April 2022 was a bad time to be in the animation business for HBO Max. The streamer’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, had been quietly purging its cartoon catalog and canceling many of its ...

While Hollywood tries to figure out what to do with animation, the medium’s independent scene is apparently thriving on YouTube. A recent report from the company’s Trends and Culture team dug into the ...

For decades, mainstream animation has followed a familiar pattern: big studios, bigger budgets, and layers of corporate oversight that tend to flatten creative risk. But now, that formula is being ...

BERLINALE 2026: Producers, sales agents and distributors discuss gaps in the sector's funding, distribution and policy, arguing that commercial success has not yet led to institutional recognition At ...