Animation

Lebanese media deletes animated Angry Birds caricature of Hezbollah leader after judicial order

Lebanese authorities warned against sectarian divides taking hold after an animated video depicting Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem as an Angry Bird was released by LBCI.

A screenshot of the LBC animation of Naim Qassem and Hezbollah elements inspired by the Angry Birds game.
RYAN GOSLING in Project Hail Mary.

Movie theaters reopening across the country, just in time for Passover vacation - review

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.'

French animated short tells story of Jewish swimmer who survived Auschwitz

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Israeli opera adapts Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'

The new adaptation of Mozart's The Magic Flute was met with great success in China, the US, Poland, Japan and Australia.

 SARASTRO (TARAS BEREZHANSKY) punishes Monostatos (Anthony Webb) in this animated production of ‘The Magic Flute.’

AniNation festival brings animation to life in Jerusalem

The AniNation Festival features innovative animated films from Israel and around the world.

 Courtesy photo from the film, Where is Anne Frank

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