“Chicken for Linda!” (GKids), the French/Italian 2D comedy from the husband-and-wife animation team of Sébastien Laudenbach and Chiara Malta, won the Grand Jury Prize at the sixth annual Animation Is Film Festival. “Robot Dreams” (Neon), the bittersweet Spanish/French hand-drawn dramedy from Pablo Berger, earned the Special Jury Prize.
For the Shorts section, Tal Kantor’s “Letter to a Pig,” a mixed media short about a Holocaust survivor who writes a thank-you letter to a pig that saved his life, won the Grand Prize, and the Special Jury Prize went to “Wild Summon” (from Saul Freed and Karni Arieli), which follows the dramatic life cycle of the wild salmon in human form.
The Aif win for “Chicken for Linda!” comes on the heels of taking the Annecy Cristal top prize. The film combines an imaginative hand-drawn style (color-coded characters with watercolor backgrounds) with a wacky premise concerning a frustrated...
For the Shorts section, Tal Kantor’s “Letter to a Pig,” a mixed media short about a Holocaust survivor who writes a thank-you letter to a pig that saved his life, won the Grand Prize, and the Special Jury Prize went to “Wild Summon” (from Saul Freed and Karni Arieli), which follows the dramatic life cycle of the wild salmon in human form.
The Aif win for “Chicken for Linda!” comes on the heels of taking the Annecy Cristal top prize. The film combines an imaginative hand-drawn style (color-coded characters with watercolor backgrounds) with a wacky premise concerning a frustrated...
- 10/25/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The trailer marking the sixth edition of the Animation Is Film Festival in Hollywood (October 18-22) dropped Monday morning, highlighting the opening night premiere of Hayao Miyazaki’s acclaimed “The Boy and the Heron” (Studio Ghibli/GKids) at the Tcl Chinese Theater IMAX. This marks an IMAX first for the festival, produced by GKids in partnership with the Annecy International Animation Festival.
Aardman/Netflix’s “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget,” the long-awaited sequel to the most successful stop-motion feature in history, will close Aif, followed by a Q&a with director Sam Fell and executive producer Peter Lord.
Aif programming from the previous two years boasted nine of the eventual animated feature Oscar nominees. This season they’ve scheduled several Oscar contenders: “The Boy and the Heron,” “Dawn of the Nugget,” DreamWorks’ “Trolls Band Together” (special screening), and Neon’s Annecy award-winning “Robot Dreams” (in feature competition). Plus, early...
Aardman/Netflix’s “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget,” the long-awaited sequel to the most successful stop-motion feature in history, will close Aif, followed by a Q&a with director Sam Fell and executive producer Peter Lord.
Aif programming from the previous two years boasted nine of the eventual animated feature Oscar nominees. This season they’ve scheduled several Oscar contenders: “The Boy and the Heron,” “Dawn of the Nugget,” DreamWorks’ “Trolls Band Together” (special screening), and Neon’s Annecy award-winning “Robot Dreams” (in feature competition). Plus, early...
- 10/2/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
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Fresh off the massive debut of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, fans of the web-slinging superhero can now get a glimpse into the incredible artwork behind the film.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: The Art of the Movie takes readers behind the scenes of the latest Marvel superhero flick, which has garnered praise for its incredibly rich and innovative visuals. The book, which chronicles the making of the film, has already shot to No. 1 on Amazon’s bestsellers chart.
In the book, written by Animation Magazine’s Ramin Zahed, readers are given a behind-the-scenes look into how the Sony Pictures Animation team put the film together, from initial character sketches and storyboards to exclusive concept art that’s never been seen until now. Everything is presented through vivid, full-color...
Fresh off the massive debut of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, fans of the web-slinging superhero can now get a glimpse into the incredible artwork behind the film.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: The Art of the Movie takes readers behind the scenes of the latest Marvel superhero flick, which has garnered praise for its incredibly rich and innovative visuals. The book, which chronicles the making of the film, has already shot to No. 1 on Amazon’s bestsellers chart.
In the book, written by Animation Magazine’s Ramin Zahed, readers are given a behind-the-scenes look into how the Sony Pictures Animation team put the film together, from initial character sketches and storyboards to exclusive concept art that’s never been seen until now. Everything is presented through vivid, full-color...
