This work aims, through a literature review, document analysis, interviews and the researcher s own experience, to identify aspects that the current animation context values or neglects, and to plot ways to understand the present situation in Brazilian production, its historical background and possible outcomes. The work is divided into three parts. The first is a literature review of animation in Brazil and contextualizes the selected publications within the practice and history of animation in the country. In the second I use pairs to lead and organize a debate on animation. These pairs may have the feeling of being duplicates or substitutes, or may represent partnership or opposition. It is this alternation of meanings that leads the dialogue on the differences between animation and live-action cinema; comparing traditional with digital animation techniques, the animator s craftwork with industrial work carried out in animation studios, and authorial production with commercial production. In the third I describe qualitative interviews undertaken with Brazilian animators. I compare the opinions of the animators with there searched content above and try to understand how the turning point in the field of animation in Brazil is perceived, and how it can affect the development of animation in the country. Therefore, I intend to reflect upon the relevance of authorial animation and short films, within the field of design and cinema as a fundamental production model for the preservation of traditional animation techniques and at the same time a renovator of language, an important factor in the growth of both professionals and their audience.