Issue #345 - December 2024

Issue 345 - December 2024

• Shrek director Vicky Jenson returns to the land of  animated fairy tales with Skydance/Netflix’s new movie Spellbound.

• Director Naoko Yamada expands on the meaning and inspirations behind her acclaimed new movie, The Colors Within.

• Spanish director Isabel Herguera discusses the origins and personal nature of Sultana’s Dream.

• Hitpig! helmers Cinzia Angelini and David Feiss look back at how they created a cyberpunk road movie based on Berkeley Breathed’s children’s book.

• The 2024 Award Season Spotlight: Your guide to This year’s qualified feature and shorts contenders.

• We spotlight  this year’s three Student Academy Award winners, which come from France (MoPA), U.S. (Brigham Young University) and Digital Hollywood (Japan).

• Indie and international features such as Flow, Kensuke’s Kingdom, Memoir of a Snail and Sauvages offer relief from the usual formulaic studio offerings.

• Get in to the holiday spirit with Alfonso Cuaron and David Lowery’s beautiful animated short, An Almost Christmas Story.

• Arcane’s show runner and director discuss the highly anticipated return of the series to Netflix in November.

• How creator Juston Gordon-Montgomery wrestled great animated fun out of his new Adult Swim show, Invincible Fight Girl.

• Bestselling author Zachariah OHora and director Lisa Whittick discuss their wonderful new PBS Kids show, Carl the Collector.

• And much, much more…