Tag: Oscars
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...
‘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...
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...
Manchester Animation Festival Becomes Oscar-Qualifying Competition
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has designated Manchester Animation Festival as an Academy Award®-qualifying festival on the Short Films Qualifying Festival...
Motion Picture Academy Invites 37 Members to Shorts & Animation Branch
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has issued its list of new member invitees, including dozens of talented filmmakers across animated short...
Academy Sets 96th Oscars Ceremony, Key Dates
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC network announced today the key dates for the 96th Oscars, with the ceremony scheduled for...
95th Academy Awards: ‘Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio;’ ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ Win Animation Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented the 95th Academy Awards (oscars.org) on Sunday, March 12, broadcasting live from the Dolby Theatre in...
Watch: Oscar Nominated Animators Draw Their Characters Grabbing the Gold
With just a few nail-biting days until the 95th Academy Awards take place in Hollywood and we find out which animated short films and features...
Oscar Nominees’ Animated Reactions! (UPDATING)
Following this morning's announcement of the nominees for the 95th Academy Awards, the filmmakers behind this year's Oscar-nominated animated features and shorts are sharing...
Animation & VFX Nominations Revealed for the 95th Academy Awards
This morning, the nominations for the 95th Academy Awards were announced at 5:30 in 24 categories. Here are this year’s animation and vfx-related nominees:
Best...
The Art of Designing Stand-Out Animated Characters
***This article originally appeared in the February '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 327)***
Some of today's top character designers discuss their craft and challenges.
Things...
Director Amy Bench on Animating a Journey Through Tragedy in ‘More Than I Want to Remember’
Director Amy Bench’s powerful animated documentary short More Than I Want to Remember has won numerous awards and rave reviews since it debuted at...
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