The Oscar for Best Animated Feature went to Brad Bird’s Ratatouille from Pixar, beating out Persepolis, which was my favorite. In so doing, the members of the Academy went against the trend to honor smaller independent films in the Best Picture category, as opposed to blockbusters like Ratatouille.
The Best Animated Short Film went to […]
Entries from February 2008
Animated Oscar Winners 2008
February 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Feature films · Short films · Special effects
2008 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts
February 24th, 2008 · No Comments
The package of Academy Award-nominated short films distributed by Magnolia Pictures, had a brief run in Atlanta and I managed to catch the program of animated films. Overall, an excellent program, though one film does stand out and would be my choice. Here are some first impressions:
Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse’s Même les pigeons […]
Tags: Feature films · Short films
Annie Awards Make History
February 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Perhaps historical would be a better word. I’m not talking about the winners in the competitive voting for ASIFA-Hollywood’s Annie Awards proper (listed here), but rather for the juried awards, including the June Foray and Winsor McCay Awards. What was startling was the fact that three of these honors went to animation historians: Jerry Beck […]
Tags: Filmmakers · History and criticism · Producers