Open World Animation Festival

Some cool animation news from Nintendo!

Nintendo has announced a new stop-motion Mario show that's set to premiere on YouTube. The series, which will feature kid-friendly animated episodes just one-minute in length, will launch alongside a range of new toys, picture books, and more released under a new "My Mario" banner. Link in the comments for more.

📺 You can't have Saturday Morning Cartoons without some cereal! 🥣

There have been tons of cool Movie, TV show, & cartoon cereal tie-ins over the years. Here are a few!

Every year Open World Animation Festival hosts a block of Saturday Morning Cartoons featuring retro commercials and other fun surprises! This year will be no different! 🚀

Lift those spoons and celebrate the tradition that is Saturday Morning Cartoons! 🎉🥳

FILM SPOTLIGHT: Little Miss Fate (2020)
Country: Switzerland

Little Miss Fate lives in a world driven by fate. When the opportunity arises, she slips into the role of the world leader. Unintentionally she creates a monster, which greedily wants to suck up all the love of the world. Overwhelmed by the rapid development, she loses control.

Director: Joder von Rotz

https://yk-animation.ch

Joder von Rotz was born 1987 in Kerns, Switzerland. Apprenticeship as structural draftsman. 2012 Bachelor of Arts in Animation at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

2013 cofounder of YK Animation Studio GmbH in Berne. Since then works as manager, producer and director.

See this film and SO MUCH MORE at Open World Animation Fest 2025 November 6-9th at the Roxy Theatre. ✌️

FILM SPOTLIGHT: Open World Animation Festival 2025

Kapitan (2024)
Country: Spain

A captain wanders the sea in search of the place of his dreams, a beautiful orange lighthouse. One day the light of the lighthouse bursts into the gloom of his cabin. The sailor will have to decide whether to move on or remain anchored to the life he has always lived.

Director: Andrei Simkinsims_
https://distributionwithglasses.com/kapitan/

Andrei Simkin (Moscow, Russia, 04/22/1999) moved to Spain in 2012. He studied Film at ESCAC University, specializing in Animation. Andrei focuses his last years of study and work on design and stop-motion animation and he created “Kapitan”, his first short film as a director, produced in collaboration with ESCAC Films. He currently lives in Portland (Oregon), where he works as a stop-motion animator at the prestigious Laika Studio, while continuing to develop his authorial projects focusing his universe on the fantastic and using the story as a tool for self-knowledge in the everyday life of his characters.

See this film and SO MUCH MORE at Open World Animation Fest 2025 November 6-9th at the Roxy Theatre. ✌️