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Cartoon D'or
The Cartoon d'Or was a European award for animated short films. History It was rewarded every year to the best European short film from Cartoon's partner festivals until it was suppressed in favor of the Emile Awards. Amongst this short list, a jury selects 5 films that will be screened during the Cartoon Forum (in order to promote 5 filmmakers each year) and one film will receive the Cartoon d'Or. Created in 1991, the Cartoon d'Or used to be the only completely European animation prize until the final award was given to Gabriel Harel for ''Yùl and the Snake'' in 2016. The competition aimed to "promote the talents of European animation." Background The Cartoon d'Or was created in order to nourish the European animation industry by work from creative filmmakers. European television series lacked of creativity to compete with programming on offer from the United States and Japan. Moreover, although major financial support was being given to develop European animation, no special ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wrong Trousers
''The Wrong Trousers'' is a 1993 British stop-motion animated short film co-written and directed by Nick Park, featuring his characters Wallace and Gromit, and was produced by Aardman Animations in association with Wallace and Gromit Ltd., BBC Bristol, Lionheart Television and BBC Children's International. It is the second film featuring the eccentric inventor Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis) and his dog Gromit, following '' A Grand Day Out'' (1989)''.'' In the film, a villainous penguin named Feathers McGraw uses Wallace and Gromit's robotic "Techno-Trousers" to steal a diamond from the city museum. This was the last Wallace and Gromit film to have Wallace as the only spoken character. ''The Wrong Trousers'' premiered in the United States on 17 December 1993, and the United Kingdom on 26 December 1993 on BBC Two. It was commercially successful, and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1994. It also inspired a charity fundraising day, known as "Wrong Trousers Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pearce Sisters
''The Pearce Sisters'' is a 2007 short film created by Aardman Animations. Production Plot Cast * Len Gray * Dan Williamson Critical reception Awards and nominations This is a list of awards and nominations of The Pearce Sisters.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1071820/awards?ref_=tt_awd , - , 2007 , Luis Cook (Tied with Juan Pablo Zaramella for Lapsus) , ANIMA - Córdoba International Animation Festival Best Animation award for Animated Stories , , - , 2007 , Luis Cook , Annecy International Animated Film Festival Special Jury Award for Short Films , , - , 2007 , Luis Cook , Annecy International Animated Film Festival The Annecy Cristal award , , - , 2007 , Luis Cook , Europe Cartoon Forum Cartoon d'Or , , - , 2007 , Luis Cook , Cinanima Grand Prize , , - , 2007 , Luis Cook , Krok International Animated Films Festival Grand Prix , , - , 2007 , Luis Cook , Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival award for Best Animated Short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Quinn
Joanna Lisa Quinn is an English independent film director and animator. Early life Quinn was born in Birmingham, England and grew up in North London. She went to school at Highgate Wood Secondary School and completed a foundation course in art at Goldsmiths College, University of London before studying for a BA in Graphic Design at Middlesex University. Career Quinn's first film ''Girls Night Out'' was completed in 1987 and won three awards at the Annecy Film Festival. This film introduced the anti-heroine character of Beryl and follows her antics when she goes to see a male stripper. Beryl appeared in Quinn's next film ''Body Beautiful'' (1990) in which she is the factory union rep dealing with a macho workmate named Vince, voiced by Rob Brydon. In ''Dreams and Desires - Family Ties'' (2006), Beryl becomes obsessed with film making and is asked to video a friend's wedding. '' Affairs of the Art'' was written and produced by Les Mills and voiced by Brendan Charleson and Menna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jojo In The Stars
''Jo Jo in the Stars'' is a twelve-minute film that won the 2004 BAFTA Award for Best Animated Short Film.JO JO IN THE STARS Awards . Awards. StudioAKA. Retrieved on 14 December 2009. Created and directed by Marc Craste, it was indirectly inspired by "The Carny", a song by . Plot Madame Pica is the cold-hearted mistress of a circus of "monsters and misfits", attended each night by thousands of curious spectators. Hero is among them every night, but he is there only to see Jo Jo, the winged trapeze artist. One night after the show, he steals the keys of the cell where Jo Jo is imprisone ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgil Widrich
