The NFB's Flawed - directed, narrated, animated and written by Andrea Dorfman - is a sweet short about accepting yourself, flaws and all. 4/5.

Apr 29, 2010 - Dominic von Riedemann

Chris Landreth's animated short "The Spine" is a haunting ode to caustic co-dependency, but not as strong as the Oscar-winning "Ryan." 8/10.

Jun 17, 2009 - Dominic von Riedemann

Canadian Cartoonist Cordell Barker (The Cat Came Back) returns with Runaway, another great NFB animated short. 8/10.

May 13, 2009 - Dominic von Riedemann

Reason#15 why John Lasseter is The Man: he greenlights cel and CG animated shorts to precede Disney movies in theatres as a way to develop new animation talent.

Dec 5, 2006 - Dominic von Riedemann

The National Film Board of Canada's Land of the Heads (Au Pays des Têtes), directed by Cédric Louis and Claude Barras, is a ghoulishly funny short. 9/10.

Dec 7, 2009 - Dominic von Riedemann

Spare Change is animator Ryan Larkin's triumphant return to animated shorts, completed after his death in 2007. 8/10.

Jun 16, 2009 - Dominic von Riedemann

Bluefields graphics studio has an online spec piece for what they call Aliens: War Games, based on the Ridley Scott space chiller.

Nov 14, 2006 - Dominic von Riedemann

The National Film Board of Canada's Lipsett Diaries, by Theodore Ushev and Chris Robinson, is a compelling essay on creativity descending into madness. 3/5

Jun 1, 2010 - Dominic von Riedemann

Design backgrounds and environments for your characters to move and behave in when staging your own cel, stop motion, or computer generated animation movies

Jan 2, 2011 - Valerie Williamson

The National Film Board's short Petra's Poem, directed by Shira Avni and starring Petra Tolley, beautifully discusses being caught "in the middle. 4.5/5

May 2, 2012 - Dominic von Riedemann

A comparative look at the four DC Showcase animated shorts, "The Spectre", "Green Arrow", "Jonah Hex" and "Superman/Shazam: The Return of Black Adam".

Feb 5, 2011 - Sean Abbott

The National Film Board of Canada/Warner Bros.' adaptation of Maurice Sendak's Higglety-Pigglety Pop! features elements that don't quite hang together. 2/5

Jun 1, 2010 - Dominic von Riedemann

The NFB/Bruce Alcock's short film "Vive la Rose" - based around the ballad performed by Émile Benoit - has great intentions but doesn't fulfill its potential. 6/10

Sep 4, 2009 - Dominic von Riedemann

Toronto's Worldwide Short Film Festival's Shorts For Shorties, a screening of family-friendly animated shorts, on June 20th at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Jun 24, 2009 - Dominic von Riedemann

Look at the future of animation with the 2008 Ottawa International Animation Festival Shorts Competition One, Wednesday September 17th.

Sep 23, 2008 - Dominic von Riedemann

How to work out and design a basic character and storyboard for stop motion animations, cel to computer graphic animation, and digital animation filmmaking.

Dec 12, 2010 - Valerie Williamson

Here's a quick run-down of what animated shorts are competing at Toronto's 2011 Worldwide Short Film Festival, from May 31st to June 5th.

May 26, 2011 - Dominic von Riedemann

Three mini cinematic tales that will briefly, but deservedly, divert the attention normally focused on independent features at the film festival held in Park City, Utah

Jan 22, 2010 - Denise Castillón

9, directed by Shane Acker and produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov, will be coming to theaters September 9, 2009.

Sep 6, 2009 - Vickie Britton