Pixar’s “Soul” continued its awards season dominance on Friday by winning seven Annie Awards, including feature. The jazzy look at the before-life also won for music, writing (Pete Docter. Mike Jones and Kemp Powers), character animation (Michal Makarewicz), FX, storyboarding (Trevor Jimenez) and editorial.
“Wolfwalkers,” from Irish studio Cartoon Saloon and Melusine Prods. for Apple and Gkids, took home five Annies, including independent feature. Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart picked up the Annie for feature direction and the film also won for character design (Federico Pirovano), production design and voice acting (Eva Whittaker as Mebh Óg MacTíre). Cartoon Saloon, along with Mother, also scored an award for its sponsored project “There’s a Monster in My Kitchen” for Greenpeace.
The top TV winner of the night was the Netflix series “Hilda,” which took home awards for TV/Media for Children, character animation (David Laliberté) and editorial (John McKinnon).
“Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal...
“Wolfwalkers,” from Irish studio Cartoon Saloon and Melusine Prods. for Apple and Gkids, took home five Annies, including independent feature. Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart picked up the Annie for feature direction and the film also won for character design (Federico Pirovano), production design and voice acting (Eva Whittaker as Mebh Óg MacTíre). Cartoon Saloon, along with Mother, also scored an award for its sponsored project “There’s a Monster in My Kitchen” for Greenpeace.
The top TV winner of the night was the Netflix series “Hilda,” which took home awards for TV/Media for Children, character animation (David Laliberté) and editorial (John McKinnon).
“Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal...
- 4/17/2021
- by Terry Flores
- Variety Film + TV
Northern California-based indie toon houses Baobab Studios, Kuku Studios and Tonko House have joined forces to form the Bay Area Animation Alliance to build a community of industry professionals in the area and foster creativity.
One of the group’s first events was to hold an auction of original work by artists from each of the studios to benefit the Equal Justice Initiative — founded by lawyer and activist Bryan Stevenson — whose goal it is to end mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the U.S.
The first Art Auction for Racial Justice raised nearly $13,000 and drew the attention other Bay Area-based artists who asked if they could participate. A second auction is taking place this weekend, June 19-22 at baanimationalliance.org/events.
“We’ve been so inspired by the Bay Area animation community’s reaction to our first Baaa art auction,” says Baobab Studios’ Eric Darnell, who directed all of...
One of the group’s first events was to hold an auction of original work by artists from each of the studios to benefit the Equal Justice Initiative — founded by lawyer and activist Bryan Stevenson — whose goal it is to end mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the U.S.
The first Art Auction for Racial Justice raised nearly $13,000 and drew the attention other Bay Area-based artists who asked if they could participate. A second auction is taking place this weekend, June 19-22 at baanimationalliance.org/events.
“We’ve been so inspired by the Bay Area animation community’s reaction to our first Baaa art auction,” says Baobab Studios’ Eric Darnell, who directed all of...
- 6/19/2020
- by Terry Flores
- Variety Film + TV
The 91st annual Academy Awards (Oscars) was a night of incredibly well-deserved wins, first time wins, and shocking wins. See the full list of nominees and winners below.
Performance by an actress in a supporting role Regina King in “If Beale Street Could Talk” (Winner) Amy Adams in “Vice” Marina de Tavira in “Roma” Emma Stone in “The Favourite” Rachel Weisz in “The Favourite” Best documentary feature “Free Solo” Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill (Winner) “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim “Minding the Gap” Bing Liu and Diane Quon “Of Fathers and Sons” Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert “Rbg” Betsy West and Julie Cohen Achievement in makeup and hairstyling “Vice” Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia DeHaney (Winner) “Border” Goran Lundstrom and Pamela Goldammer “Mary Queen of Scots” Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and...
Performance by an actress in a supporting role Regina King in “If Beale Street Could Talk” (Winner) Amy Adams in “Vice” Marina de Tavira in “Roma” Emma Stone in “The Favourite” Rachel Weisz in “The Favourite” Best documentary feature “Free Solo” Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill (Winner) “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim “Minding the Gap” Bing Liu and Diane Quon “Of Fathers and Sons” Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert “Rbg” Betsy West and Julie Cohen Achievement in makeup and hairstyling “Vice” Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia DeHaney (Winner) “Border” Goran Lundstrom and Pamela Goldammer “Mary Queen of Scots” Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and...
- 2/25/2019
- by Andrew Wendowski
- Age of the Nerd
The year’s biggest night in movies is officially here.
In the running for the evening’s biggest prize, best picture, are “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Green Book,” “Roma,” “Vice,” “The Favourite” “Black Panther,” “BlacKkKlansman,” and “A Star Is Born.”
Best actress contenders include first-time nominee Yalitza Aparicio, Olivia Colman, Melissa McCarthy, Glenn Close, and Lady Gaga. Close has won the Golden Globe and SAG Award for her role in “The Wife,” so all eyes will be on her to see if she can pull in her first win in seven nominations.
Leading men Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Rami Malek, Viggo Mortensen, and Willem Dafoe are in consideration for the coveted prize of best actor, with Malek favored in predictions.
The night marks a rare instance in which the awards are going without a host in the wake of Kevin Hart’s departure following backlash over his homophobic remarks that were resurfaced from years ago.
