‘Brave’ and ‘Paperman’ Win Oscars
Congrats to the creators of Brave and Paperman, which won Best Animated Feature and Best Animated Short at last night’s Oscar ceremony.
Interview with John Kahrs, director of the Oscar nominated ‘Paperman’
Paperman is the animated short that ran in front of Wreck-It-Ralph and is now nominated for a Best Animated Short Oscar. Watch the telecast on February 24, 2013 to see if John takes home as Oscar.
Short Film Spotlight: Head Over Heels
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
Short Film Spotlight: Adam and Dog
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
Short Film Spotlight: Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
Short Film Spotlight: Disney’s Oscar nominated ‘Paperman’
2013 Oscar Nominees for Animation
The nominees for the 85th Academy Awards were announced this morning. The broadcast will air live on February 24, 2013.
The nominees for Animated Feature Film are: Brave, Frankenweenie, ParaNorman, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, and Wreck-It Ralph.
The nominees for Animated Short Film are: Adam and Dog, Fresh Guacamole, Head Over Heels, Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare,” and Paperman.
Check out the rest of the shorts after the break.
Ten Short Films Vie for Oscar Nonimation
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 84th Academy Awards. Forty-four pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title:
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat
La Luna
Luminaris
Magic Piano
A Morning Stroll
Paths of Hate
Specky Four-Eyes
Wild Life
The Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Reviewing Committee viewed all the eligible entries for the preliminary round of voting in screenings held in New York and Los Angeles. Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members will now select three to five nominees from among the 10 titles on the shortlist.
Toy Story 3, How to Train Your Dragon among Oscar nominees
The nominees for this year’s Academy Awards were announced earlier today and there aren’t any surprises, with “Toy Story 3,” as expected, leading the animated pack.
Pixar’s “Toy Story 3,” “The Illusionist,” and DreamWorks Animation’s “How to Train Your Dragon” were nominated today for Best Animated Feature. “How to Train Your Dragon” also earned a second nomination for Best Original Score.
Toy Story was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound Editing, and Best Original Song for “We Belong Together” by Randy Newman. Disney’s Tangled also nabbed a nomination for Best Original Song for “I See the Light.”
Pixar also nabbed a Best Animated Short nomination for “Day & Night.” The other four animated films nominated alongside Pixar are “The Gruffalo,” “Let’s Pollute,” “The Lost Thing,” and “Madagascar, carnet de voyage.”
2010 Oscar nominees for Best Animated Short Film
Below are the five animated short films nominated for the Academy Award in the Short Film (Animated) category, embedded for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
