High on Hybridity: How ‘Last Dance with Mary Jane’ reimagines music video storytelling through animation, AI and artistry

Temple Caché founders Marion Castéra and Kelzang Ravach reveal how a six-month collaboration with Dave Meyers…

How Agnès Patron turned memories of siblinghood into the animated short ‘To the Woods’ 

Some films shout. ‘To the Woods’ whispers, and somehow that’s louder. French animator Agnès Patron’s short…

From Singapore to Annecy Glory: How ‘The Violinist’ became Southeast Asia’s defining animated feature

The Violinist is a profound cinematic symphony, where evocative animation and a soul-stirring score intertwine to…

Five minute franchise to the big screen: ‘Kiri and Lou Go Raaa!’ roars into Annecy with the heart of handmade storytelling

For nearly a decade, Kiri and Lou have quietly charmed audiences with their gentle humour, heartfelt…

Choosing one means losing all the rest: Alice Eça Guimarães on Sylvia Plath’s influence on the film 

There was a particular cruelty in a day off that wasn’t one. For millions of working…

How a childhood memory in Kerala became the soul of a short animated film, ‘Blu’s’

The tree is gone. In its place: a building, a road, something useful. Nobody held a…

From mermaid dreams to self-discovery: Louise Bagnall dives into the heart of ‘Julián’

Few children’s books have captured the beauty of self-expression and acceptance as tenderly as Jessica Love’s…

Old friends, new frames: Japanese animator Kohei Kadowaki turns a decades-long silence into Annecy gold

Some stories need no Hollywood budget. Kohei Kadowaki’s animated short We Are Aliens, selected for the…

Fur, fear and a French title: the stoats taking animation festivals by storm

Survival rarely came with a script. Animals didn’t get to explain their terror, narrate their grief…

India’s animation ambitions go global

Bollywood long hogged India’s cultural export story. Now a quieter revolution was underway, one drawn in…

Prince charming can wait

Every girl grows up with an idea of what her ideal man should look like. When…

‘Baahubali: The Eternal War’ draws packed house at Annecy as S.S Rajamouli, Ishan Shukla and team share WIP glimpses

The sight of attendees reserving seats, standing in long queues without registrations, and patiently waiting outside…