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href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2025-oscars-short-film-contenders-orens-way-director-keika-lee-243818.html">2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Oren’s Way’ Director Keika Lee</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“You don’t need to change yourself in order to change the world; you just have to be yourself,” says director Keika Lee about the idea behind her Oscar-qualified short ‘Oren’s Way.’ </p> </div> <footer> <p class="byline author vcard">By Kévin Giraud | <time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-22T12:38:07-08:00" data-relative="true">2 days ago</time></p> </footer> </div> </article><article class="post-list cb-post-item cb-cat-feature post-243831 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-shorts tag-hossein-molayemi tag-oscars-2025-shorts tag-shirin-sohani location-iran"> <div class="cb-ftr-thumb"> <a 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https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/themiracle_deutz-108x81.jpg 108w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/themiracle_deutz-180x135.jpg 180w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px" /></a> </div> <div class="cb-post-content"> <header class="no-slug"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2025-oscars-short-film-contenders-the-miracle-director-nienke-deutz-243763.html">2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘The Miracle’ Director Nienke Deutz</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Deutz’s film has qualified multiple times over for this year’s Oscar competition, including winning the grand prize at Animafest Zagreb.</p> </div> <footer> <p class="byline author vcard">By Kévin Giraud | <time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-19T06:04:43-08:00" data-relative="true">6 days ago</time></p> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-list cb-post-item post-243795 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-shorts tag-fons-schiedon tag-jamie-james-medina tag-nadia-hallgren tag-the-brown-dog"> <div class="cb-thumb"> <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2025-oscars-short-film-contenders-the-brown-dog-directors-nadia-hallgren-and-jamie-james-medina-243795.html"><img width="288" height="216" src="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/thebrowndog-1-288x216.jpg" class="attachment-promo-thumb size-promo-thumb wp-post-image" alt="The Brown Dog" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/thebrowndog-1-288x216.jpg 288w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/thebrowndog-1-108x81.jpg 108w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/thebrowndog-1-180x135.jpg 180w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px" /></a> </div> <div class="cb-post-content"> <header class="no-slug"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a 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Iranian short earned its Oscars qualification by winning best animated short film at the Foyle Film Festival in Ireland.</p> </div> <footer> <p class="byline author vcard">By Kévin Giraud | <time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-13T20:25:17-08:00" data-relative="true">2 weeks ago</time></p> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-list cb-post-item post-243791 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-shorts tag-magnhild-winsnes tag-mikrofilm tag-national-film-board-of-canada tag-torill-kove location-canada location-norway"> <div class="cb-thumb"> <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2025-oscars-short-film-contenders-maybe-elephants-director-torill-kove-243791.html"><img width="288" height="216" src="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/maybeelephants_kove-288x216.jpg" class="attachment-promo-thumb size-promo-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Maybe Elephants" decoding="async" loading="lazy" 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category-shorts tag-boat-people tag-kjell-boersma tag-mixed-media tag-national-film-board-of-canada tag-nfb tag-oscars-2025-shorts tag-thao-lam location-canada"> <div class="cb-thumb"> <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2025-oscars-short-film-contenders-boat-people-directors-thao-lam-and-kjell-boersma-243693.html"><img width="288" height="216" src="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/boatpeople-288x216.jpg" class="attachment-promo-thumb size-promo-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Boat People" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/boatpeople-288x216.jpg 288w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/boatpeople-108x81.jpg 108w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/boatpeople-180x135.jpg 180w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px" /></a> </div> <div class="cb-post-content"> <header class="no-slug"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2025-oscars-short-film-contenders-boat-people-directors-thao-lam-and-kjell-boersma-243693.html">2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Boat People’ Directors Thao Lam And Kjell Boersma</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>The NFB film earned its Oscars qualification by winning the Helen Hill Award for animated short at the New Orleans Film Festival.