In the Shadow of the Cypress, a short film by Iranian directors Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani, has won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. The 20-minute animated short follows a ...

Though Iranian short film In the Shadow of the Cypress had a jubilant moment in the Oscars spotlight after winning Best Animated Short Sunday night, some ceremony viewers weren't celebrating the ...

In the Shadow of the Cypress has received the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film at the 97th Academy Awards, held on March 2, 2025. The wordless 2D animated Iranian film is directed by Shirin ...

Flow was an unexpected winner at the 97th Oscars; the independently produced animated film beat out the big studios to nab the best animated film trophy, earning Latvia its first Oscar.

To kick off my reviews of the nominees up for the 2024 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, we have what was easily the weakest of the bunch for me. I love stop motion animation ...

Read THR‘s full review here. Oscar nominations: Best animated feature film (Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann), best original score (Kris Bowers), best sound (Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A.

The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is almost always awarded to a well-known blockbuster--often produced by Disney or Pixar--but this year an indie movie took home the top prize ...

In addition to its Academy Award, the film picked up the Golden Globe trophy for Best Animated Film. It’s directed by Gints Zilbalodis, who also directed 2019’s Away.