‘Ice Merchants’ Awarded Cannes’ Critics’ Week Prize For Short Film
João Gonzalez’s Ice Merchants was the first-ever Portuguese animated film to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival.
João Gonzalez’s Ice Merchants was the first-ever Portuguese animated film to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Annecy is back with an entirely in-person format for 2022, and boasts an appropriately stacked competition lineup for the occasion.
Yuasa’s other credits include cult favorite Lu Over the Wall and episodes of Japan Sinks: 2020 and Adventure Time.
Riot now holds a significant non-controlling stake in Paris-based Fortiche.
The 2d-animated drama is based on the life of German-Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon.
The festival, however, has said that it will continue to support anti-war filmmakers who live in the country.
The independently produced European feature was directed by former Pixar animator Carlo Vogele.
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“The very limited portion allocated to animation . . . constitutes a real disappointment and lack of understanding from the platforms,” says one organization.
Fifty-seven animated features will be presented at Cartoon Movie next March.
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Critics like the film as much as award voters do.
Director Patrick Imbert talks us through the staging of a single scene in his mountaineering epic.
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As the French family film qualifies for an Oscar, its creators are working on two follow-up specials.