It is most often the case when I refer to my work as experimental animation that I am met with the question, what is experimental animation? I am instantly reminded of a story about Louis Armstrong in ...

Animation and video editing in Linux can be treacherous territory. Anyone who has tried working in these media probably has experienced the frustration of rendering a huge file for an hour only to see ...

As 2026 begins, reflecting on 2025’s anime landscape reveals a year of unparalleled triumphs. From blockbuster sequels like ...

LOS ANGELES — Every year, the Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation travels to several cities across the US, screening a curated program of animated shorts for fans of animation or just plain ...

Salute Your Shorts is a weekly column that looks at short films, music videos, commercials or any other short form visual media that generally gets ignored. With Phil Mulloy’s films, it’s easy to see ...

Experimental animation doesn’t get enough love, but it’s an incredibly exciting, historically rich part of cinema. The Criterion Channel currently has a great lineup of such films from around the ...

In our ongoing series on exceptional international animation schools, we take a look at one of the most famous animation schools in the world: California Institute of the Arts. Located in Valencia, ...

According to curators Lili Carré and Alexander Stewart, the Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation aspires to “blend an appreciation of classic animation with the sensibilities of avant-garde ...

Animation is most often viewed on a screen. But when animators break traditional rules and abandon the “almighty rectangle,” Christine Banna says artistic magic can happen. See the concert The next ...

Film Movement has bought North American rights to “Bouchra,” a fusion of queer storytelling and experimental animation, which debuted at Toronto in the Platform section. “Bouchra” is directed by a duo ...

Now in its ninth year, the Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation, curated by artists Alexander Stewart and Lilli Carré, remains the best annual survey of the form, one that takes care not to ...

The minimal and subliminal converge in Swiss artist Yves Netzhammer‘s Annecy Contrechamp title “Journey of Shadows” (“Reise der Schatten”). Netzhammer, who made his feature debut with “Journey,” is ...