In the running for the evening’s biggest prize, best picture, are “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Green Book,” “Roma,” “Vice,” “The Favourite” “Black Panther,” “BlacKkKlansman,” and “A Star Is Born.”
Best actress contenders include first-time nominee Yalitza Aparicio, Olivia Colman, Melissa McCarthy, Glenn Close, and Lady Gaga. Close has won the Golden Globe and SAG Award for her role in “The Wife,” so all eyes will be on her to see if she can pull in her first win in seven nominations.
Leading men Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Rami Malek, Viggo Mortensen, and Willem Dafoe are in consideration for the coveted prize of best actor, with Malek favored in predictions.
The night marks a rare instance in which the awards are going without a host in the wake of Kevin Hart’s departure following backlash over his homophobic remarks that were resurfaced from years ago.
- 2/24/2019
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
The big night is finally here. All of the precursors, predictions, speculation, and overall insanity has led to this. The 91st Academy Awards are only a few hours away. By the end of the night, we won’t be guessing what the telecast will be like, and more importantly, we’ll have a whole new crop of Oscar winners. I’ve spent almost a full year trying to figure this race out, which is perhaps the most unpredictable in memory. It all comes down to this. There’s nothing left to do but sit back and try to enjoy the craziness we’ll undoubtedly experience this evening. One more time, the Academy Award nominees: Best Picture: “Black Panther” “BlacKkKlansman” “Bohemian Rhapsody” “The Favourite” “Green Book” “Roma” “A Star Is Born” “Vice” Lead Actor: Christian Bale, “Vice” Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born” Willem Dafoe, “At Eternity’s Gate” Rami Malek,...
- 2/24/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
A couple years ago, the Academy went and changed the rules on how the animated shorts are nominated, opening the process to members of other branches, which may explain why the ballot is one of the most conventional in ages, including none of the experimental stop-motion, hand-painted, or 360-degree techniques seen in recent years. That doesn’t make it any less delightful to watch, however — if anything, this year’s animated noms will be easier for audiences to digest, balancing out the downright depressing batch of live-action shorts.
They could hardly do better than “Bao,” a breath of fresh air from Pixar, which has been lagging virtually every other animated studio when it comes to both gender and cultural representation. At any rate, Domee Shi has already been promoted to developing a feature on the strength of this adorable — and unexpected — morsel, in which a childless Chinese woman lovingly crafts a dumpling by hand,...
They could hardly do better than “Bao,” a breath of fresh air from Pixar, which has been lagging virtually every other animated studio when it comes to both gender and cultural representation. At any rate, Domee Shi has already been promoted to developing a feature on the strength of this adorable — and unexpected — morsel, in which a childless Chinese woman lovingly crafts a dumpling by hand,...
- 2/24/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – The relationships in our lives affect who we are, whether they are momentary or long term. Interestingly, like the Oscar nominated Live Action shorts, the Animated Short Film nominees have that similar connective themes in four of the five stories. Family relationships, son-to-mother, mother-to-daughter, daughter-to-father and parents-to-child, are explored in poignant and expressive ways. The Landmark Century Centre Cinema in Chicago are currently showing all the shorts in one program. Click here for more information.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
One of the nominees, “Animal Behavior” (Canada), is not so much about relationships, but is a comic overview of the law of nature in the context of a psychotherapy group session. The other nominees – “Bao” (USA), “Late Afternoon” (Ireland), “One Small Step” (USA/China) and “Weekends” (USA) – are about our relationships, and the influential nature of them. The trend of animation is to communicate different subjects in this flexible and reverential art form,...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
One of the nominees, “Animal Behavior” (Canada), is not so much about relationships, but is a comic overview of the law of nature in the context of a psychotherapy group session. The other nominees – “Bao” (USA), “Late Afternoon” (Ireland), “One Small Step” (USA/China) and “Weekends” (USA) – are about our relationships, and the influential nature of them. The trend of animation is to communicate different subjects in this flexible and reverential art form,...
- 2/17/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Pixar looks like it’s in a good position to reclaim the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film this year. After their submission “Lou” lost out to “Dear Basketball” at the 2018 ceremony, the studio has rebounded with “Bao,” which netted their 15th nomination in the category. According to our official racetrack odds, “Bao” is way out front to win, based on the predictions of an overwhelming number of our Expert film journalists, Gold Derby Editors, top 24 users and the thousands of Gold Derby readers predicting the contest in our predictions center.
While Pixar has easily dominated in Best Animated Feature, with nine wins out of 12 nominations, its luck in Best Animated Short has not been as consistent. The studio has only prevailed four of 14 times: “Tin Toy” in 1988, “Geri’s Game” in 1997, “For the Birds” in 2001 and “Piper” in 2016.
SEEOscars 2019 slugfest: Our genius tips for predicting all 3 short film categories...
While Pixar has easily dominated in Best Animated Feature, with nine wins out of 12 nominations, its luck in Best Animated Short has not been as consistent. The studio has only prevailed four of 14 times: “Tin Toy” in 1988, “Geri’s Game” in 1997, “For the Birds” in 2001 and “Piper” in 2016.
SEEOscars 2019 slugfest: Our genius tips for predicting all 3 short film categories...
- 2/13/2019
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
It’s hard not to notice shared themes in this year’s animated short film nominees: the emotional lives of women, life in Toronto, difficult family relations, and two films featuring parents who literally eat their children.
