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Lines Begin Here: Independent Animation’s New Generation

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on Sep 17, 2025

Coming up in the animation world in the 2010s, artist Julian Glander identified a clear pipeline for industry success: “An animated short would premiere at a great festival like Sundance, Toronto or Annecy, collect festival laurels for a year, then debut online, get the Vimeo Staff Pick and get covered on a lot of blogs. The happy end to the cycle would be getting the attention of an art director, producer or some powerful person, which could lead to either a commercial animating gig or a job on a TV show. Now, it feels like every single piece of that chain is […]

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