Conceptual Czech animation originally inspired by a videogame is full of enchantment and playful designs; the project was spearheaded by a multtiskilled artist best known as Tyy Renaissance [Read More...]
The final programme of this year’s kids animation shorts at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival contains a selection of five stirring little films [Read More...]
Read Jeremy Clarke's take on the second of three programmes of this year’s impressive kids animation shorts at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
The first of three programmes of this year’s kids animation shorts boasts a stronger selection than you might expect – live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Dictators collide in this legendary Russian director's late period animation, equal parts beguiling and compelling — live from Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]
The latest visual essay by acclaimed Cambodian documentary filmmaker is typically beautiful but ultimately inconclusive — live from Berlin! [Read More...]
The long-awaited first feature from a legend of Japanese animation, this trip through the darkest places on earth more than meets expectation. [Read More...]
Legendary animals are hunted as weapons in this endlessly inventive American animation with gorgeously arresting visuals - from the Berlinale [Read More...]
London-based, highly idiosyncratic stop-frame animation twins used their unique sensibilities to create a short film for fashion house Comme des Garçons' perfume Wonderwood - this is our second article for the brand new magazine DOESN'T EXIST [Read More...]
A young man falls in love with a demon resembling alternately a woman and a giant snake, in this Chinese animated feature – now on Amazon Prime [Read More...]
Different simian races, a captive foreign prince in a Victorian-styled city and a mysterious, jungle beyond make up this animated slice of French fantastique – from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]
Life and love at the bottom of the pile in Mumbai rendered in colourful and thoroughly appropriate 2D animation, Indian style – from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]
Dying in the middle of a busy road, a dog looks back on her life and the series of people who owned her in this unusually vibrant and colourful animated movie from Annecy [Read More...]
The family unit breaks down irreparably in this riveting and stylish CG short echoing Von Trier, the Quays, Hitchcock and Lynch – from the Annecy Festival [Read More...]
Part live action, part animated! Biographical documentary Doozy offers a creative yet partial portrait of TV legend Paul Lynde - in selected cinemas across the UK from Tuesday, April 23rd [Read More...]
Do you think Snow White is a European fairy tale? Think again! Snow White's actual name was Lady Yang Guifei, she was a real person and lived in China 1,300 years ago. And she is now returning to her roots! [Read More...]
The whore, the madonna and the one-night stand. A rotoscoped drama in which three women in very different social situations struggle to survive the sexually repressive regime that is Tehran - now available on VoD [Read More...]
Japanese animation master crafts a fascinatingly puerile and colourful tale about only child coming to terms with his newly-arrived sister; it's guaranteed to please children and grown-ups alike - in cinemas Friday, November 2nd [Read More...]
Afghani girl cross-dresses in order to earn a living for the family, after her father is arrested by the Taliban - heart-wrenching animation is out on VoD on Monday, September 14th and on DVD/BD the following week [Read More...]
Story of most decorated WW1 dog gets translated into child-friendly animation, with abundant military and nationalistic celebration - in cinemas Friday, August 10th [Read More...]
Japanese animation unusually directed by a female has a very interesting twist on motherhood and is worth a watch, despite the highly elliptical narrative - in cinemas Wednesday, June 27th [Read More...]
Watch the trailer for a rare outing for the short films of Czech animation director Jiří Brdečka - the screening takes place at London's Regent Street Cinema on Monday 30 April 30th [Read More...]
Born this way, reborn that way! Groundbreaking Chinese fantasy animation follows girl who transforms into dolphin and fights to bring a boy back to life, in a story about rebirth in different shapes and forms - in cinemas from Wednesday 18th [Read More...]
One of the most subversive and singular voices of Japanese animation and the co-founder of Ghibli has sadly passed away at the age of 82; huge fan Jeremy Clarke looks back at his fascinating life and achievement - and what made his films different from everyone else's! [Read More...]
Sweet, engrossing and utterly British: stop frame animation about passion for football is fun and universal enough for anyone to watch - on Netflix on August 20th (also available on other platforms) [Read More...]
Urban dystopia has never looked as colourful as in this fast-paced, street-smart, animated, French-Japanese co-production - in cinemas Thursday, October 11th [Read More...]
Do you know what it feels like for a girl? Urban teenage boy and countryside girl repeatedly swap bodies overnight, as fate draws them together through a meteor strike. Makoto Shinkai’s breakout animation returns to cinemas, and is now for the first time in IMAX [Read More...]
Playing dirty war games: US troops carry out raids in war-torn European countries where genocide has been socially engineered, then relax off-duty to pizza and television - out in cinemas [Read More...]
A tale of two worlds: a young boy is abducted into the parallel Beast Kingdom in order to be apprenticed by their future ruler, then as a teenager becomes torn between the two societies - finally on DVD and Blu-ray [Read More...]
A shock to the system: animation examines a young Japanese woman’s life in wartime up to and including the atomic bombing of Hiroshima - in cinemas this week [Read More...]
French stop-frame animation about a young boy admitted to an orphanage following the accidental death of his mother deals with deep-seated social issues - now also available on Mubi [Read More...]
Japan’s Studio Ghibli backs a European-made animated tale without dialogue about a man marooned on a desert island and... a red reptile - now on DVD and Blu-ray [Read More...]
Hollywood eye candy with grime lovingly rubbed into its very fabric: second outing for Marvel franchise Guardians Of The Galaxy is unexpectedly and refreshingly dirty and subversive - out in cinemas [Read More...]
Deply nostalgic, puerile and unusual stop-motion animation portrays the coming-of-age tale of a transgender girl - showing right now at the BFI London LGBT Film Festival [Read More...]