Big visuals have swayed voters’ favor, often — though not always — to the benefit of studio-backed shorts including “Bao.” But don’t be surprised if voters follow the Annies’ lead and go with the dreamlike “Weekends” or with previous winners Alison Snowden and David Fine for the comic “Animal Behaviour.”
Animal Behaviour
Snowden and Fine’s 1995 Oscar-winning “Bob’s Birthday” steered the husband-and-wife duo from shorts to a long stint in TV. When an offer from Nfb producer Michael Fukushima opened the door to a return, they bit. “We kind of missed it,” Fine says.
The media’s endless capacity for judgment inspired “Animal Behaviour’s” therapy group for creatures with species-specific issues: an overeating pig,...
Big visuals have swayed voters’ favor, often — though not always — to the benefit of studio-backed shorts including “Bao.” But don’t be surprised if voters follow the Annies’ lead and go with the dreamlike “Weekends” or with previous winners Alison Snowden and David Fine for the comic “Animal Behaviour.”
Animal Behaviour
Snowden and Fine’s 1995 Oscar-winning “Bob’s Birthday” steered the husband-and-wife duo from shorts to a long stint in TV. When an offer from Nfb producer Michael Fukushima opened the door to a return, they bit. “We kind of missed it,” Fine says.
The media’s endless capacity for judgment inspired “Animal Behaviour’s” therapy group for creatures with species-specific issues: an overeating pig,...
- 2/12/2019
- by Thomas J. McLean
- Variety Film + TV
Front Row Left to Right:
Graham King, Jason Ruder, Vincent Lambe, Rodney Rothman, Nuria González Blanco, Anthony Rossomando, Gabriela Rodríguez, Christopher Miller, Diane Quon, Brandon Proctor, Eric Roth, Raymond Mansfield, Mary Zophres, Sean McKittrick, Viggo Mortensen, Marianne Farley, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey and Greg Cannom.
Second Row Left to Right:
Bobby Pontillas, Darren Mahon, Patrick J. Don Vito, Marie-Helene Panisset, Dan Deleeuw, John Casali, John Warhurst, Peter Devlin, Louise Bagnall, Jeffrey Friedman, Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Nicolas Britell, Talal Derki, Tristan Myles, Ethan Van der Ryn, Evan Hayes, Will Fetters, Gordon Sim, Skye Fitzgerald, Barbara Enriquez, Su Kim, Charles B. Wessler, Kathy Lucas.
Third Row Left to Right:
Adam McKay, Yuichiro Saito, Melissa Berton, Willem Dafoe, Diane Warren , Craig Henighan, Jeff Whitty, Barry Alexander Brown, Rich Moore, Mahershala Ali, Marc Shaiman, Bob Persichetti, Benjamin A. Burtt, David Rabinowitz, Jose Antonio Garcia, Mark Ronson, Patricia Dehaney, Dede Gardner, John Walker , Marshall Curry, Bing Liu,...
Graham King, Jason Ruder, Vincent Lambe, Rodney Rothman, Nuria González Blanco, Anthony Rossomando, Gabriela Rodríguez, Christopher Miller, Diane Quon, Brandon Proctor, Eric Roth, Raymond Mansfield, Mary Zophres, Sean McKittrick, Viggo Mortensen, Marianne Farley, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey and Greg Cannom.
Second Row Left to Right:
Bobby Pontillas, Darren Mahon, Patrick J. Don Vito, Marie-Helene Panisset, Dan Deleeuw, John Casali, John Warhurst, Peter Devlin, Louise Bagnall, Jeffrey Friedman, Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Nicolas Britell, Talal Derki, Tristan Myles, Ethan Van der Ryn, Evan Hayes, Will Fetters, Gordon Sim, Skye Fitzgerald, Barbara Enriquez, Su Kim, Charles B. Wessler, Kathy Lucas.
Third Row Left to Right:
Adam McKay, Yuichiro Saito, Melissa Berton, Willem Dafoe, Diane Warren , Craig Henighan, Jeff Whitty, Barry Alexander Brown, Rich Moore, Mahershala Ali, Marc Shaiman, Bob Persichetti, Benjamin A. Burtt, David Rabinowitz, Jose Antonio Garcia, Mark Ronson, Patricia Dehaney, Dede Gardner, John Walker , Marshall Curry, Bing Liu,...
- 2/7/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Sony’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” continued its march toward the Oscar, topping Asifa-Hollywood’s 46th Annie Awards at UCLA Saturday night with seven wins, including animated feature.
GKids snagged indie feature honors for the lovely Japanese “Mirai,” and Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns” earned awards for special production and live-action character animation.
Read More: 2019 Oscars: Best Animated Feature Predictions.
And Pixar story artist Trevor Jimenez won for his solo short, “Weekends,” about growing up with divorced parents in Toronto. He goes up against Pixar’s official entry, “Bao,” for the Oscar, the Chinese-themed baby dumpling dramedy from Domee Shi (the studio’s first female shorts director).
The innovative “Spider-Verse,” which swept all of its categories, also took direction, writing, production design (Justin K. Thompson), character animation (David Han), character design (Shiyoon Kim), and feature editing.
Pixar’s “Incredibles 2,” also vying for the Oscar, only scored two wins...
GKids snagged indie feature honors for the lovely Japanese “Mirai,” and Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns” earned awards for special production and live-action character animation.
Read More: 2019 Oscars: Best Animated Feature Predictions.
