As ever more Portuguese directors plan their first animated feature, Annecy is staging a timely Tribute to Portuguese Animation, its 2024 Country of Honor, with a seven section spread of key titles.
Variety has made its own selection of that selection, profiling modern milestones such as Abi Feijo’s “The Outlaws” and José Miguel Ribeiro’s “The Suspect” and taking in Regina Pessoa’s “Uncle Thomas, Accounting for the Days,” the dazzling 2D of Bap, Zagreb Animafest winner “The Garbage Man” and Oscar-nominated ‘Ice Merchants.”
There’s a larger narrative to the titles: the step-by-step and very often collaborative growth of a craft industry of social point and high artistic ambition prized at home and ever more abroad.
As multiple leading lights of the Portugal’s animation industry contemplate feature film creation, Annecy’s Tribute is a reminder of what Portugal has already achieved.
Some highlights:
“Ice Merchants,” (João Gonzalez, 2022)
Portugal’s first ever Oscar nominee,...
Variety has made its own selection of that selection, profiling modern milestones such as Abi Feijo’s “The Outlaws” and José Miguel Ribeiro’s “The Suspect” and taking in Regina Pessoa’s “Uncle Thomas, Accounting for the Days,” the dazzling 2D of Bap, Zagreb Animafest winner “The Garbage Man” and Oscar-nominated ‘Ice Merchants.”
There’s a larger narrative to the titles: the step-by-step and very often collaborative growth of a craft industry of social point and high artistic ambition prized at home and ever more abroad.
As multiple leading lights of the Portugal’s animation industry contemplate feature film creation, Annecy’s Tribute is a reminder of what Portugal has already achieved.
Some highlights:
“Ice Merchants,” (João Gonzalez, 2022)
Portugal’s first ever Oscar nominee,...
- 6/9/2024
- by John Hopewell, Jamie Lang and Callum McLennan
- Variety Film + TV
Nominations for feature film and documentary up from five to six.
The nominations for the 2020 European Film Awards have been unveiled, with the size of two key categories extended as a result of the virus crisis.
The categories for best feature and best documentary have each been increased from five to six to offer more exposure to titles and artists impacted by cinema closures and release delays during the pandemic.
Scroll down for full list of nominees
The films nominated in the best European Film category are Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round, Berhan Qurbani’s Berlin Alexanderplatz, Jan Komasa’s Corpus Christi,...
The nominations for the 2020 European Film Awards have been unveiled, with the size of two key categories extended as a result of the virus crisis.
The categories for best feature and best documentary have each been increased from five to six to offer more exposure to titles and artists impacted by cinema closures and release delays during the pandemic.
Scroll down for full list of nominees
The films nominated in the best European Film category are Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round, Berhan Qurbani’s Berlin Alexanderplatz, Jan Komasa’s Corpus Christi,...
- 11/10/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The Quirino Awards, a prize ceremony and industry forum for animation titles from Latin America, Spain and Portugal, will hold its third edition online with the support of Retina Latina and Filmin platforms. Event runs May 25 through June 27, when the awards ceremony takes place.
Unspooling during its first two editions on Tenerife, a Canary Island and building animation hub, the Awards were scheduled to take place on site over April 16-18 and but postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Works accessible online will include nominees for best student short film and film school winners from the previous editions, “one of the categories that best represents the future of Ibero-American animation,” said Quirino Awards promoter José Luis Farias.
“Ibero-American animation is right now at a kind of hatching stage. It’s a privilege to know that the Quirino Awards are an active part of that ecosystem,” he added. “The animation industry...
Unspooling during its first two editions on Tenerife, a Canary Island and building animation hub, the Awards were scheduled to take place on site over April 16-18 and but postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Works accessible online will include nominees for best student short film and film school winners from the previous editions, “one of the categories that best represents the future of Ibero-American animation,” said Quirino Awards promoter José Luis Farias.
“Ibero-American animation is right now at a kind of hatching stage. It’s a privilege to know that the Quirino Awards are an active part of that ecosystem,” he added. “The animation industry...
