Cartoon Brew

VAF handed out awards for its 2026 competition on Friday evening in the quaint Danish city, where Anna Mantzaris’ 'Please' emerged as the event’s big winner.

This week, we sat in on a masterclass from former Netflix executive Dominique Bazay, who shared her best advice for pitching animated projects, drawing on her experiences with Arcane, Hilda, … C...

Richard Williams’ posthumous final film, the eight-minute, hand-drawn ‘Lysistrata,’ opens in Los Angeles after premiering at Annecy.

The well-received Annecy standout, animated by DNEG, marks WBPA’s first full-length feature and arrives in theaters and IMAX on November 6.

Clarity, personal stakes, and specificity are among Dominique Bazay’s essentials for a successful animation pitch after decades spent on both sides of the room.