Tag: Academy Awards
The Director and Animator of ‘Sunflower Field’ Discuss Their Short About the Impact of War on Children
A young Ukrainian girl waits for a call from her father in the powerful 2D-animated short Sunflower Field, directed by Polina Buchak (Pool Party)...
‘Misaligned’ Director Marta Magnuska Takes Us Behind the Scenes of Her Debut Short
Marta Magnuska’s animated short Misaligned finds parallels between the relationship between a man and a woman, and a gecko and several flies circling a...
Oscar-Qualified Queer Love Story ‘Aikāne’ Debuts Online
Aikāne, the latest award-winning animated short from the team behind Kapaemahu, has been made available to watch online for free through queer news and...
‘Chicken for Linda!’ & ‘The Miracle’ Win Top Film Prizes at Manchester Animation Festival
During a ceremony hosted by Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning comedian and writer Amy Gledhill, Manchester Animation Festival (MAF) unveiled the winners of the 2023 Industry...
How ‘Morning Joy’ Director John Henry Hinkel’s Animated Bluebird of Happiness Took Flight
In director John Henry Hinkel’s poignant new animated short Morning Joy, a recently widowed pianist learns to find happiness again after a friendly songbird...
‘American Sikh’ Takes Quest for Justice Online for Limited Run (Exclusive)
Following the news that Oscar winner Guneet Monga Kapoor and chef/filmmaker Vikas Khanna have boarded as executive producers, American Sikh has made its online...
Alê Abreu’s Fantasy-Adventure ‘Perlimps’ Debuts on The Animation Showcase
The Animation Showcase, the industry-only free streaming platform spotlighting acclaimed animated films from around the world, announces the release of the feature Perlimps, by...
Alec Green & Finbar Watson Discuss the Creative Journey Behind the Making of Their Powerful Short, ‘Teacups’
The new Australian-Irish short Teacups tells the true story of Don Ritchie, a man who would approach people contemplating suicide at the edge of...
Oscar-Qualified Animated Short ‘Ninety-five Senses’ Streaming for a Limited Time
Ninety-five Senses, the first animated short from husband and wife filmmaking duo Jared and Jerusha Hess (Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre), is receiving a limited...
Director Bret Parker Hits a Home Run with Her Gentle New Short, ‘Pete’
Writer-director Bret Parker’s new short Pete centers on an eight-year old with a dream of playing baseball like all the other kids on the...
Poetry in Motion: Ryo Orikasa’s ‘Miserable Miracle’ Animates the Musings of Henri Michaux
Ryo Orikasa, whose latest work, Miserable Miracle, won the top animated short prize at the Ottawa International Animation Festival in September, first became interested...
‘Chutes’ Wins Oscar-Qualifying Animation Prize at AFI Fest
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the AFI Fest 2023 Grand Jury Award winners and Special Mentions. The Grand Jury Award winners for...
Oscar Watch 2024: Your Guide to This Year’s Qualifying Animated Shorts
Figuring out the very long list of many shorts that will qualify to land on the shortlist for the Best Animated Short Film Academy...
‘Teacups’ Wins Spark Animation Top Prize, Plympton Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Winners of the 2023 Spark Animation film festival have been announced, ahead of the event's official screening run November 9-12. The festival will also...
Sony Pictures Classics Picks Up ‘The Peasants’, Polish Oscar Entry from ‘Loving Vincent’ Creators
Sony Pictures Classics announced today it has acquired all rights in North America, Latin America, the Middle East and Australia/New Zealand to Oscar nominee...
‘Electra’ Wins Oscar-Qualifying TIFF Short Film Prize
Czech director Daria Kashcheeva could make her second run at the Best Animated Short Film Academy Awards race in under five years, as her latest work...
‘Humo’ Wins Oscar-Qualifying HollyShorts Award
The winners of the Academy Awards-qualifying 19th HollyShorts Film Festival have been announced, with the Oscar-qualifying Best Animation Award going to Humo (Smoke) by Mexican director...
130 Films Selected for Cinanima ’23 Competition
Preparations are well underway for the 47th edition of Cinanima -- Portugal's prestigious, Oscar-qualifying animation festival -- which today announced that a record 130 films have...
19th HollyShorts Fest Spotlights 48 Animated Films
This year, animation is getting top billing at HollyShorts Film Festival. The 19th edition, taking place August 10-20 at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in...
GKIDS Picks Up ‘The Boy and the Heron,’ Miyazaki’s ‘How Do You Live’ Adaptation
GKIDS announced its acquisition of North American distribution rights to the highly anticipated new film from Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Japan’s...
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