Longest Film Entirely Animated by a Person Under 18

United States

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Orlando, Florida, United States / July 30, 2026

Jovany Dera of Orlando, Florida animated The Goofings Movie alone, a 57-minute 41-second musical comedy in which a struggling scientist named Dr. Ooki brews a potion that brings four wacky creatures called the Goofings to life, and an army sergeant sets out to catch them. Jovany pitched the film at age 11 in 2020 as an origin story for The Goofing Show, a homemade cartoon series begun in 2019, then storyboarded it, voiced the Goofings and drew the animation in the app Brush Ninja, releasing it on YouTube on July 30, 2026, while still under 18. RecordSetter timed the film from its opening warning card to its closing The End title, credits included, and confirmed that the credits name Jovany as the sole animator; the Goofing Show shorts that play after The End in the same upload are not counted. Studio features take teams of hundreds, and this one took a single young animator and six years of patience.

Tags: longest, art, drawing, comedy, movie, film, cartoon

Rules

- The film must be a single standalone work with a continuous story, publicly released and viewable in full online.
- All animation must be created by the record holder alone; no other animator may contribute.
- Others may write, voice, compose music or supply sound effects, and incidental stock visual effects or photo backdrops are allowed.
- The animator must be under 18 on the date the film is publicly released.
- Runtime is measured from the first frame to the last frame of the film, opening titles and end credits included.
- Shorts, episodes, trailers or other bonus material shown before or after the film in the same upload do not count toward the runtime.
- Submissions must include a link to the complete film and state the animator's age on the release date.
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