Tag: SparkShorts
OIAF Kicks Off Official Selections with Teen & Young Audience Picks
The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) announces the Official Selections for its Young Audiences 7+ and Teen Audiences 13+ competition categories. OIAF’s newest competition category...
Pixar Unveils First Stop-Motion SparkShort, ‘Self’
Pixar Animation Studios has announced the next release from its experimental storytelling program, SparkShorts, will also be the first stop-motion project from the in-house...
Humanitas Prize Nominates Animated Projects with Purpose
Humanitas has announced the nominees for the 2022 Humanitas Prizes. Forty-five writers have been nominated for their work across nine juried categories, with winners...
Trailer: ‘A Spark Story’ Documentary Follows the Next Generation of Pixar Filmmakers
Disney+ and Pixar Animation Studios shared a trailer today for the upcoming feature-length documentary A Spark Story — a co-production of Pixar and Supper...
‘Nona’ SparkShorts Director Louis Gonzales & Producer Courtney Casper Kent on Grandmas, Wrestling and Animation
Arriving only a week after the debut of Aphton Corbin's Twenty Something on Disney+, the tenth project in Pixar's Sparkshorts program, Nona is also...
How Aphton Corbin Brought Her Life Experiences to the Pixar Short ‘Twenty Something’
Last Friday, Disney+ premiered the latest SparkShorts film Twenty Something, which is penned and directed by Aphton Corbin. This is the ninth project in...
Pixelatl 2021: We All Need Each Other!
***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 313)***
This month, Mexico’s famous Pixelatl Festival will be held entirely online...
‘Soul’ Heads to Hollywood’s El Capitan with New SparkShorts
Hollywood’s legendary El Capitan Theatre presents Disney-Pixar’s double Oscar winner Soul on the big screen August 27 through September 2, shown in brilliant Dolby...
‘Dug Days,’ SparkShorts ‘Twenty Something’ & Classic ‘Pepper Ann’ Head to Disney+ in September
Summer is winding down, but streaming selections on Disney+ continue to heat up for animation fans. Through September, subscribers will have access to fresh...
Disney+ Unveils Next Pixar SparkShorts Lineup
Disney+ revealed plans today for the upcoming lineup of Pixar Animation Studios' SparkShorts program. Debuting on the platform in September are two new shorts,...
Queering the Mouse: Disney’s ‘Owl House’ Confirms Bi Character
Family media stalwart Disney Channel has reached a new milestone in LGBTQ+ representation, with The Owl House creator and executive producer Dana Terrace sharing...
SparkShorts Spotlight: LGBTQ Visibility in ‘Out’ and the Program’s Drive for Diverse Stories
***These articles originally ran in the August '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 302)***
A New Benchmark in LGBTQ Visibility
Steven Clay Hunter’s well-received short Out...
Disney+ Pixar Short ‘Out’ Stars Studio’s First Gay Main Character
A new film from the Pixar Animation Studios SparkShorts program of home-grown, experimental storytelling (Purl, Kitbull) has bowed on Disney+ and broken through a...
Exclusive BTS Video of SparkShorts ‘Loop’ & Q&A with Director Erica Milsom
We recently got a chance to catch up with Erica Milsom, the director of a brand new SparkShorts project titled Loop. Milsom, who has...
Watch: Disney+ Previews Pixar Launch Content
Disney+ shared on its social media channels Wednesday some first-looks at the Pixar content coming to the service at launch on November 12, including...
Mouse House Announces Intl. Disney+ Launch Dates, Prices
Disney announced the first global launch dates and prices for its upcoming streaming service Disney+: The streamer will arrive in Canada and the Netherlands...
News Bytes: JAKKS Lets ‘Aladdin’ Toys out of the Lamp, ‘Wolf Joe’ Underway, SparkShorts Sparks Diversity & More
Los Dos: An Exhibition by Sandra Equihua y Jorge Gutierrez
Gallery Nucleus in Los Angeles will hold an opening reception and signing May 4 for...
Pixar’s First SparkShorts Film ‘Purl’ Is a Sweet Story with Salty Humor
Pixar Animation Studios has dropped the first film out of its SparkShorts in-house experimental storytelling initiative on YouTube: Kristen Lester’s Purl.
The CG animation is...
Pixar Launches In-House Indies Program SparkShorts
Pixar Animation Studios has brought its “Experimental Storytelling Initiative” into the limelight with the official reveal of SparkShorts -- an intriguing spin on in-house...
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