And Pixar story artist Trevor Jimenez won for his solo short, “Weekends,” about growing up with divorced parents in Toronto. He goes up against Pixar’s official entry, “Bao,” for the Oscar, the Chinese-themed baby dumpling dramedy from Domee Shi (the studio’s first female shorts director).
The innovative “Spider-Verse,” which swept all of its categories, also took direction, writing, production design (Justin K. Thompson), character animation (David Han), character design (Shiyoon Kim), and feature editing.
Pixar’s “Incredibles 2,” also vying for the Oscar, only scored two wins...
- 2/3/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” topped Saturday’s Annie Awards, taking home seven zoetropes — one for each of its webslinger incarnations — including best animated feature. The Sony Pictures Animation film, which won in every category in which it was nominated, swung past Aardman Animations’ “Early Man,” Pixar’s “Incredibles 2,” Fox Searchlight Pictures’ “Isle of Dogs” and Disney’s “Ralph Breaks the Internet” for that honor.
In addition to animated feature, “Spider-Verse” picked up trophies for direction; writing (Phil Lord and Rothman); character animation in an animated feature (David Han); character design (Shiyoon Kim); production design (Justin K. Thompson) and editorial.
Mamoru Hosoda’s “Mirai” was named best animated independent feature.
How the “Spider-Verse” Annie wins will affect its chances on Oscar night is unclear. The Academy changed its nominating procedures this year for the animated feature category, opening it up to any Academy member willing to join the nominating committee.
In addition to animated feature, “Spider-Verse” picked up trophies for direction; writing (Phil Lord and Rothman); character animation in an animated feature (David Han); character design (Shiyoon Kim); production design (Justin K. Thompson) and editorial.
Mamoru Hosoda’s “Mirai” was named best animated independent feature.
How the “Spider-Verse” Annie wins will affect its chances on Oscar night is unclear. The Academy changed its nominating procedures this year for the animated feature category, opening it up to any Academy member willing to join the nominating committee.
- 2/3/2019
- by Terry Flores
- Variety Film + TV
Trevor Jimenez remembers the long car rides to Toronto and back through the woods of Ontario. He remembers his father’s antique collection, and flitting back and forth from his mother’s quiet, loving arms to the rock ‘n’ roll weekends with his dad.
And then he turned all of that into the basis for his animated short “Weekends,” including the part where that travel-heavy life was abruptly turned upside-down.
“It grew from this really simple idea about how a divorced family’s life changes over time,” said Jimenez, whose 15-minute dialogue-free short was a finalist in TheWrap’s seventh annual ShortList Film Festival. (Update: The movie received an Oscar nomination on Tuesday for Best Animated Short Film.)
Also Read: Finalists Announced for 2018 ShortList Film Festival
“Weekends” follows a young boy dividing time between his divorced parents as they begin dating other people (one of them abusive) through evocative dream...
And then he turned all of that into the basis for his animated short “Weekends,” including the part where that travel-heavy life was abruptly turned upside-down.
“It grew from this really simple idea about how a divorced family’s life changes over time,” said Jimenez, whose 15-minute dialogue-free short was a finalist in TheWrap’s seventh annual ShortList Film Festival. (Update: The movie received an Oscar nomination on Tuesday for Best Animated Short Film.)
Also Read: Finalists Announced for 2018 ShortList Film Festival
“Weekends” follows a young boy dividing time between his divorced parents as they begin dating other people (one of them abusive) through evocative dream...
- 1/23/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
The complete list of nominees for the 91st Academy Awards was announced early Tuesday morning, with Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross hosting. The list is led by a slew of well-deserved nominations for The Favourite (10) and Rome (10). Here is the complete list of Oscar nominations.
Every year, it seems as if films just get better and better, with actors, actresses, directors, and crewmembers raising the bar to extraordinary new heights. For over 90 years, the Academy Awards has been the main source of accommodating those achievements with their illustrious golden statue and the prestige of being known as an "Academy Award-winner". For some, though, just being nominated is a special accolade, in and of itself.
Here is the complete list of Oscar nominations for the 91st Academy Awards.
Best Picture:
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“Roma”
“A Star Is Born”
“Vice”
Lead Actor:
Christian Bale, “Vice”
Bradley Cooper,...
Every year, it seems as if films just get better and better, with actors, actresses, directors, and crewmembers raising the bar to extraordinary new heights. For over 90 years, the Academy Awards has been the main source of accommodating those achievements with their illustrious golden statue and the prestige of being known as an "Academy Award-winner". For some, though, just being nominated is a special accolade, in and of itself.
Here is the complete list of Oscar nominations for the 91st Academy Awards.
Best Picture:
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“Roma”
“A Star Is Born”
“Vice”
Lead Actor:
Christian Bale, “Vice”
Bradley Cooper,...
- 1/22/2019
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Matt Malliaros)
- Cinelinx
Boom. It happened. Folks, we’re now living in a world where we know who and what the Academy has nominated for the upcoming 91st Oscars. Yes, the Academy Award nominees have been announced. As always, it was an announcement full of snubs, surprises, and a general sense that we’ve only just begun. Phase One has concluded, with Phase Two now underway, leading up to the Oscar telecast in late February. There will be lots to say in the coming days, you can count on that, though for the moment, with everything still so fresh, we can start by just running down the facts. Leading the way this morning was Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma, as well as Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite, both of which scored ten nominations apiece. Next in line was he duo of Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born and Adam McKay’s Vice, which each received eight nods,...