</p> </div> <footer> <p class="byline author vcard">By Kévin Giraud | <time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-06T22:29:27-08:00" data-relative="true">3 weeks ago</time></p> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-list cb-post-item post-243622 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-shorts tag-mathilde-bedouet tag-oscars-2025-shorts location-france"> <div class="cb-thumb"> <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2025-oscars-short-film-contenders-summer-96-director-mathilde-bedouet-243622.html"><img width="288" height="216" src="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/summer96-288x216.jpg" class="attachment-promo-thumb size-promo-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Summer 96" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/summer96-288x216.jpg 288w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/summer96-108x81.jpg 108w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/summer96-180x135.jpg 180w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px" /></a> </div> <div class="cb-post-content"> <header class="no-slug"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2025-oscars-short-film-contenders-summer-96-director-mathilde-bedouet-243622.html">2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Summer 96’ Director Mathilde Bédouet</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Mathilde Bédouet’s ‘Summer 96’ qualified for the Oscars by winning the prestigious César Award, France’s equivalent of the Academy Award. </p> </div> <footer> <p class="byline author vcard">By Kévin Giraud | <time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-03T12:45:53-08:00" data-relative="true">3 weeks ago</time></p> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-list cb-post-item post-243600 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-shorts tag-joris-oprins tag-marieke-blaauw tag-oscars-2025-shorts tag-roggeveen location-netherlands"> <div class="cb-thumb"> <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2025-oscar-contenders-quota-directors-job-roggeveen-joris-oprins-and-marieke-blaauw-243600.html"><img width="288" height="216" src="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/quota_still-288x216.jpg" class="attachment-promo-thumb size-promo-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Quota" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/quota_still-288x216.jpg 288w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/quota_still-108x81.jpg 108w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/quota_still-180x135.jpg 180w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px" /></a> </div> <div class="cb-post-content"> <header class="no-slug"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2025-oscar-contenders-quota-directors-job-roggeveen-joris-oprins-and-marieke-blaauw-243600.html">2025 Oscar Contenders: ‘Quota’ Directors Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, and Marieke Blaauw</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>The Oscar-nominated trio behind ‘A Single Life’ is back with a new dark comedy about climate change and individual responsibility.</p> </div> <footer> <p class="byline author vcard">By Kévin Giraud | <time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-31T19:55:25-07:00" data-relative="true">3 weeks ago</time></p> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-list cb-post-item post-243542 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-shorts tag-ikki-films tag-iliade-et-films tag-loic-espuche tag-oscars-2025-shorts location-france"> <div class="cb-thumb"> <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2025-oscar-contenders-yuck-director-loic-espuche-243542.html"><img width="288" height="216" src="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/yuck_espuche-288x216.jpg" class="attachment-promo-thumb size-promo-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Yuck!" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/yuck_espuche-288x216.jpg 288w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/yuck_espuche-108x81.jpg 108w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/yuck_espuche-180x135.jpg 180w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px" /></a> </div> <div class="cb-post-content"> <header class="no-slug"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2025-oscar-contenders-yuck-director-loic-espuche-243542.html">2025 Oscar Contenders: ‘Yuck!’ Director Loïc Espuche</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>In this Oscar-qualified short, a group of children discover the grossest thing ever: couples kissing on the mouth.