Welcome to Cartoon Brew’s series of spotlights focusing on the animated shorts that have qualified for the 2025 Oscars. The films in this series have qualified through one of multiple routes: by ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

Danny Mills is an avid film and TV enthusiast with a love of many genres, from old Western tales and gritty action thrillers to magical Disney classics and Superhero adventures. He loves it all. As a ...

If you are a fan of The Lord of the Rings, you might recognize Katherine Jackson from her cameos starting at 4 years old in The Fellowship of the Ring. The daughter of Oscar winners Peter Jackson and ...

As a broad spectrum of short films draw attention at film festivals and screening events, identifying frontrunners becomes increasingly difficult. Listed below are some of the noteworthy films that ...

Time for a party with all the creatures of the world. An award-winning animated short film is now online for everyone to watch. Les Bêtes (which is French for The Beasts) is the newest stop-motion ...

From George Lucas’ “Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB” and Wes Anderson’s “Bottle Rocket,” to Ava DuVernay’s “Saturday Night Life” and Christopher Nolan’s “Doodlebug,” some of our most successful, ...

"The boy is out of the box." You've never seen anything like this film before! A hilarious new short film is finally online after playing at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival last year. Meat Puppet is a ...

Last month, game developer Bungie released a new cinematic short film set in the universe of Marathon, the studio’s highly anticipated sci-fi extraction shooter slated to release on consoles and PC ...

The San Quentin Film Festival — the first-ever film festival taking place inside of a prison — has added a new title to its lineup: “Four Letters,” a documentary short that was scored and executive ...

For nearly 40 years, film festivals have played a critical role in catapulting short films to Oscar glory. Almost 40 years ago, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences issued a rule change ...