Tim Reckart and the Making of ‘Head Over Heels’

February 19, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

A couple of days ago, we had the chance to catch up with Timothy Reckart, the young animator who wrote and directed the Oscar-nominated stop-motion short Head Over Heels. The project, which centers on the troubled marriage between a woman who lives on the ceiling and her husband who lives [...]

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The Final Countdown

January 14, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

With the incredible wealth of animated short films of all genres and techniques which have emerged to delight audiences across the globe in the last year, we didn’t envy the Academy’s task of narrowing down the 56 qualifiers to this 10-film short list…and while the eventual nominees announcement on January [...]

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The 85th Oscar Nominations Are In!

January 10, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Family Guy creator and next month’s Academy Award host Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone announced the nominees for this year’s Oscars at 5 a.m. this morning. (January 10) in Beverly Hills. The nominees for Best Animated Feature are:   Brave (directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman) Disney/Pixar Frankenweenie [...]

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10 Animated Shorts Advance in Oscar Race

November 9, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 85th Academy Awards®. Fifty-six pictures had originally qualified in the category. The list is as follows:   Adam and Dog, Minkyu Lee, director (Lodge Films) Combustible, Katsuhiro [...]

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