</p> </div> <footer> <p class="byline author vcard">By Kévin Giraud | <time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-28T17:31:43-07:00" data-relative="true">4 weeks ago</time></p> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-list cb-post-item post-243514 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-shorts category-stop-motion tag-academy-awards tag-nina-gantz tag-oscars-2025-shorts tag-wander-to-wonder"> <div class="cb-thumb"> <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2025-oscar-contenders-wander-to-wonder-director-nina-gantz-243514.html"><img width="288" height="216" src="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/wandertowonder-288x216.jpg" class="attachment-promo-thumb size-promo-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Wander to Wonder" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/wandertowonder-288x216.jpg 288w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/wandertowonder-108x81.jpg 108w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/wandertowonder-180x135.jpg 180w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px" /></a> </div> <div class="cb-post-content"> <header class="no-slug"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2025-oscar-contenders-wander-to-wonder-director-nina-gantz-243514.html">2025 Oscar Contenders: ‘Wander To Wonder’ Director Nina Gantz</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Our Oscar contenders series kicks off today with ‘Wander to Wonder,’ a creepy look at the lives of puppets who are left alone in a tv studio after their creator dies. </p> </div> <footer> <p class="byline author vcard">By Kévin Giraud | <time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-25T13:38:16-07:00" data-relative="true">1 month ago</time></p> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-list cb-post-item post-243478 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-feature-film category-shorts tag-a-crab-in-the-pool tag-adam-elliot tag-alexandra-myotte tag-animation-is-film tag-flow tag-gints-zilbalodis tag-jean-sebastien-hamel tag-memoir-of-a-snail tag-naoko-yamada tag-nina-gantz tag-the-colors-within tag-wander-to-wonder location-los-angeles"> <div class="cb-thumb"> <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/flow-wander-to-wonder-win-top-honors-at-animation-is-film-festival-243478.html"><img width="288" height="216" src="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/flow_wandertowonder-288x216.jpg" class="attachment-promo-thumb size-promo-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Flow, Wander to Wonder" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/flow_wandertowonder-288x216.jpg 288w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/flow_wandertowonder-108x81.jpg 108w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/flow_wandertowonder-180x135.jpg 180w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px" /></a> </div> <div class="cb-post-content"> <header class="no-slug"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/flow-wander-to-wonder-win-top-honors-at-animation-is-film-festival-243478.html">‘Flow,’ ‘Wander To Wonder’ Win Top Honors At Animation Is Film Festival</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Both films have emerged as key Oscar contenders in the animated feature and short categories. </p> </div> <footer> <p class="byline author vcard">By Amid Amidi | <time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-22T13:36:43-07:00" data-relative="true">1 month ago</time></p> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-list cb-post-item post-243434 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-feature-film category-festivals category-shorts tag-adam-elliot tag-bfi-london-film-festival tag-memoir-of-a-snail tag-olivia-las-nubes tag-tomas-pichardo-espaillat location-dominican-republic location-london"> <div class="cb-thumb"> <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/memoir-of-a-snail-beats-out-live-action-films-wins-top-prize-at-bfi-london-film-festival-243434.html"><img width="288" height="216" src="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/memoirofasnail_elliot-288x216.jpg" class="attachment-promo-thumb size-promo-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Memoir of a Snail" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/memoirofasnail_elliot-288x216.jpg 288w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/memoirofasnail_elliot-108x81.jpg 108w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/memoirofasnail_elliot-180x135.jpg 180w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px" /></a> </div> <div class="cb-post-content"> <header class="no-slug"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/memoir-of-a-snail-beats-out-live-action-films-wins-top-prize-at-bfi-london-film-festival-243434.html">‘Memoir Of A Snail’ Beats Out Live-Action Films, Wins Top Prize At BFI London Film Festival</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Two other animated films also received special jury mentions at the festival: the feature ‘Olivia & Las Nubes’ and the short ‘Dragfox.’