How Agnès Patron turned memories of siblinghood into the animated short ‘To the Woods’ 

Some films shout. ‘To the Woods’ whispers, and somehow that’s louder. French animator Agnès Patron’s short…

Choosing one means losing all the rest: Alice Eça Guimarães on Sylvia Plath’s influence on the film 

There was a particular cruelty in a day off that wasn’t one. For millions of working…

Old friends, new frames: Japanese animator Kohei Kadowaki turns a decades-long silence into Annecy gold

Some stories need no Hollywood budget. Kohei Kadowaki’s animated short We Are Aliens, selected for the…

‘The Violinist’ bags Cristal at Annecy Festival 2026; check out the other winners

Music, memories, monsters and mice ruled Annecy Festival 2026 as the world’s premier animation festival unveiled…

Fur, fear and a French title: the stoats taking animation festivals by storm

Survival rarely came with a script. Animals didn’t get to explain their terror, narrate their grief…

India’s animation ambitions go global

Bollywood long hogged India’s cultural export story. Now a quieter revolution was underway, one drawn in…

Digitoonz heads to Annecy with a pack of ‘Tiny Terrors’

Forget cuddly mascots. India’s Digitoonz marched into Annecy 2026 with a gang of small, mischievous creatures…

Annecy Specials: Inside Zee5’s KidZ playbook

Zee5 recently launched KidZ, a one stop safe and purposeful entertainment destination for kids of all…