SCAD AnimationFest 2026 Lineup Revealed: Variety’s 10 Animators to Watch, ‘Forgotten Island’ Premiere and ‘The Proud Family’ Tribute

By Clayton Davis

Clayton Davis

Chief Awards Editor

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The Savannah College of Art and Design will bring SCAD AnimationFest back to SCAD Atlanta Sept. 23-25, staging three days of premieres, sneak peeks and industry conversation at the university’s SCADshow theater. The anniversary program will be leaning on two marquee tributes: a 25th-anniversary celebration of “The Proud Family,” honoring executive producers Bruce W. Smith and Ralph Farquhar, and a closing-night premiere of DreamWorks Animation’s “Forgotten Island,” with director and writer Joel Crawford — an Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominee — collecting the Variety Impact in Animation Award.

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