- 5/21/2020
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
Barcelona — “Klaus,” “Tainá and the Amazon’s Guardians” and “Uncle Thomas Accounting for the Days” are among the finalists at the 3rd Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards, to be held in the Spanish Canary Islands city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on April 18.
Produced by Spain’s Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine for Netflix, “Klaus” delivers a singular Santa Claus origin story written by first-timer director Sergio Pablos, as well as Zach Lewis and Jim Mahoney. Carlos Martínez López co-directs this high-profile title, the first 2D movie by a major U.S. studio in many years, which snagged an Academy Award nomination and prizes at the Bafta and and Annie Awards.
Brazilian CG-animated hit “Tainá and the Amazon’s Guardians” is lead-produced by Marcela Baptista at Sincrocine in co-production with Hype Animation and Nickelodeon and directed by Andrè Forni (“Dino Aventuras”). A spin-off from a feature film trilogy, the ecology-themed 52-part...
Produced by Spain’s Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine for Netflix, “Klaus” delivers a singular Santa Claus origin story written by first-timer director Sergio Pablos, as well as Zach Lewis and Jim Mahoney. Carlos Martínez López co-directs this high-profile title, the first 2D movie by a major U.S. studio in many years, which snagged an Academy Award nomination and prizes at the Bafta and and Annie Awards.
Brazilian CG-animated hit “Tainá and the Amazon’s Guardians” is lead-produced by Marcela Baptista at Sincrocine in co-production with Hype Animation and Nickelodeon and directed by Andrè Forni (“Dino Aventuras”). A spin-off from a feature film trilogy, the ecology-themed 52-part...
- 3/10/2020
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
If predicting the winners of the short film categories at the Oscars is difficult, then predicting which five will get nominated is darn near impossible. Do not worry, Derbyites! We are here to help you now that we have seen which shorts have made the Oscar shortlist for those categories. In order to help you better make your nomination picks in our predictions center, we’re giving you all the details about the 10 finalists for Best Animated Short Film. This cheat sheet can help assist you in predicting which five contenders will score nominations at the 2020 Oscars.
See 2020 Oscar nominations shortlists: 9 Academy Awards with special rules – Original Song, Score, Documentary Feature, International Feature …
“Dcera (Daughter)” – The relationship between a father and daughter is threatened by issues that are not discussed and wounds that take a lot of time to alleviate.
“Hair Love” – An African-American father encounters the ultimate challenge when...
See 2020 Oscar nominations shortlists: 9 Academy Awards with special rules – Original Song, Score, Documentary Feature, International Feature …
“Dcera (Daughter)” – The relationship between a father and daughter is threatened by issues that are not discussed and wounds that take a lot of time to alleviate.
“Hair Love” – An African-American father encounters the ultimate challenge when...
- 12/21/2019
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
A record 92 animated short films have qualified for the 92nd Academy Awards, a list that will be winnowed to 10 contenders when shortlist is announced Dec. 16. Alongside entries such as Sony’s “Hair Love” and Magic Light Pictures’ “Zog,” challengers include lauded films from animators such as Tomek Popakul’s “Acid Rain,” Siqi Song’s “Sister” and Theodore Ushev’s “The Physics of Sorrow.” Ranging from studio darlings to festival gems, the diversity of projects in the category makes for a somewhat unpredictable race, yet each year a handful of shorts float to the top, generating awards season buzz.
1. Curse of the Monkeybird (Warner Bros.)
Director: Pete Browngardt
Producers: Pete Browngardt, Sam Register
The slapstick “Indiana Jones”-inspired 2D short features classic Looney Tunes characters searching for a cursed treasure inside a jungle temple. “It was a dream come true to be able to write and direct a Porky Pig and Daffy Duck cartoon from scratch,...
1. Curse of the Monkeybird (Warner Bros.)
Director: Pete Browngardt
Producers: Pete Browngardt, Sam Register
The slapstick “Indiana Jones”-inspired 2D short features classic Looney Tunes characters searching for a cursed treasure inside a jungle temple. “It was a dream come true to be able to write and direct a Porky Pig and Daffy Duck cartoon from scratch,...