- 6/7/2023
- by Tim Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In the beginning, there was "Toy Story." Pixar's first feature film set the standard for CG animated movies in 1995, and each successive film built upon that framework, whether made by Pixar, DreamWorks, or any number of their competitors. The tools and pipelines used to make these movies became holy writs, and breaking from them was unthinkable. Yet there were those who challenged the status quo. 2008's "Kung Fu Panda" featured an introductory sequence in 2D, directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson. The staff of 2015's "The Peanuts Movie" worked hard to translate the charms of the original comic strip into beautifully textured CG. But "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" was more than just a challenger. Its release in 2018 was the animation equivalent of Martin Luther hammering his 95 Theses onto Pixar's door. There was no going back.
"The Mitchells vs the Machines" was tasked with following up on the most important animated film in recent memory.
"The Mitchells vs the Machines" was tasked with following up on the most important animated film in recent memory.
- 1/16/2023
- by Adam Wescott
- Slash Film
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“Little Nicolas,” the nostalgic, hand-drawn ode to the popular French children’s book series and its creators — René Goscinny (“Asterix”) and the late illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempé — won the Grand Prize at the fifth annual Animation Is Film Festival (Aif), held last weekend at the Tcl Chinese 6 Theaters in Hollywood. This should help the France-Luxembourg release from directors Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre secure U.S. distribution.
“My Father’s Dragon” (Cartoon Saloon/Netflix), the 2D adaptation of Ruth Stiles Gannett’s classic children’s book, from Oscar-nominated director Nora Twomey (“The Breadwinner”), took home the Special Jury prize. This provides some heat as Cartoon Saloon chases its fifth Best Animated Feature Oscar nomination.
The Audience Award went to “Aurora’s Sunrise,” the animated documentary from director Inna Sahakyan, which tells the remarkable story of Aurora Mardiganian, who survived the Armenian genocide as a teenager, and came to America, where she...
“Little Nicolas,” the nostalgic, hand-drawn ode to the popular French children’s book series and its creators — René Goscinny (“Asterix”) and the late illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempé — won the Grand Prize at the fifth annual Animation Is Film Festival (Aif), held last weekend at the Tcl Chinese 6 Theaters in Hollywood. This should help the France-Luxembourg release from directors Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre secure U.S. distribution.
“My Father’s Dragon” (Cartoon Saloon/Netflix), the 2D adaptation of Ruth Stiles Gannett’s classic children’s book, from Oscar-nominated director Nora Twomey (“The Breadwinner”), took home the Special Jury prize. This provides some heat as Cartoon Saloon chases its fifth Best Animated Feature Oscar nomination.
The Audience Award went to “Aurora’s Sunrise,” the animated documentary from director Inna Sahakyan, which tells the remarkable story of Aurora Mardiganian, who survived the Armenian genocide as a teenager, and came to America, where she...
- 10/27/2022
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Laika has announced it will release four films with new Blu-ray and DVD editions: “Coraline” and “The Boxtrolls” on Aug. 31, followed by “ParaNorman” and “Kubo and the Two Strings” on Sept. 14.
The Laika editions feature new commemorative essays by journalists Peter Debruge (Variety), Ramin Zahed (Animation Magazine[/link]), Bill Desowitz (Indiewire) and Charles Solomon (author and former Los Angeles Times critic).
“Coraline,” based on the novella of the same name by Neil Gaiman, follows a young girl who walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life — along with alternate parents, who try to keep her forever.
The voice cast includes Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David, John Hodgman, Robert Bailey Jr. and Ian McShane.
“The Boxtrolls” follows the Boxtrolls, perceived to be foul monsters who crawl out of the sewers at night and steal what the townspeople most...
The Laika editions feature new commemorative essays by journalists Peter Debruge (Variety), Ramin Zahed (Animation Magazine[/link]), Bill Desowitz (Indiewire) and Charles Solomon (author and former Los Angeles Times critic).
“Coraline,” based on the novella of the same name by Neil Gaiman, follows a young girl who walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life — along with alternate parents, who try to keep her forever.
The voice cast includes Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David, John Hodgman, Robert Bailey Jr. and Ian McShane.
“The Boxtrolls” follows the Boxtrolls, perceived to be foul monsters who crawl out of the sewers at night and steal what the townspeople most...
- 8/20/2021
- by Jennifer Yuma
- Variety Film + TV
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