It was, as all films were then, silent. Telling stories without words became a staple of animation, with early shorts like Max Fleischer’s Out of the Inkwell series and Walt Disney’s Silly ...

In the past, several high-profile animated movies have had their silent cinema ambitions thwarted by marketing concerns. Specifically, The Land Before Time and Dinosaur both were intended to be ...

it’s not completely silent. The use of music and sound effects makes the story more impactful by allowing the viewer to interpret it on their own more. Despite not always getting the recognition they ...

The new short animated film by the Macedonian author Krste Gospodinovski, "Silent Cinema", produced by Focus Pocus Films, in co-production with Flip Book Productions and Opal Production, and supported ...

The writer/director tells IndieWire about applying a purely visual style to his epic animated film about a black cat escaping a flood. “I’ve never had dialogue in any of the films I’ve made ...

According to a press release, “Prince Achmed,” a 1926 German silent film, is considered the first full-length animated film, based on tales from “One Thousand and One Arabian Nights.” ...