Variety

Academy Separates Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Into Two New Distinct Branches

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the creation of two separate branches, dividing the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch into two distinct ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Oscars: Film Academy Splits Its Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Into Two

The animation branch, to which approximately 700 Academy members will belong, will be represented by two governors, and the short films branch, to which some 200 members will belong, will be ...
insider.si.edu

A new history of animation / Maureen Furniss

Part 1. Origins of animation -- Chapter 1. Setting the scene for animation. Early innovations in simulating movement ; The printing press and comic strips ; The impact of photography on studies of ...
Deadline.com

Lea Salonga To Topline Short Film Prequel To Abigail Hing Wen Novel; John Aoshima And Neil Blevins Attached For Animation

L-R: Lea Salonga, Abigail Hing Wen, John Aoshima and Robert Palmer Watkins Raymund Isaac, EXCLUSIVE: Lea Salonga (Mulan, Aladdin, Miss Saigon) is set to star in The Vale – Origins, a hybrid ...
Los Angeles Times

Oscars flashback: Animation — and Pixar — have an ‘Incredibles’ night

Starting in 2002, feature-length animated films were included in awards season in the same way their short animated film compatriots had been since 1932 — with their own dedicated Academy Awards ...
Deadline.com

Oscar Breakup: Motion Picture Academy Creates Separate Branches For Animation And Short Films

A divorce on the board of AMPAS. The board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted Monday to make the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch two distinct branches: the ...