</p> </div> <footer> <p class="byline author vcard">By Amid Amidi | <time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-20T17:57:36-07:00" data-relative="true">1 month ago</time></p> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-list cb-post-item post-243356 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-music-videos category-shorts tag-chris-meledandri tag-garth-jennings tag-illumination tag-michael-jackson tag-netflix tag-universal-pictures"> <div class="cb-thumb"> <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/michael-jacksons-thriller-is-the-inspiration-for-a-new-illumination-short-film-243356.html"><img width="288" height="216" src="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/singthriller-288x216.jpg" class="attachment-promo-thumb size-promo-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Sing: Thriller" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/singthriller-288x216.jpg 288w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/singthriller-108x81.jpg 108w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/singthriller-180x135.jpg 180w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px" /></a> </div> <div class="cb-post-content"> <header class="no-slug"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/michael-jacksons-thriller-is-the-inspiration-for-a-new-illumination-short-film-243356.html">Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ Is The Inspiration For A New Illumination Short Film</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>The new animated short will debut on Netflix tomorrow. </p> </div> <footer> <p class="byline author vcard">By Amid Amidi | <time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-15T12:46:07-07:00" data-relative="true">1 month ago</time></p> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-list cb-post-item post-243204 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-politics category-shorts tag-amy-hewett tag-brendan-burch tag-grant-lindahl tag-kate-purdy tag-now-what tag-six-point-harness"> <div class="cb-thumb"> <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/politics/nowwhat-launches-a-series-of-shorts-about-political-issues-243204.html"><img width="288" height="216" src="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/nowwhat-288x216.jpg" class="attachment-promo-thumb size-promo-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Now What!?" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/nowwhat-288x216.jpg 288w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/nowwhat-108x81.jpg 108w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/nowwhat-180x135.jpg 180w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px" /></a> </div> <div class="cb-post-content"> <header class="no-slug"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/politics/nowwhat-launches-a-series-of-shorts-about-political-issues-243204.html">NowWhat!? Launches A Series Of Shorts About Political Issues</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>The non-profit organization was started by Six Point Harness founder Brendan Burch. </p> </div> <footer> <p class="byline author vcard">By Amid Amidi | <time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-03T19:26:39-07:00" data-relative="true">2 months ago</time></p> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-list cb-post-item post-243168 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-feature-film category-shorts tag-arash-akhgari tag-carrotica tag-daniel-sterlin-altman tag-flow tag-gianluigi-toccafondo tag-gints-zilbalodis tag-in-the-shallows tag-la-voix-des-sirenes tag-ottawa-international-animation-festival location-canada location-ottawa"> <div class="cb-thumb"> <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/flow-la-voix-des-sirenes-win-top-awards-at-ottawa-international-animation-festival-243168.html"><img width="288" height="216" src="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ottawa_2024winners-288x216.jpg" class="attachment-promo-thumb size-promo-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Flow, La voix des sirènes" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ottawa_2024winners-288x216.jpg 288w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ottawa_2024winners-108x81.jpg 108w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ottawa_2024winners-180x135.jpg 180w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px" /></a> </div> <div class="cb-post-content"> <header class="no-slug"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/flow-la-voix-des-sirenes-win-top-awards-at-ottawa-international-animation-festival-243168.html">‘Flow,’ ‘La Voix Des Sirènes’ Win Top Awards At Ottawa International Animation Festival</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>The Ottawa win should help reinforce the fact that ‘Flow’ is one of the best animated films of 2024 and a real Oscar contender during the upcoming awards season. </p> </div> <footer> <p class="byline author vcard">By Amid Amidi | <time class="updated" datetime="2024-09-30T16:49:45-07:00" data-relative="true">2 months ago</time></p> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-list cb-post-item post-243135 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-feature-film category-festivals category-shorts tag-animation-is-film tag-boys-go-to-jupiter tag-flow tag-ghost-cat-anzu tag-gkids tag-memoir-of-a-snail tag-sultanas-dream tag-the-colors-within tag-the-day-the-earth-blew-up-a-looney-tunes-movie tag-the-wild-robot location-los-angeles"> <div class="cb-thumb"> <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/festivals/animation-is-film-to-host-n-american-premieres-of-the-colors-within-and-the-day-the-earth-blew-up-243135.html"><img width="288" height="216" src="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/animationisfilm_2024-288x216.jpg" class="attachment-promo-thumb