- 1/22/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
“Roma” and “The Favourite” led nominations for the 91st Oscars, scoring 10 nods each. Both films were nominated for best picture, alongside “Black Panther,” “BlacKkKlansman,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “A Star Is Born,” “Vice,” and “Green Book.”
Glenn Close picked up her seventh Academy Award nod for best actress in “The Wife,” while Lady Gaga nabbed her first acting nomination for “A Star Is Born.” Their competition includes Olivia Colman for “The Favourite,” Yalitza Aparicio for “Roma,” and Melissa McCarthy for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
The best actor race includes Christian Bale for his turn as former VP Dick Cheney in “Vice,” Rami Malek as iconic Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Bradley Cooper in “A Star Is Born,” Willem Dafoe as Vincent Van Gogh in “At Eternity’s Gate,” and Viggo Mortensen in “Green Book.”
Nominations were announced on Tuesday morning by Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross. The Academy Awards will air live Feb.
Glenn Close picked up her seventh Academy Award nod for best actress in “The Wife,” while Lady Gaga nabbed her first acting nomination for “A Star Is Born.” Their competition includes Olivia Colman for “The Favourite,” Yalitza Aparicio for “Roma,” and Melissa McCarthy for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
The best actor race includes Christian Bale for his turn as former VP Dick Cheney in “Vice,” Rami Malek as iconic Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Bradley Cooper in “A Star Is Born,” Willem Dafoe as Vincent Van Gogh in “At Eternity’s Gate,” and Viggo Mortensen in “Green Book.”
Nominations were announced on Tuesday morning by Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross. The Academy Awards will air live Feb.
- 1/22/2019
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
“Weekends,” the latest off-the-shelf Pixar short, offers childhood memories of divorce to evoke the clash of painterly beauty and emotional confusion. (The indie was made by Pixar artists under its co-op program to allow them to work on their own time.)
Story artist Trevor Jimenez directed the Oscar and Annie hopeful by recreating how he was shuttled from one parent to the other as a youngster in Toronto during the 1980s.
“It started as a series of drawings from a sketch book that I posted online,” said Jimenez, who worked on “Coco,” “Finding Dory,” and is currently boarding the latest feature from Pete Docter, Pixar’s chief creative officer. They included memories of meeting a woman his dad dated in the kitchen, and, opening the door and seeing a man with flowers for his mom.
Pixar’s co-op program has resulted in Oscar nominations for the shorts “The Dam Keeper” and “Borrowed Time.
Story artist Trevor Jimenez directed the Oscar and Annie hopeful by recreating how he was shuttled from one parent to the other as a youngster in Toronto during the 1980s.
“It started as a series of drawings from a sketch book that I posted online,” said Jimenez, who worked on “Coco,” “Finding Dory,” and is currently boarding the latest feature from Pete Docter, Pixar’s chief creative officer. They included memories of meeting a woman his dad dated in the kitchen, and, opening the door and seeing a man with flowers for his mom.
Pixar’s co-op program has resulted in Oscar nominations for the shorts “The Dam Keeper” and “Borrowed Time.
- 1/16/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Trevor Jimenez started with a simple action and now its leading him to a possible Oscar nomination. “I did a drawing about 10 years ago for an animation portfolio and it was based off my own memories and experiences with my parents who were divorced,” he tells us in an exclusive chat (watch the video above). The picture showed a kid walking from his mother’s home to his dad’s car in the middle of winter.
Over the course of those 10 years, that picture has now morphed into the short film, “Weekends,” which has been shortlisted by Academy Awards voters for Best Animated Short Film at the upcoming Oscars. The short tells the story of how a young boy goes back and forth between the two homes of his parents who are divorced. As he makes these repeated journeys he finds himself encountering dream-like versions of his current situations and...
Over the course of those 10 years, that picture has now morphed into the short film, “Weekends,” which has been shortlisted by Academy Awards voters for Best Animated Short Film at the upcoming Oscars. The short tells the story of how a young boy goes back and forth between the two homes of his parents who are divorced. As he makes these repeated journeys he finds himself encountering dream-like versions of his current situations and...
- 12/28/2018
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Pixar’s “Bao” (available for online viewing below through December 23rd) and DreamWorks’ “Bilby” and “Bird Karma” lead the Academy’s shortlist of 10 for Best Animated Short.
They were joined by “Age of Sail,” from Oscar winner John Kahrs (“Paperman”) via his Vr Google Spotlight short about being adrift at sea; National Board of Canada’s “Animal Behaviour” (directed by Alison Snowden and David Fine) about hilarious animal issues; Cartoon Saloon’s “Late Afternoon” (directed by Louise Bagnall), which explores dementia; “Lost & Found” (directed by Andrew Goldsmith & Bradley Slabe) about recovering a special friendship; “One Small Step” (directed by Disney alums Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas) about qualifying for the space program; “Pépé le Morse” (directed by Lucrèce Andreae) about a family’s sojourn of mourning; and “Weekends” (directed by Pixar story artist Trevor Jimenez) based on his difficult childhood being shuttled between parents in Toronto.
However, the frontrunner remains “Bao,...
