If you want to ace your Oscar pool, you musn’t ignore the three short film categories — animation, live-action and documentary. But what cinephile would, anyway? The 15 nominees here have already won ...

The animated short, playing at Animation In Film this weekend, follows a young couple looking to start a family who experience a gamut of emotions-from grief and loss to ultimate joy-as they embark on ...

From a swoony French short about kids grossed out by kissing to an ultra-dark look behind the scenes of a canceled children's TV show, this year's noms run the gamut of styles and ideas. The closest ...

“In the Shadow of the Cypress” won Best Animated Short Film at this year’s Academy Awards, garnering Iran its third Oscar win. CNN’s Becky Anderson spoke with filmmakers Shirin Sohani and Hossein ...

Variety is proud to announce the fourth edition of its “Pixels and Pencils” series, highlighting the directors behind some of this year’s animated films at this year’s SCAD Savannah Film Festival.

Two decades ago, in 2006, the team at Shorts International transformed one of the key Oscar races, securing the rights to release all five finalists in the Academy Awards’ animated short category on ...