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Each year, the Oscars’ shorts categories are an opportunity to spotlight a breadth of imagination and emotion across all filmmaking cultures, and for 2021 the sampling reveals a well intentioned tapestry of upheaval’s ripple effects. The live action slate is marked by stories of interactions in which proximity doesn’t always imply easy understanding. For the Palestinian father and young daughter venturing into the West Bank in Farah Nabulsi’s understatedly tense “The Present,” a sim...

Oscar Animation Analysis: Predictable Features, Surprising Shorts, Low-Key VFX Animated Feature In a year of strong awards consensus around animated features, this category was unlikely to throw up big surprises — and indeed it didn’t. Pixar’s Soul goes in as the favorite, fresh from its wins at the Golden Globes and many other awards besides. For the first time ever, the studio has two nominated features, the other being the relatively minor Onward. For the second year running, Netflix...

93rd Oscar Nominations: Here Are All The Animation And VFX Nominees The Oscar nominations for the 93rd annual Academy Awards have been announced. The Academy Awards will be presented on April 25, having been delayed from February 28 as a result of the pandemic. They will be held at Union Station and Dolby Theatre in L.A., and will air live on ABC at 5 p.m. PT. Given the ongoing restrictions, the exact format of the ceremony remains unclear. Exceptionally, films that premiered on streaming platf...

SHARE A heartbreaking animated short film about a couple grieving for their daughter killed in a school shooting is now a hot Oscars 2021 contender after becoming a TikTok sensation. If Anything Happens I Love You, directed by Will McCormack and Michael Govier, was released on Netflix in November 2020 and quickly became a phenomenon on the platform. It then went viral on the Chinese video-sharing platform, as users challenged each other to watch the 12-minute film without crying. Some users cal...

Director: Madeline Sharafian The first of two Pixar films on the shortlist is a guided tour of all the things that live underground, courtesy of a rabbit who is looking for his own home. To the strains of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” the bewildered and intimidated bunny encounters bugs, badgers and a whole menagerie of burrowing rodents — and since it’s Pixar, it’s impeccably made and thoroughly charming. Will it feel substantial enough to voters? Perhaps not, but it’s hard to argu...

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Sparse Colors Relay Grief and Loss in Toon Short on Gun Violence Jazz Tangcay, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail It runs at only 12 minutes, but the animated short “If Anything Happens, I Love You” is a sweeping story of grieving parents after losing their daughter to gun violence. Devoid of dialogue, the 2D animation relies on a colorless world as a couple argues over dinner. Their shadows are dark and the world is a grim place. More from Variety Writers and directors Will McCormack and Mi...

INDIEWATCH: Got 12 minutes? Here are 8 animated shorts just for you Perfect for an ever-decreasing attention span or the need for a quick meal with a side of escapism.  7:00 am, Jan. 28, 2021 × “Sanjay’s Super Team" (Disney Plus) Don’t have time to watch a movie? An animated short might be just the ticket. These micro cartoons are traditionally 40 minutes or less, but often shorter — perfect for an ever-decreasing attention span or the need for a quick meal with...

Bill Heck  (I’m Your Woman) are reported by Deadline to be joining the YA horror series which will be a “modern take” on the 1997 slasher movie. Production will begin this month in Hawaii. Sam Esmail has a new TV series on the way, and it has just been picked up to pilot by ABC, according to Deadline. The  Homecoming director and  Mr. Robot creator makes his first foray into broadcast television with the procedural  Acts of Crime, which is described as a “unique spin” on the c...

If Anything Happens I Love You,” “ Canvas,” and “ if Anything Happens I love You If Anything Happens I Love You On Netflix Worldwide November 20th Written and Directed by: Will McCormack and Michael Govier Produced By: Maryann Garger (“The LEGO Ninjago Movie”), Gary Gilbert (“La La Land”), Gerald Chamales (“The Irishman”), Michael Govier Executive Produced By: Laura Dern, Jayme Lemons, Peter Morgan, Sydney Holland, Will McCormack, Robyn Klein and Jeremy Ross Synopsis: In t...