They were joined by “Age of Sail,” from Oscar winner John Kahrs (“Paperman”) via his Vr Google Spotlight short about being adrift at sea; National Board of Canada’s “Animal Behaviour” (directed by Alison Snowden and David Fine) about hilarious animal issues; Cartoon Saloon’s “Late Afternoon” (directed by Louise Bagnall), which explores dementia; “Lost & Found” (directed by Andrew Goldsmith & Bradley Slabe) about recovering a special friendship; “One Small Step” (directed by Disney alums Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas) about qualifying for the space program; “Pépé le Morse” (directed by Lucrèce Andreae) about a family’s sojourn of mourning; and “Weekends” (directed by Pixar story artist Trevor Jimenez) based on his difficult childhood being shuttled between parents in Toronto.
However, the frontrunner remains “Bao,...
- 12/17/2018
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Short list finalists for nine categories the 2019 Oscars were published by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, with the Pixar short “Bao” listed among the nominees.
A selection from TheWrap’s annual ShortList Film Festival also made the cut in the animated category. “Weekends,” a hand-drawn short based on director Trevor Jimenez’s childhood with his divorced parents, was named a finalist after receiving the jury and audience awards at this year’s Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
Also Read: 'Black Panther,' 'Ballad of Buster Scruggs' Lead Oscar Song, Score Shortlists
81 animated films and 140 live-action films originally qualified for consideration. Members of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.
The final list of nominees will be announced on January 22, with ShortsTV screening the live-action, animation, and documentary short nominees in select theaters prior to the 91st Academy Awards...
A selection from TheWrap’s annual ShortList Film Festival also made the cut in the animated category. “Weekends,” a hand-drawn short based on director Trevor Jimenez’s childhood with his divorced parents, was named a finalist after receiving the jury and audience awards at this year’s Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
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81 animated films and 140 live-action films originally qualified for consideration. Members of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.
The final list of nominees will be announced on January 22, with ShortsTV screening the live-action, animation, and documentary short nominees in select theaters prior to the 91st Academy Awards...
- 12/17/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
This year’s Oscar race for Best Animated Short is led by Pixar’s China-flavored “Bao” and a pair of DreamWorks projects that launched its new shorts program: the CG “Bilby” and the 2D “Bird Karma.”
Semi-autobiographical “Bao” explores empty nest syndrome. Chinese-Canadian story artist Domee Shi, the first female to direct a short at Pixar, tells the story of a woman who gets a second chance at motherhood when one of her hand-made dumplings come to life. Shi grew up in Toronto and the short reflects her upbringing as the only child of Chinese immigrants. (Her dumpling master mom served as consultant.) Animating the delectable Chinese meals proved the biggest challenge, but story wise, Shi delivered Pixar’s first Wtf moment when the mom eats her dumpling child to prevent it from leaving the nest.
Also from Pixar, story artist Trevor Jimenez made the semi-autobiographical, hand-drawn “Weekends” in his...
Semi-autobiographical “Bao” explores empty nest syndrome. Chinese-Canadian story artist Domee Shi, the first female to direct a short at Pixar, tells the story of a woman who gets a second chance at motherhood when one of her hand-made dumplings come to life. Shi grew up in Toronto and the short reflects her upbringing as the only child of Chinese immigrants. (Her dumpling master mom served as consultant.) Animating the delectable Chinese meals proved the biggest challenge, but story wise, Shi delivered Pixar’s first Wtf moment when the mom eats her dumpling child to prevent it from leaving the nest.
Also from Pixar, story artist Trevor Jimenez made the semi-autobiographical, hand-drawn “Weekends” in his...
- 12/1/2018
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The Oscar race for Best Animated Short offers several mainstream studio contenders, led by Pixar’s China-flavored “Bao” and a pair of DreamWorks projects that launched its new shorts program: the CG “Bilby” and the 2D “Bird Karma.”
In addition, Pixar story artist Trevor Jimenez made the semi-autobiographical, hand-drawn “Weekends” in his spare time; former Disney Oscar winner John Kahrs (“Paperman”) ventured into Vr with the Google Spotlight short, “Age of Sail”; and former Pixar animator Carlos Baena conjured the gorgeous, horror-filled “La Noria” with a contingent of online collaborators.
“Bao,” which explores empty nest syndrome, is also semi-autobiographical. It’s from story artist Domee Shi, the first female to direct a short at Pixar, who is currently developing a feature, guided by her mentor, Pete Docter, the studio’s new chief creative officer.
“Bao” is about a Chinese-Canadian woman who gets a second chance at motherhood when one of...
In addition, Pixar story artist Trevor Jimenez made the semi-autobiographical, hand-drawn “Weekends” in his spare time; former Disney Oscar winner John Kahrs (“Paperman”) ventured into Vr with the Google Spotlight short, “Age of Sail”; and former Pixar animator Carlos Baena conjured the gorgeous, horror-filled “La Noria” with a contingent of online collaborators.
“Bao,” which explores empty nest syndrome, is also semi-autobiographical. It’s from story artist Domee Shi, the first female to direct a short at Pixar, who is currently developing a feature, guided by her mentor, Pete Docter, the studio’s new chief creative officer.
“Bao” is about a Chinese-Canadian woman who gets a second chance at motherhood when one of...
- 11/28/2018
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Most films are personal for the filmmakers in some way, but Trevor Jimenez’s animated short, “Weekends,” is more personal than most. It follows a 6-year-old boy shuttling between his divorced parents’ homes in Toronto and it’s steeped in his own childhood experiences.
