Contributor: As today's Oscar nominations show, Hollywood animation is in creative crisis

While five of 2025 highest grossers were animated, including "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Zootopia 2," creative timidity ...
Variety

AI in Animation Is Not an All-or-Nothing Proposition

A recent panel of animation players and experts posited an optimistic view of AI’s potential role in animation As industry jobs decline, AI could offer avenues for independent animators through ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Filmart: HKIFF Industry Looks to Expand on China’s Animation Boom

An initiative hopes to ride the wave of 'Ne Zha' — the Middle Kingdom's biggest animated hit in history — with six new animated productions: "We will probably see other project markets doing more ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Indies and Icons, Tentpoles and Oscar Contenders: Annecy at 40 Sets the Animation Agenda

From the biggest studio titles to cutting-edge independents, every frame of the global animation industry runs through Annecy. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief For the next seven days, the ...