The three short film categories can be such a pain to try to predict the nominees for. Don’t worry Derbyites, we are here to help you all. With the shortlist for the 96th Oscars having been released, below we have listed all 15 shortlisted films in the Best Animated Short category along with descriptions of each one. We also have information and links listed for where you can currently watch these finalists.
Among the subjects that are covered in this year’s crop are birds protecting eggs during a volcanic eruption, an overly confident singing cat, a woman attending her husband’s funeral, and an old man appreciating all of the body’s senses.
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“Boom” – Two birds that aren’t very bright try to protect their eggs in the midst of a volcano’s eruption. This won the Gold Medal for Animation...
Among the subjects that are covered in this year’s crop are birds protecting eggs during a volcanic eruption, an overly confident singing cat, a woman attending her husband’s funeral, and an old man appreciating all of the body’s senses.
See Dozens of video interviews with 2024 awards contenders
“Boom” – Two birds that aren’t very bright try to protect their eggs in the midst of a volcano’s eruption. This won the Gold Medal for Animation...
- 12/25/2023
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
The two top prizes at Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival went to Screen Stars of Tomorrow Jamie Stone and Felix Massie.
British filmmakers Jamie Stone and Felix Massie have taken the top awards at Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, making it the first double British win at the festival.
Stone, a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2012, took the Brief Encounters Grand Prix Award for his short film Orbit Ever After for its ‘creative ingenuity, inspired casting, humour, clarity of storytelling and poetic ending’.
Massie, a Star of Tomorrow in 2009, won the Animated Encounters Grand Prix Award for In the Air Is Christopher Gray.
The films now qualify for Oscar nominations. Stone’s Orbit Ever After was also named as the festival’s Short Film nominee for the European Film Awards 2013.
The Best Of British animation award went to Anomalies by Ben Cady, with the live action award going to Rosemary Jane, directed by [link...
British filmmakers Jamie Stone and Felix Massie have taken the top awards at Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, making it the first double British win at the festival.
Stone, a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2012, took the Brief Encounters Grand Prix Award for his short film Orbit Ever After for its ‘creative ingenuity, inspired casting, humour, clarity of storytelling and poetic ending’.
Massie, a Star of Tomorrow in 2009, won the Animated Encounters Grand Prix Award for In the Air Is Christopher Gray.
The films now qualify for Oscar nominations. Stone’s Orbit Ever After was also named as the festival’s Short Film nominee for the European Film Awards 2013.
The Best Of British animation award went to Anomalies by Ben Cady, with the live action award going to Rosemary Jane, directed by [link...
- 9/23/2013
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
The 12th Osian’s Cinefan will host a Masterclass on Horror with American screenwriter and author James Hart.
Hart wrote the 2005 children’s novel ‘Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth’. He wrote the screenplay for Steven Spielberg’s Hook (1991) and Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula (1992). He also wrote the story for Frankenstein (1994).
The masterclass will be held on August 2 at 4:30 pm.
Priit Tender will conduct two masterclasses on Animation on July 29 and July 31. Tender has made award-winning animation films Gravitation (1996), The Crow and the Mice (1998), Viola (1999) and Mont Blanc (2001).
Samir Farid, film critic and author based in Cairo will give a lecture on July 28. Farid has authored several books on cinema. He is the consultant for Cinema affairs in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, library and cultural center in the Egyptian city of Alexandria.
Hart wrote the 2005 children’s novel ‘Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth’. He wrote the screenplay for Steven Spielberg’s Hook (1991) and Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula (1992). He also wrote the story for Frankenstein (1994).
The masterclass will be held on August 2 at 4:30 pm.
Priit Tender will conduct two masterclasses on Animation on July 29 and July 31. Tender has made award-winning animation films Gravitation (1996), The Crow and the Mice (1998), Viola (1999) and Mont Blanc (2001).
Samir Farid, film critic and author based in Cairo will give a lecture on July 28. Farid has authored several books on cinema. He is the consultant for Cinema affairs in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, library and cultural center in the Egyptian city of Alexandria.
- 7/16/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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