Tag "Eric Khoo"

Short on Minutes, Long on Talent

June 2, 2012 by Ellen Wolff No Comments divider image

The 2012 edition of the Annecy Festival puts an amazingly diverse and creative range of animated shorts from all over the world in the spotlight. Animated short film submissions poured in by the thousands to Annecy for the 2012 festival, which runs from June 4-9. Though just 49 shorts were [...]

Annecy to Focus on Irish Animation

March 8, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The organizers of this year’s edition of the Annecy International Animation Festival (June 4-9) have announced that there will be a special focus on Irish animation at the event this year. Among the many shorts and TV highlights are The Depository by Andrew Kavanagh, Butterfly by Glenn Marshall, The Polish [...]

Animation Magazine’s Oscar Watch [Part 1 of 4]

November 18, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Early award season watchers seem to be unable (or unwilling) to pick frontrunners in the animation race this year. But most of them have high hopes for a certain Belgian boy reporter and his dog Snowy. A wise man once said that the greatest friend of truth is time. So, [...]

Singapore Picks Animated ‘Tatsumi’ as Oscar Title

October 10, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Eric Khoo’s animated documentary about manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi has been selected as Singapore’s official entry in the foreign-language category at the 84th Academy Awards. Tatsumi, which is based on the 800-page manga A Drifting Life, received solid reviews at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered in the [...]