“I grew up with divorced parents and I drew a lot about those experiences. The film started as a drawing I did 10 years ago for an animation portfolio of a kid walking from his mom’s house to his dad’s apartment,” explains Jimenez, who works as a story artist at Pixar. “I put that online and got more response on that than anything else on the vlog. People were talking about their divorced families in the comments section and I started sharing memories with my friends, and they’d be amused by them. It made me think that there was something there that could connect...
“I grew up with divorced parents and I drew a lot about those experiences. The film started as a drawing I did 10 years ago for an animation portfolio of a kid walking from his mom’s house to his dad’s apartment,” explains Jimenez, who works as a story artist at Pixar. “I put that online and got more response on that than anything else on the vlog. People were talking about their divorced families in the comments section and I started sharing memories with my friends, and they’d be amused by them. It made me think that there was something there that could connect...
- 11/8/2018
- by Terry Flores
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – The Chicago International Film Festival is competitive, and the 54th edition presented its awards on October 19th, 2018, at the AMC River East Theatre in Chicago. The winner of the Gold Hugo as Best Film was “Happy as Lazzaro” (Italy/Switzerland/Germany/France), directed by Alice Rohrwacher.
The 54th Chicago International Film Festival Awards Night was October 19th, 2018
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival
The awards event was hosted by entertainment reporter Bill Zwecker. Presenters included Artistic Director Mimi Plauché, programmers Anthony Kaufman and Sam Flancher, plus various jury members. Festival CEO Michael Kutza presented his “Founder’s Award.” The Festival’s highest honor is the Gold Hugo, named for the mythical God of Discovery.
International Feature Film Competition
’Happy as Lazzaro,’ Directed by Alice Rohrwacher
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival
The Gold Hugo for Best Film: “Happy as Lazzaro,” (Italy/Switzerland/Germany/France) Directed by Alice Rohrwacher
The...
The 54th Chicago International Film Festival Awards Night was October 19th, 2018
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival
The awards event was hosted by entertainment reporter Bill Zwecker. Presenters included Artistic Director Mimi Plauché, programmers Anthony Kaufman and Sam Flancher, plus various jury members. Festival CEO Michael Kutza presented his “Founder’s Award.” The Festival’s highest honor is the Gold Hugo, named for the mythical God of Discovery.
International Feature Film Competition
’Happy as Lazzaro,’ Directed by Alice Rohrwacher
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival
The Gold Hugo for Best Film: “Happy as Lazzaro,” (Italy/Switzerland/Germany/France) Directed by Alice Rohrwacher
The...
- 10/20/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Segovia, Spain — Spain’s 3D Wire, an increasingly important festival and market dedicated to animation, comics, video games, traditional gaming, Vr and Ar, wrapped its 10th edition this weekend in Segovia. Four days of industry workshops, works in progress presentations, meetings and much more culminated on Saturday night with an awards ceremony held at the Museo Zuloaga.
Here are five highlights from the weekend, and a complete list of award winners:
The Big Winners
Pixar story artist Trevor Jimenez’s poignant “Weekends” continued its 2018 run of festival successes, taking top honors for best animated short film. His take a young kid living between recently divorced parents highlights the cherished moments alone with mom and dad before or after both move on to new partners. It was featured as one of Variety’s 10 shorts not to miss at Annecy where it won the Jury and Audience awards for an animated short.
Here are five highlights from the weekend, and a complete list of award winners:
The Big Winners
Pixar story artist Trevor Jimenez’s poignant “Weekends” continued its 2018 run of festival successes, taking top honors for best animated short film. His take a young kid living between recently divorced parents highlights the cherished moments alone with mom and dad before or after both move on to new partners. It was featured as one of Variety’s 10 shorts not to miss at Annecy where it won the Jury and Audience awards for an animated short.
- 10/8/2018
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The newest of the fall festivals wraps up today, and the Los Angeles Film Festival has announced Tom Shadyac’s powerful and inspiring true story Brian Banks as winner of its Audience Award for Fiction Feature Film and the acclaimed Stuntman as Audience Award choice winner for Best Documentary Feature. As the Toronto Film Festival annually proves, it is the Audience Award that often gets the most attention and is most representative of a particular film’s success at many of these fests.
At its world premiere screening Saturday afternoon, Brian Banks received five standing ovations by my count as the key creative team and actors were brought up on stage by Banks himself after the rousing reception to the emotionally draining film. It’s the story of a promising young football star’s fight against the justice system in trying to clear his name after serving prison time and...
At its world premiere screening Saturday afternoon, Brian Banks received five standing ovations by my count as the key creative team and actors were brought up on stage by Banks himself after the rousing reception to the emotionally draining film. It’s the story of a promising young football star’s fight against the justice system in trying to clear his name after serving prison time and...
- 9/28/2018
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Madrid — Over Oct. 4-7, the city of Segovia will host 3D Wire, Spain’s premier platforms for upcoming animation, video games, 3D and Ar content produced on the Iberian Peninsula, across Latin America and beyond.
This year’s market will see more than 1,000 industry professionals visit the historical Roman city best known for its extremely well preserved aqueducts. Segovia seems an ideal place to host an animation festival; the Alcazar de Segovia Castle is said to have inspired Walt Disney and the logo that accompanies so many of the artform’s most iconic productions.
