Tag "Timothy Reckart"

Stuttgart Fest Reveals Key Films, Names

February 21, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

The Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) will be opening its doors and presenting roughly 1,000 of the best animated films from around the world this April 23-28. ITFS this year has set an all-time record by receiving over 2,200 film submissions for its nine festival competitions. Selected films will [...]

Tim Reckart and the Making of ‘Head Over Heels’

February 19, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

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 [...]

Oscar-Nominated Shorts to Debut in Theaters on Feb. 1

January 16, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

If you’d like to check out all of this year’s Oscar-nominated shorts (animated, live-action and documentary) in a movie theater, you’ll be happy to know that ShortsHD (The Short Movie Channel) and Magnolia Pictures are planning to release the selection in 260 theaters across the U.S., Canada and Europe, beginning February 1st. [...]

The Final Countdown

January 14, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

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 [...]

The 85th Oscar Nominations Are In!

January 10, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

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 [...]

10 Animated Shorts Advance in Oscar Race

November 9, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

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 [...]

‘Oh Willy…’ and ‘Edmond’ Nab More Prizes

October 23, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

There seems to be no shortage of festival prizes for animated shorts this month. Just a few days ago, at the 48th Chicago International Film Festival Oh Willy… (Belgium), directed by Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels, won the top prize for Best Animated Short. The striking stop-motion film [...]