of 2004

Reuters reports that the American Film Institute’s annual AFI Awards has named The Incredibles as one of the top ten films of the year. Other films in the top ten…

Disney to release throw-back VHS tapes of recent animated films

…Disney has announced that all ten canon films released since 2009 will be featured in two waves. Originally scheduled for a spring release, but due to current events now pushed…

Updated: Studio Ghibli may no longer make feature films

There have been rumors that Studio Ghibli will be shutting down operation on animated films, and unfortunately they appear to be true, ComingSoon.net is reporting. The news comes from an…

21 Animated Films Up For Oscar Consideration

This just in from the Academy, 21 animated films could potentially be Oscar nominees. The Hollywood Reporter has a nice list that breaks the films down by animation style. CGI…

Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology

…and fourth films get less screentime, and even Supergirl gets a look-in, but even here new information leaks out. As a retrospective look back on the four films from a…

2006: A Year In Review

…per year. Of these 21 films, it is important to highlight the presence of 6 non-American films that made their North American debut this year. These six films represent the…

Disney & Yash Raj Films announce their first CG feature

As reported earlier about the collaboration between Disney and Yash Raj Films, Animation Express reports further that the duo has announced their first CG feature together named Roadside Romeo. While…

Warner Brothers Wants More Animated Films

Warner Brothers is tired ofleft out in the cold when it comes to animated films. The studio has decided to take a drastic step by creating a think tank to…

Academy announces films under consideration for animated Oscar

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 14 films have been submitted for consideration in the Best Animated Feature category for the 81st Academy Awards: Bolt,…

Thumbs down for modern children's films?

An article featured on Guardian criticizes modern children’s films for failing their audiences. The story claims that many current animated releases such as Ratatouille, The Incredibles, and Shark Tale are…

Yahoo! users rate the top 30 animated films of all time

DVD Town notes that Yahoo! have tallied their user ratings for animated films in order to come up with a ranked list of the top 30 animated films of all…