- 12/4/2019
- by Jennifer Wolfe
- Variety Film + TV
Quirky tale about a severed hand on quest to reunite with owner won Cannes Critics’ Week last month.
French director Jérémy Clapin’s I Lost My Body continued its prize-winning run at the Annecy International Animation Festival (June 10-15) over the weekend, scooping the top Cristal award for best film as well as the audience award in the feature-length category.
The prizes follow its triumph at Cannes Critics’ Week last month where it became the first feature-length animation to clinch the Grand Prize.
The quirky tale, produced by Marc Du Pontavice’s Xilam Animation, revolves around a severed hand which...
French director Jérémy Clapin’s I Lost My Body continued its prize-winning run at the Annecy International Animation Festival (June 10-15) over the weekend, scooping the top Cristal award for best film as well as the audience award in the feature-length category.
The prizes follow its triumph at Cannes Critics’ Week last month where it became the first feature-length animation to clinch the Grand Prize.
The quirky tale, produced by Marc Du Pontavice’s Xilam Animation, revolves around a severed hand which...
- 6/17/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
I Lost My Body, Jeremy Clapin’s feature animation debut, picked up the Cristal today for a feature film at the 2019 Annecy Int’l Animated Film Festival.
The film also won a Critics’ Week Award last month at Cannes, and was picked up by Netflix.
Other Annecy winners included Gints Zilbalodis’ Away, which picked up the Annecy’s new Contrechamps category for feature film.
On the shorts side: Bruno Collet’s Memorable, won prizes for Short Film and the Audience Award.
The festival, held in Annecy, France, ran from June 10 to June 15.
Below is the complete list of winners:
Feature Films
Cristal for a Feature Film
I Lost My Body
Jeremy Clapin – Xilam Animation – France
Jury Distinction
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
Salvador Simo – Sygnatia Films, Submarine – Spain/Netherlands
Feature Films Contrechamp Award
Away
Gints Zilbalodis – Bilibaba- Latvia
Audience Award / Premiere
I Lost My Body
Jeremy Clapin – Xilam...
The film also won a Critics’ Week Award last month at Cannes, and was picked up by Netflix.
Other Annecy winners included Gints Zilbalodis’ Away, which picked up the Annecy’s new Contrechamps category for feature film.
On the shorts side: Bruno Collet’s Memorable, won prizes for Short Film and the Audience Award.
The festival, held in Annecy, France, ran from June 10 to June 15.
Below is the complete list of winners:
Feature Films
Cristal for a Feature Film
I Lost My Body
Jeremy Clapin – Xilam Animation – France
Jury Distinction
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
Salvador Simo – Sygnatia Films, Submarine – Spain/Netherlands
Feature Films Contrechamp Award
Away
Gints Zilbalodis – Bilibaba- Latvia
Audience Award / Premiere
I Lost My Body
Jeremy Clapin – Xilam...
- 6/16/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
Annecy, France — Fulfilling expectations, Jeremy Clapin’s “I Lost My Body, the subject of one of the highest-profile Netflix deals at this year’s Cannes, won this Saturday the Annecy Festival’s top Cristal Award of best feature plus, in a relatively rare Annecy double whammy, the festival’s Audience Award.
The first was expected, the second a sign of the broad appeal of a movie whose premise – a severed hand desperately attempting to be reunited with its body – seems a highly unlikely point of departure for a movie of any kind.
Hailed as a masterpiece by many critics “I Lost My Body” was described by Peter Debruge in his Variety review as “one of the strangest ideas ever committed to animation — a severed hand seeks answers,” which “ultimately proves to be one of the medium’s most profound offerings.”
With a 2019 Annecy jury mention going to Salvador Simó’s...
The first was expected, the second a sign of the broad appeal of a movie whose premise – a severed hand desperately attempting to be reunited with its body – seems a highly unlikely point of departure for a movie of any kind.
Hailed as a masterpiece by many critics “I Lost My Body” was described by Peter Debruge in his Variety review as “one of the strangest ideas ever committed to animation — a severed hand seeks answers,” which “ultimately proves to be one of the medium’s most profound offerings.”
With a 2019 Annecy jury mention going to Salvador Simó’s...
- 6/15/2019
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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