size-promo-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Animation is Film 2024" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/animationisfilm_2024-288x216.jpg 288w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/animationisfilm_2024-108x81.jpg 108w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/animationisfilm_2024-180x135.jpg 180w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px" /></a> </div> <div class="cb-post-content"> <header class="no-slug"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/festivals/animation-is-film-to-host-n-american-premieres-of-the-colors-within-and-the-day-the-earth-blew-up-243135.html">Animation Is Film To Host N. American Premieres Of ‘The Colors Within’ And ‘The Day The Earth Blew Up’</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>The festival is set to take place in Los Angeles from October 18-20. </p> </div> <footer> <p class="byline author vcard">By Amid Amidi | <time class="updated" datetime="2024-09-26T09:10:13-07:00" data-relative="true">2 months ago</time></p> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-list cb-post-item post-243117 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-festivals category-shorts tag-amanda-bonaiuto tag-dahee-jeong tag-edmunds-jansons tag-ehsan-gharib tag-ottawa-international-animation-festival tag-peter-millard tag-piot-milczarek tag-tan-lui-chan tag-thomas-renoldner tag-vuk-jevremovic location-canada location-ottawa"> <div class="cb-thumb"> <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/festivals/9-animated-shorts-you-wont-want-to-miss-at-ottawa-2024-243117.html"><img width="288" height="216" src="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/stampferdreams_head-288x216.jpg" class="attachment-promo-thumb size-promo-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Stampfer Dreams" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/stampferdreams_head-288x216.jpg 288w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/stampferdreams_head-108x81.jpg 108w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/stampferdreams_head-180x135.jpg 180w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px" /></a> </div> <div class="cb-post-content"> <header class="no-slug"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/festivals/9-animated-shorts-you-wont-want-to-miss-at-ottawa-2024-243117.html">9 Animated Shorts You Won’t Want To Miss At Ottawa 2024</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>We’ve put together a list of nine shorts that demonstrate the breadth and diversity available at this year’s Ottawa Festival.</p> </div> <footer> <p class="byline author vcard">By Kévin Giraud | <time class="updated" datetime="2024-09-25T11:06:59-07:00" data-relative="true">2 months ago</time></p> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-list cb-post-item post-242941 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-shorts tag-88-pictures tag-alfonso-cuaron tag-an-almost-christmas-story tag-david-lowery tag-disney-branded-television tag-disney-plus tag-maere-studios tag-titmouse"> <div class="cb-thumb"> <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/disney-announces-an-almost-christmas-story-a-new-short-directed-by-david-lowery-produced-by-alfonso-cuaron-242941.html"><img width="288" height="216" src="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/analmostchristmasstory-288x216.jpg" class="attachment-promo-thumb size-promo-thumb wp-post-image" alt="An Almost Christmas Story" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/analmostchristmasstory-288x216.jpg 288w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/analmostchristmasstory-108x81.jpg 108w, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/analmostchristmasstory-180x135.jpg 180w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px" /></a> </div> <div class="cb-post-content"> <header class="no-slug"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/disney-announces-an-almost-christmas-story-a-new-short-directed-by-david-lowery-produced-by-alfonso-cuaron-242941.html">Disney Announces ‘An Almost Christmas Story,’ A New Short Directed By David Lowery, Produced By Alfonso Cuarón</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>The short will premiere this fall on Disney+. </p> </div> <footer> <p class="byline author vcard">By Amid Amidi | <time class="updated" datetime="2024-09-12T14:03:58-07:00" data-relative="true">2 months ago</time></p> </footer> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cb-sb"> <div class="PicoSignal cb-advert ad-wrap ad-300x250">   <ins data-revive-zoneid="76" data-revive-id="a4e827d05e89a06133e10736ed838049"></ins> <script data-cfasync="false" async="async" src="https://www.reachoutmedia.com/reachout-control/www/delivery/asyncjs.php"></script>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="PicoSignal cb-advert cb-ad cb-res d-none d-sm-block cb-postcontent-ad"> <div class="ad-wrap ad-feed ad-970x250"> <div class="ad-inner">   <style> @media screen and (max-width: 969px) { .ad-wrap.ad-970x250 .ad-inner ins:last-child, .ad-wrap.ad-970x450 .ad-inner ins:last-child { display: block; 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