Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hello, and welcome to Sketch to Screen, a newsletter looking at the world of animation from yours truly, IndieWire Curation Editor ...

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Below are the Best Documentary Short nominees: As we learn at the end of seventy ...

Oscars Best Animated Short Film Commentary (Updated March 9, 2026): It’s a tale as old as time: Oscar pools are won or lost in the shorts categories. And this year’s animated short race may be the ...

Toy Story 5, Wildwood, and Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse are all among the most highly anticipated upcoming animated ...

Hello, and welcome to Sketch to Screen, a newsletter looking at the world of animation from yours truly, IndieWire Curation Editor Wilson Chapman. This is a space to celebrate all of animation, from ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

2025 has been a great year for movies, and while plenty of fantastic live-action movies are getting all kinds of buzz, animated films are often left out of the conversation. The medium of animation ...

Still from 'Retirement Plan.' Photo Credit: John Kelly. Still from 'Retirement Plan.' Photo Credit: John Kelly. Filmmaker John Kelly chatted about his 2026 Academy Award nomination for “Best Animated ...

Animation is a medium, not a genre, and our list of the best animated films of all time shows the limitless potential of this dazzling form of filmmaking.

'Snow Bear.' Photo Credit: Aaron Blaise. 'Snow Bear.' Photo Credit: Aaron Blaise. “Snow Bear” is an animated short film by former Disney animator and Oscar-nominated animator Aaron Blaise (“Brother ...