Tag: Maciek Szczerbowski
Academy Awards: The Animation & VFX Nominees React
Updating with reactions from the filmmakers behind the animated features, animated short films and visual effects feats nominated for the 98th Academy Awards.
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Oscar Nominees for Best Animated Feature, Short and VFX Are Announced
This morning, the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards were announced in 24 categories at 5:30 a.m. Here are this year’s animation and visual...
NFB’s ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls’ Animated Short Makes TIFF’s Top 10 Films List
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated short The Girl Who Cried Pearls by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski has been named to...
Oscar Watch: Introduction to the Shortlisted Animated Shorts
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced on Tuesday the 98th Academy Awards shortlisted films in 12 categories, including Animated Short Film. Members of...
Connoisseur’s Choice: A Highly Subjective Guide to the Top Animated Shorts of 2025
From the festival circuit, this looks like a wide-open year for shorts chasing the statuette named after Steve Austin’s (a.k.a. The Six Million Dollar...
Watch ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls’: Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski Take Us Inside the Making of Their NFB Stop-Motion Marvel
Step behind the scenes of The Girl Who Cried Pearls with the film’s creators, Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, in an informal deep dive...
Oscar Watch: An Early Dossier of the 2025 Qualified Animated Shorts
Every day new animated shorts qualify for the year-end quest for the big golden bald statuette. Keeping tab of all these amazing projects is...
‘Death Does Not Exist’ & ‘The Puppet and the Whale’ Win Top Prizes at OIAF 2025
The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) has awarded Félix Dufour-Laperrière's La mort n’existe pas (Death Does Not Exist) the Grand Prize for Feature Animation and Roberto Catani's Il...
Do I Amuse You?: OIAF’s Festival Director Offers a Sneak Peek at the Popular Event
'Cartoons actually churn out more darkness and depravity (plus an unhealthy dose of cheese) than outright comedy. Animated films are dominated by dramas, and...
Exclusive: Watch the Trailer for ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls,’ from Oscar Nominees Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski
After it world premiere in the Official Competition on the opening night of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, The Girl Who Cried Pearls —...
TIFF Unveils Shorts Selections for 50th Anniversary, Introducing Best Animation Prize
Toronto International Film Festival's Short Cuts program returns for TIFF 50 with a slate of 48 short films representing 28 countries — including 20...
The Animation Showcase Platform Launches Annecy 2025 Collection
The Animation Showcase, the free-for-industry streaming platform dedicated to international animated shorts and features. has announced its 2025 Annecy Festival Highlights Collection. Shorts screened at...
Ottawa Int’l Animation Fest Reveals 72 Short Film Selections
The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) announces the 72 animated short films selected to compete in the Commissioned Animation, Narrative Short Animation, Non-Narrative Short Animation, Student...
‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls’ Directors Discuss Crafting a Modern Fable in Miniature
“Our joke is that some of the Hans Christian Andersen stories have a Hans Christian agenda. ... It would’ve been disingenuous of us to...
Exclusive: Annecy Intl. Animation Festival Reveals Eclectic Lineup for Its 2025 Official Shorts Competition
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival has revealed the list of 35 shorts selected for the official competition in its upcoming edition, scheduled for...
Annecy Festival Artistic Director Marcel Jean Spills the Secrets of the 2023 Edition
Annecy Festival’s artistic director Marcel Jean has been curating exquisite collections of animated fare from all over the world for the past 10 years....
Nominations Announced for 2020 Canadian Screen Awards
The nominees for the 2020 Canadian Screen Awards were announced today in 141 film, television, and digital media categories by the Academy of Canadian...
Manchester Animation Fest Film & Industry Excellence Awards Announced
The U.K.’s largest animation festival, Manchester Animation Festival (MAF), has announced the winners of its Film Awards and Industry Excellence Awards for 2019 following...
MAF Announces ‘Klaus’ Preview, Workshops, VR Competition
The Manchester Animation Festival (Nov. 10-14) has revealed more details of its 2019 program, sure to warm up the chilly English fall days!
In addition...
A Cord That Binds: Kazuki Yuharu’s ‘MOWB’ Refreshes VR Formulae
***This story originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. '19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 293)***
As VR projects appear with increasing frequency at festivals worldwide, interesting...
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