The Animation Showcase


The Animation Showcase is a travelling film screening collection, showcasing animated short films.
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Background

With the support of the private members club Soho House, the showcase started in 2016 with the goal of finding upcoming creative talents in the animation industry and promoting animation in the creative industry. The Animation Showcase hosts a yearly "Best of the Year" screening, highlighting films that are likely to become shortlisted and eventual nominees for the Academy Awards Best Animated Short Film category.
The Animation Showcase has been screened in major animation studios, startups, and locations, including Pixar Animation Studios, Laika, Disney Animation Studios, DreamWorks, Google San Francisco, YouTube London, Blur Studio, Cartoon Network, and Soho House.
The Animation Showcase became available worldwide for members of the film industry via its own streaming platform, which was created during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Screening format

The screening lasts around an hour and ends with a question-and-answer session with invited filmmakers. From 2015 until 2018, the screenings were free entrance and/or by invitation.

Screening selections

Best of the year

Traveling mostly in Europe and the US, the "Best of the Year" showcase highlights animated short films, months before the official announcement of Academy Awards nominations.

Best of 2016

Best of 2017

Garden Party by Illogic Collective, Negative Space by Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, Dear Basketball by Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant, ''Lou by Dave Mullins and Dana Murray, In a Heartbeat by Esteban Bravo and Beth David, Wednesday With Goddard by Nicolas Menard, The Burden by Niki Lindroth von Bahr,

Best of 2018

Bilby by Pierre Perifel, Liron Topaz, and JP Sans Late Afternoon by Louise Bagnall Weekends by Trevor Jimenez Bao by Domee Shi ''Grandpa Walrus by Lucrèce Andreae La Noria by Carlos Baena One Small Step by Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas Hybrids by Florian Brauch, Kim Tailhades, Yohan Thireau, Matthieu Pujol, and Romain Thirion

Best of 2019

Maestro by Bloom Pictures My Moon by Eusong Lee

Best of 2020

Best of 2021

Best of 2022

Best of 2023

Best of 2024

Themed programs

The Animation Showcase screenings started as a series of themed selections, premiered every three months at Soho House and Shoreditch HouseThe promising Generation Y - What the F#ck - Art in Motion - Love at First Sight - Our Animal Friends - The French Touch in Music Video - Best French shorts successes -