Vol. 10 No. 1 (2025): Special Issue: Valleys Deep, Mountains High – The peaks and troughs of animation practice

The objective of the CILECT Asia-Pacific (CAPA) conference Valleys Deep, Mountains High: the peaks and troughs of animation practice, hosted by Griffith Film School in 2023, was to focus on research through practice; we were keen to explore the joys and challenges of Animation production—its peaks and troughs—as researchers extend the language and agency of animation across diverse fields and interests. The increasingly multifaceted and ubiquitous nature of contemporary animation facilitates, even requires, such examinations. The conference panels addressed the topics of new technology & hybrid forms, creating animation under adversity, animation & identity, the pre-production process, animation as interdisciplinary practice, and a focus on production from the Asia-Pacific region. A selection of papers from across these topics comprises the articles for this special edition of IJFMA.