Attendees will be invited to participate in presentations, screenings, round tables and conferences; a number of prizes will be awarded to upcoming projects; there will be a competition for animated short films. The official competition is broken up into domestic and international sections with the former featuring seven animated shorts, while the rest of the world contributes 26 – five from the U.
This year’s market will see more than 1,000 industry professionals visit the historical Roman city best known for its extremely well preserved aqueducts. Segovia seems an ideal place to host an animation festival; the Alcazar de Segovia Castle is said to have inspired Walt Disney and the logo that accompanies so many of the artform’s most iconic productions.
Attendees will be invited to participate in presentations, screenings, round tables and conferences; a number of prizes will be awarded to upcoming projects; there will be a competition for animated short films. The official competition is broken up into domestic and international sections with the former featuring seven animated shorts, while the rest of the world contributes 26 – five from the U.
- 9/21/2018
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
TheWrap is pleased to announce the 12 finalists in the seventh annual ShortList Film Festival, launching today online.
The finalists, hand-picked from the world’s top film festivals over the last year, will stream on the site starting today through August 22, 2018 — allowing visitors to vote on their favorites.
The Audience Prize and The Industry Prize winners will each receive a $5,000 cash prize during a ceremony to take place at the AMC Century City in Los Angeles on Thursday, August 23.
The films in the main competition are a mix of foreign language, drama, comedy and animation created by filmmakers from around the globe.
Also Read: Meet: The 2018 ShortList Film Festival Jurors!
In addition, eight student films from top colleges and universities included in TheWrap’s ranking of film schools have been named finalists in a sidebar competition.
The contenders come from filmmakers who studied at USC, UCLA, University of North Carolina School of the Arts,...
The finalists, hand-picked from the world’s top film festivals over the last year, will stream on the site starting today through August 22, 2018 — allowing visitors to vote on their favorites.
The Audience Prize and The Industry Prize winners will each receive a $5,000 cash prize during a ceremony to take place at the AMC Century City in Los Angeles on Thursday, August 23.
The films in the main competition are a mix of foreign language, drama, comedy and animation created by filmmakers from around the globe.
Also Read: Meet: The 2018 ShortList Film Festival Jurors!
In addition, eight student films from top colleges and universities included in TheWrap’s ranking of film schools have been named finalists in a sidebar competition.
The contenders come from filmmakers who studied at USC, UCLA, University of North Carolina School of the Arts,...
- 8/8/2018
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
Annecy, France — Denis Do’s semi-autobiographical story, set against the Khmer Rouge’s brutal reign-of-terror, took the top Cristal at the 2018 Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival.
Nora Twomey’s “The Breadwinner,” a moral co-victor, swept three awards, including two key trophies: the Annecy Audience Award, the statue that really counts for distributors and sales agents, and the festival’s Jury Award.
In other top distinctions, Nienke Deutz “Bloeistraat 11,” fruit of the flowering Flanders school of animation, scooped the top Cristal for a short film at a festival which places a large emphasis on briefer formats.
As for TV, two episodes of Tonko House’s “Pig: The Dam Keeper Poems”: “Yellow Flower” and “Hello Nice to Meet You” snagged the Cristal for top TV series.
This year’s preeminent festival awards validate the two biggest artistic trends noticeable at a vibrant 2018 Annecy meet. An increase in the number of feature...
Nora Twomey’s “The Breadwinner,” a moral co-victor, swept three awards, including two key trophies: the Annecy Audience Award, the statue that really counts for distributors and sales agents, and the festival’s Jury Award.
In other top distinctions, Nienke Deutz “Bloeistraat 11,” fruit of the flowering Flanders school of animation, scooped the top Cristal for a short film at a festival which places a large emphasis on briefer formats.
As for TV, two episodes of Tonko House’s “Pig: The Dam Keeper Poems”: “Yellow Flower” and “Hello Nice to Meet You” snagged the Cristal for top TV series.
This year’s preeminent festival awards validate the two biggest artistic trends noticeable at a vibrant 2018 Annecy meet. An increase in the number of feature...
- 6/16/2018
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
This past August 28th saw the San Diego debut of the Blacklist Art and Film Festival, and your local Dread Central staff members were on hand for the event. We're happy to report a good time was had by all, and even though we'd seen a couple of the horror shorts shown during the film fest portion already, they really popped thanks to the enthusiastic crowd.
What types of films were there? Only several of the best shorts the genre has seen in some time: Jason Eisener's hilariously brilliant "Treevenge" (review here), the clever and surprising Aussie flick "Spider" from Nash Edgerton, and Ryan Spindell's quite well made "Kirksdale" (the longest entry of the night with a runtime of 21 minutes). These three came in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Beast in Show, respectively, and were all well deserving. They were joined by:
Trevor Jimenez's animated "Key Lime Pie...
What types of films were there? Only several of the best shorts the genre has seen in some time: Jason Eisener's hilariously brilliant "Treevenge" (review here), the clever and surprising Aussie flick "Spider" from Nash Edgerton, and Ryan Spindell's quite well made "Kirksdale" (the longest entry of the night with a runtime of 21 minutes). These three came in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Beast in Show, respectively, and were all well deserving. They were joined by:
Trevor Jimenez's animated "Key Lime Pie...
- 9/4/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
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