Being nominated for an Academy Award is often viewed as one of the highest honors any film achieves, let alone winning. The odds are always stacked against you, especially if you’re a foreign picture, ...

Splitting up the Short Films and Feature Animation branch into separate branches has been met primarily with enthusiasm. But there are concerns about their futures. The new Academy realignment that ...

The 2025 Oscar nominees have just been announced and, surprise, surprise, 2024’s best anime movies were completely snubbed in the Best Animated Feature category. But, it’s not all bad news, as Magic ...

The animation branch, to which approximately 700 Academy members will belong, will be represented by two governors, and the short films branch, to which some 200 members will belong, will be ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences board of governors has voted to divide its Short Films and Feature Animation branch into two distinct branches: the Animation Branch and the Short Films ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City native who’s worked in the animation industry for more than 30 years returned to the city to open a post-secondary animation training school called Hollywood Animation ...