Animation

French animated short tells story of Jewish swimmer who survived Auschwitz

The film is based on the extraordinary real life of Alfred Nakache, a Jewish athlete whose story of resilience under Nazi persecution has previously been told in two French documentaries.

ARTEM "ALFRED" Nakache (inset), a Jew who swam for France at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, is depicted in lane 4 in the animated short film 'Papillon.'
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Cast and crew from "BoJack Horseman" pose backstage with their award for Best Animated Series during the 22nd Annual Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, U.S., December 11, 2016.

Jewish creator of Bojack Horseman discusses new Jew-centric series, facing antisemitim


Faces come to life in Sderot with animation master

The soft-spoken American-born, Canada-based animator won an Oscar for his 2004 short film, Ryan, a movie that has won over 60 other international awards, including three at the Cannes Film Festival.

 CHRIS LANDRETH: One of the messages is that it is ordinary and OK to have those broken parts of you.

Animix, the animation/cartoon fest, returns to Tel Aviv

The festival is celebrating its 20th year – plus one, because of the 2020 version– and at age 20, it is a force to be reckoned with in Israel’s cultural landscape.

ANIMIX, THE Israeli festival of animation, comics and cartoons in Tel Aviv.

Cannes animated film revives Anne Frank story for new generation

By the creator of "Waltz with Bashir" Ari Folman, "Where is Anne Frank" features Frank's imaginary friend Kitty as its guiding force.

Anna Frank as imagined for the new animated film by Ari Folman

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Israeli animation app wins the 2020 Apple Design Awards

The app, called Looom, offers an innovative way for animators to create playful hand-drawn animation on Apple's iPads.

Looom Interface

OkCupid to launch campaign expressing dating issues important to Israelis

The campaign will use Idan Barzilay's artwork to create colorful animations that in turn will help bring people with similar opinions or beliefs together, in an artistic way.

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China mocks US coronavirus response in Lego-like animation

The short, titled 'Once Upon a Virus', is part of a war of words between the US and China over the disease's origins, which emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has grown into a global pandemic.

US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping arrive at state dinner, Great Hall of the People, Beijing, 2017.

Israeli 2020 elections get their own Japanese anime show

The show, in Japanese, is made by Israelis and is getting some excited feedbacks.

An online Israeli anime parody about the elections, in Japanese, made by Frankendo

Hank Azaria will no longer voice Apu on 'The Simpsons'

"I won't be doing the voice anymore, unless there's someway to transition it or something," Azaria said in an interview with SlashFilm.

A poster with "The Simpsons" character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Jr., proprietor of the Springfield Kwik-E-Mart, is displayed on the window of a 7-Eleven convenience store in Burbank, California, July 2, 2007.

To Pixar and beyond with Galyn Susman

Susman is a producer for Pixar Animation Studios – the studio that made such animated classics as the Toy Story, Cars and Incredibles franchises, – and has worked on every movie the company has made.

GALYN SUSMAN addresses the International Animation Festival-Jerusalem at the Jerusalem Cinematheque on Wednesday night. (Dan Yehuda)