22/01/2019

Road to Oscar 2019: Short list Animated Features and Short Films

Announced the short-list candidates for Oscar chosen by the Academy, titles and artists who will contend for the golden statuettes next month.

The two sections that concern the animation industry include Short Films and Feature Films. We talked about the first in a previous news [go to the news].

The second is the official list that includes American Blockbusters (obvious) but also some surprises, like the Japanese anime Mirai of Hosoda that represents the whole Eastern world, and Isle of Dogs by Anderson representing indie productions.

Here the list:

- Incredibles 2
Brad Bird, John Walker, Nicole Paradis Grindle

- Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson

- Mirai
Mamoru Hosoda, Yuichiro Saito

- Ralph Breaks the Internet
Rich Moore, Phil Johnston, Clark Spencer

- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

Here the Short Film list:

- Animal Behaviour
David Fine, Alison Snowden (Canada)

- Bao
Domee Shi (USA)

- Late Afternoon
Louise Bagnall (Ireland)

- One Small Step
Andrew Chesworth, Bobby Pontillas (USA/China)

- Weekends
Trevor Jimenez (USA)

The Awards night will be February 24. For other infos, trailer and other about the films, click on the titles.

[ Fra - source Oscar.com ]

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