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. At first ...

Disney World is opening a new Animation Academy hosted by Olaf — and you’ll learn to draw Disney icons

There’s a new Frozen addition headed to Walt Disney World, and just a few weeks after EPCOT’s Frozen Ever After attraction got a major facelift with multiple new audio-animatronics, another friendly ...

‘I like the challenge’: French animator Florence Miailhe on being nominated for an Oscar for the first time aged 70

The film-maker’s passionate and richly textured new short Papillon (Butterfly) tells the heartbreaking story of French-Jewish swimmer Alfred Nakache, who was stripped of his citizenship in Vichy Franc ...