Fresh off his Oscar win for Jon M. Chu and Universal’s hit musical adventure, the production designer talks real trains, Unreal Engine digital fly-bys, and growing 9 million tulips.
In an upset win, Gints Zilbalodis’ animated tale of a cat who wakes up to a world invaded by water took home the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, while the second chapter in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic won for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Design on a night that also saw Iranian filmmakers Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi, with visas approved just yesterday, arrive in the U.S. in time to win Best Animated Short for ‘In the Shadow of the Cypress.’
Take a deeper look at ‘Flow,’ ‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘Memoir of a Snail,’ ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,’ and ‘The Wild Robot,’ all vying for the Best Animated Feature Oscar on March 2, 2025.
Iranian filmmakers Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani talk about their hand-drawn, deeply personal film, created under extreme political and financial hardship, about a captain suffering from PTSD who lives with his daughter, wants to be a caring father, but struggles with a harsh life.
Director Loïc Espuche and producer Juliette Marquet discuss their 2D animated short about a group of kids on vacation and how they react with disgust as they spy people kissing on the mouth… although for one young boy and girl, the idea may not be so awful.
Producer Takashi Washio shares insights on his collaboration with director Daisuke Nishio and their efforts to understand Korean culture in order to faithfully adapt Heena Baek’s picture book, which follows a boy who struggles to connect with others until he discovers a pack of magical candies.
Nicolas Keppens discusses his stop-motion film about the vulnerable journey of 3 balding brothers who travel to Istanbul for hair transplants.
Nina Gantz discusses her stop-motion film about 3 tiny humans, stars of a kids’ TV series, whose creator dies, leaving them alone in the studio to somehow survive and continue making episodes.
Take a deeper look at ‘Alien: Romulus,’ ‘Better Man,’ ‘Dune: Part Two,’ ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,’ and ‘Wicked,’ all vying for the Best Visual Effects Oscar on March 2, 2025.
The Oscar-winning ‘Harvie Krumpet’ director discusses how he’s failed as a filmmaker if audiences aren’t left emotionally wrecked by his latest film about the difficult lives of once inseparable twins forced to live with different families after their father dies; just nominated for an Oscar and two Annie Awards.
Ceremony, rescheduled for April 29 at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, celebrates individuals and companies whose discoveries and innovations have contributed in significant and lasting ways to the motion picture industry.
Oscar nominees named this morning for Best Visual Effects share their reactions.
Oscar nominees named this morning for Best Animated Feature and Best Animated Short share their reactions to the great news.
‘Flow,’ ‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘Memoir of a Snail,’ ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,’ and ‘The Wild Robot’ nab noms for Best Animated Feature, while ‘Alien: Romulus,’ ‘Better Man,’ ‘Dune: Part Two,’ ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,’ and ‘Wicked’ take the top spots for Best Visual Effects.
Nominations voting period extended due to the ongoing Los Angeles fires and their impact; AMPAS has changed some key dates and events on its awards season schedule.
The shortlisted Oscars entry, a collection of short films by 22 Palestinian filmmakers living in Gaza that blends animation, documentary, and fiction, hits U.S. theaters on January 3.
Oscar-winning animator Torill Kove, known for her unique style of personal storytelling, now dives into the inspiration for the images in her award-winning short ‘Maybe Elephants’ and how they were crafted.
VFX category narrowed down to 10 films, animated shorts to 15; voting for nominations runs next month, January 8-12, with nomination announcements set for January 17, 2025.
The Oscar-winning director of ‘Harvie Krumpet’ discusses his new, award-winning, decidedly not-for-kids stop-motion feature, including the use of sophisticated magnetic puppets, being forced to play board games as a kid, and how personal lubricant makes the best tears because it can go all day and not evaporate.
Academy members will vote to determine five nominees for best animated feature film award at the 97th Oscars; films also qualify for other categories including best picture.
The Oscar-winning producer of the hugely successful 'Titanic' and the 'Avatar' film franchise and longtime producing partner to James Cameron at Lightstorm Entertainment passed away on Friday after a battle with cancer.
Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning animated feature will be available to rent and purchase digitally in 4K Ultra HD on Prime Video and Apple TV starting June 25, while physical copies to hit stores July 9.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled multiple rule changes for the 97th Annual Academy Awards; among them, international feature films can now also be considered in the animated feature film category if they meet eligibility requirements.
This month’s edition of AWN’s survey of under-the-radar animated shorts that are currently travelling the festival circuit or are new to online viewing looks at the Oscar-winning animator’s new film and revisits her award-winning body of work.
Christopher Nolan’s 7-time Oscar-winning biopic invites audiences to share the ‘father of the nuclear bomb’s insight and vision through extraordinary images of exploding stars, spinning atoms, and esoteric phenomena that depict his co-existence between earthly and cosmic realms and begs the question: ‘Is he blessed or cursed?’
