Call for Entries: Academy Launches 2017 Student Academy Awards Competition
New expanded international eligibility winners eligible for Oscars.
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Animators Unearthed - Chris Hinton
Every Monday, Chris Robinson serves up Animators Unearthed, a brief introduction to prominent and not-so-prominent indie animators. This week's focus is Chris Hinton
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FMX 2017 to Host Academy Award Winners and Nominees
Academy Award-winning short film ‘Piper,’ Oscar-nominated ‘Pear Cider and Cigarettes,’ Theodore Ushev’s ‘Blind Vaysha,’ and more to be spotlighted at FMX 2017.
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Backstage at the 89th Academy Awards
AWN celebrates Hollywood’s biggest night out backstage at the 89th Academy Awards, gathering remarks from the Oscar-winning teams behind best animated feature ‘Zootopia,’ best animated short ‘Piper,’ and best visual effects for ‘The Jungle Book.’
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‘Zootopia,’ ‘Piper’ & ‘The Jungle Book’ Win Oscars at the 89th Academy Awards
Oscar gold: Walt Disney Animation Studios’ ‘Zootopia’ wins Best Animated Feature, Pixar’s ‘Piper’ wins Best Animated Short, and Disney’s live-action remake of ‘The Jungle Book’ wins Best Visual Effects at the 89th Academy Awards.
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‘My Life as a Zucchini’ Wins César Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Adapted Screenplay
Oscar-nominated stop-motion animated feature from Switzerland directed by Claude Barras opens today in New York and Los Angeles.
In the Running: An Independent Look at the Oscar Nominees for Best Animated Feature
AWN’s Chris Robinson suits up to present his arguments for and against a range of conceptually and aesthetically formidable contenders for best animated feature at the 89th Academy Awards.
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Worlds Apart: Artistic Effects, Invisible Effects, Spectacle & Fantasy at the 89th Academy Awards
The 2017 VFX Oscar-nominated films showcase the versatility and range of visual effects artists.
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Time Trapper: A Frank Look at the 2017 Short Animation Oscar Nominees
In which AWN’s Chris Robinson scrutinizes the Oscar-nominated animated short film contenders at the 89th Academy Awards, and reveals his pick for the gold statuette.
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2017 Oscar Voting Guide: Animation & VFX Contenders Vying for Academy Awards
With voting for the 89th Academy Awards closing on Tuesday, take a final look at AWN’s coverage of the contenders for Feature Animation, Short Animation and Visual Effects.
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Directing Duo’s Five-Year Passion Project Lands Oscar Nomination
Years of hard work pay off for Pixar’s Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj as their indie short ‘Borrowed Time’ earns an Academy Award nomination.
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Tim Miller, Pete Docter & Jonas Rivera to Host Oscar Week Events
‘Deadpool’ director Tim Miller to present short film program; Pixar director Pete Docter and producer Jonas Rivera to present animated features program.
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The Visual Effects of ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’: ILM Artists Take Us Back to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
ILM chief creative officer and senior visual effects supervisor John Knoll -- nominated for an Oscar alongside VFX supervisor Mohen Leo, animation supervisor Hal Hickel, and special effects supervisor Neil Corbould -- details the challenges of bringing the continuing saga of the Skywalker family to the big screen.
Visualizing the Fantastic Worlds of ‘Doctor Strange’
The Third Floor’s previs and postvis supervisor Faraz Hameed describes the challenges of more than two years of work on Marvel’s hit supernatural superhero adventure.
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Shorts HD Bringing Oscar Nominated Shorts to U.S. Theaters
2017 Oscar nominated short films arrive in theaters in New York on Wednesday, February 8th, nationally on Friday, February 10.
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The Foundry Technology Helps Power 89th Academy Award Nominees
Creative software developer’s VFX tools have been utilized in every film nominated for Best Visual Effects at this year’s Academy Awards.
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Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode X - Smacks of Euphoria
Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes some freewheeling cheer or loathing on the animation community to be mused, countered, or disregarded. It’s your call.
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89th Academy Awards: The Oscar Nominees React
Contenders in the animated feature, animated short and visual effects categories share their initial reactions to their nominations for Oscar gold.
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Nominations Announced for 89th Academy Awards
Abstract: Nominees for Best Animated Feature are ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ ‘Moana,’ ‘My Life as a Zucchini,’ ‘The Red Turtle,’ and ‘Zootopia.’
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Watch the 89th Oscars Nominations Livestream on AWN!
Guillermo del Toro among 11 Academy Award-winning and nominated Academy members to share personal anecdotes about their Oscars experience.
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Makoto Shinkai’s ‘Your Name’ Arrives in North America April 7
Funimation Films will debut animated global pop culture phenomenon in both English-language dub and Japanese with English subtitles.
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New Trailer & Poster Available for Oscar Hopeful ‘Sous tes doigts’
Animated short co-produced by Vivement Lundi! and Novanima Productions shows the consequences of the Indochina War for a repatriated family who arrives at the French transit camp of Saint-Livrade.
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Theodore Ushev’s ‘Blind Vaysha’ a Modern Parable About Living in the Present
NFB-produced short employing a bold, graphic style is one of 10 candidates shortlisted for a possible nomination for Best Animated Short at the 89th Academy Awards.
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145 Original Scores In 2016 Oscar Race
Nominations for the 89th Oscars will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2017.
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91 Original Songs Vie for 2016 Oscar
Nominations for the 89th Oscars will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2017.
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