Dean Atta reflects on winning a BAFTA for 'Two Black Boys in Paradise,' the power of Black queer storytelling, and how controversy couldnβt overshadow a historic night.
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Dean Atta reflects on winning a BAFTA for 'Two Black Boys in Paradise,' the power of Black queer storytelling, and how controversy couldnβt overshadow a historic night.
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With magical girls, vampire romance, and fandom-driven storytelling, 'The Three Tomes' is the show she wanted as a kid, and the one sheβs making independently for teenagers today.
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We spoke to Navickas, a storyboard revisionist at Disney TV, about building a team outside the studio system, creating YA animation for teens, and surviving an eroding industry.
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βBlack kids deserve to go to Narnia.β Animator Breana Navickas on crafting 'The Three Tomes' and building a fantasy world on her own terms.
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Exclusive: An Oscar-nominated film built in a house with a garden. Our latest video goes inside the hand-built Paris studio where 'Arco' was made - tables, screening room, and all - designed to feel lived in, human, and full of memory. www.cartoonbrew.com/studios/arco...
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'Smiling Friends' will end after Season 3, but two more episodes are on the way. Creators Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack say burnout and wanting to leave on a high note drove the decision.
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'Avatar' and 'KPop Demon Hunters' were the big winners at last night's VES Awards, but there were plenty of other plaudits to be shared.
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After Paramount Skydance submitted an improved bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix has declined to raise its own $82.7 billion offer, clearing the way for Paramountβs bid, and raising new questions about the studioβs future.
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Exclusive: An Oscar-nominated film built in a house with a garden. Our latest video goes inside the hand-built Paris studio where 'Arco' was made - tables, screening room, and all - designed to feel lived in, human, and full of memory. www.cartoonbrew.com/studios/arco...
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'Smiling Friends' will end after Season 3, but two more episodes are on the way. Creators Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack say burnout and wanting to leave on a high note drove the decision.
www.cartoonbrew.com/series/smili...
'Avatar' and 'KPop Demon Hunters' were the big winners at last night's VES Awards, but there were plenty of other plaudits to be shared.
www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/ves-a...
Los Angeles Filmforum presents Femme Grotesquerie, a program of experimental animated shorts reimagining femininity through excess, discomfort, and transformation. March 8, 7:30 p.m., followed by a discussion with filmmakers and curator Sam Gurry.
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'Zootopia 2' has passed 'Minecraft' as 2025's top domestic release. The sequelβs unprecedented opening, long furry legs, and global appeal pushed it past the yearβs early box office frontrunner.
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Crunchyroll continues to align streaming and theatrical releases with a May 1 cinema debut for 'That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea.'
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'Hey A.J.!' studio Surfing Giant Studios is expanding its European footprint with a new Tenerife facility opening in spring 2026, creating 100+ animation jobs and strengthening the islandβs role as an emerging global animation hub.
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βPure, unadulterated rage and grief': USC students and staff were left in varying degrees of shock when the university announced it is shuttering its four-year-old Expanded Animation MFA program.
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The Oscar-qualifying New York International Childrenβs Film Festival has unveiled its 2026 animation lineup, led by Pixarβs 'Hoppers' and a deep roster of global features and shorts.
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Los Angeles Filmforum presents Femme Grotesquerie, a program of experimental animated shorts reimagining femininity through excess, discomfort, and transformation. March 8, 7:30 p.m., followed by a discussion with filmmakers and curator Sam Gurry.
www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/fe...
'Zootopia 2' has passed 'Minecraft' as 2025's top domestic release. The sequelβs unprecedented opening, long furry legs, and global appeal pushed it past the yearβs early box office frontrunner.
www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-r...
Crunchyroll continues to align streaming and theatrical releases with a May 1 cinema debut for 'That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea.'
www.cartoonbrew.com/distribution...
'Hey A.J.!' studio Surfing Giant Studios is expanding its European footprint with a new Tenerife facility opening in spring 2026, creating 100+ animation jobs and strengthening the islandβs role as an emerging global animation hub.
www.cartoonbrew.com/studios/surf...
The Oscar-qualifying New York International Childrenβs Film Festival has unveiled its 2026 animation lineup, led by Pixarβs 'Hoppers' and a deep roster of global features and shorts.
www.cartoonbrew.com/festivals/ne...
A look inside the making of 'Huxley: The Oracle,' a sweeping, ambitious trailer for the second book in Mauro's expansive sci-fi series.
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From 'Astartes' to 'Huxley': how Ben Mauro and Digital Bones teamed up on an animated short that functions as both tone piece and proof of concept for a larger sci-fi universe.
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More than three decades after its initial release, 'Kiki's Delivery Service' is getting a 4K remaster and IMAX theatrical release. Tickets in the U.S. and Canada are on sale now.
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A look inside the making of 'Huxley: The Oracle,' a sweeping, ambitious trailer for the second book in Mauro's expansive sci-fi series.
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From 'Astartes' to 'Huxley': how Ben Mauro and Digital Bones teamed up on an animated short that functions as both tone piece and proof of concept for a larger sci-fi universe.
www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/huxle...
BAFTA was overshadowed by controversy, but that shouldn't overshadow the achievement of the quietly beautiful stop-motion short 'Two Black Boys in Paradise' winning Best British Short Animation, a celebration of Black queer love and self-acceptance.
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'KPop Demon Hunters' is headed to the Criterion Collection. It's a once-unimaginable but now-telling endorsement of a recent (it only came out eight months ago!) streaming-first animated hit and its immediate and lasting cultural impact.
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Happy 20th Doogalversary to all those who celebrate.
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