Virgil Widrich (* 16 May 1967 in Salzburg) is an Austrian director, screenwriter, filmmaker and multimedia artist. Widrich works on a large number of films and multimedia projects, sometimes as part of a creative team. He is known especially for his numerous short films and multimedia works. Biography Born in Salzburg, Virgil Widrich spent his childhood in a house that is over 500 years old and stands on the Mönchsberg. While there he became acquainted with artists such as Peter Handke, who was his neighbour, and film director Wim Wenders, a frequent visitor. He gained his first experience with film at a very young age and was given his first camera, a Super-8, at the age of 13. That same year (1980) he made three films, "My Homelife", "Gebratenes Fleisch" and ''3 mal Ulf''. He followed that with an animated cartoon titled ''Auch Farbe kann träumen''. At the age of 15 he made ''Monster in Salzburg'', on which he worked with actors for the first time. He created the rampaging ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Film (film)
''Fast Film'' is a 2003 Austrian/Luxembourgian film directed by Virgil Widrich. Plot summary An homage to action films, it tells the story of a chase using scraps of other films as different types of animation (using 65,000 paper printouts of images from 400 live action films) illustrate a classic chase scene scenario: A woman is abducted and a man comes to her rescue, but during their escape they find themselves in the enemy's secret headquarters. Films featured on ''Fast Film'' *''Carnival of Souls'' (1962) *''Charade'' (1963) *''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981) *''Singin' in the Rain'' (1952) *''North By Northwest'' (1959) *'' The General'' (1926) *'' Ben-Hur'' (1959) *''Gone with the Wind'' (1939) *'' Psycho'' (1960) *''The Wild Bunch'' (1969) *'' The Man Who Knew Too Much'' (1956) *''Bride of Frankenstein'' (1935) *''The Time Machine'' (1960) *''Dr. Strangelove'' (1964) *''Midnight Cowboy'' (1969) *'' Jason and the Argonauts'' (1963) *''Creature from the Black Lagoon'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bradbrook
Robert Bradbrook (born 1965) is an English filmmaker and animator. He began his career as a cartographer before turning to making films. He received a Masters in Art degree in Electronics and Graphics from Coventry University. His films include ''Home Road Movies'', which is said to be largely autobiographical. ''Home Road Movies'' was nominated as Best Animated Short at the 55th British Academy Film Awards and received the Grand Prize at the 2002 Ottawa International Animation Festival. Bradbrook currently resides in London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo .... References External links *Robert Bradbrook's Official Homepage [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Dudok De Wit
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers =Byzantine emperors= *Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father And Daughter (film)
''Father and Daughter'' is a 2000 Dutch animated short film written and directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2001. Plot A father says goodbye to his young daughter and leaves. As the wide Dutch landscapes live through their seasons so the girl lives through hers. She becomes a young woman, has a family and in time she becomes old, yet within her there is always a deep longing for her father. At the end of the film, in what appears to be a dream sequence, or perhaps the afterlife, they are reunited. Awards The film received over 20 awards and 1 nomination and is considered the most successful in the series of works by Dudok de Wit. It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows. * BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation (25 February 2001) * Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (25 March 2001) * Grand Prix at World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb in 2002. See also *2000 in film The year 2000 in fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvain Chomet
Sylvain Chomet (; born 10 November 1963) is a French comic writer, animator and film director. Early career Born in Maisons-Laffitte, Seine-et-Oise (now Yvelines), near Paris, he studied art at high school until he graduated in 1982. Chomet moved to London in 1988 to work as an animator at the Richard Purdum studio. In September of that year, he established a freelance practice, working on commercials for clients such as Principality, Renault, Swinton and Swissair. In addition to his animation career, Chomet has created many print comics, starting in 1986 with ''Secrets of the Dragonfly.'' In 1992 Chomet wrote the script for a science fiction comic called ''The Bridge in Mud''. 1993 saw Chomet writing the story for ''Léon-la-Came'', which was drawn by Nicolas de Crécy for ''À Suivre'' magazine. This was published in 1995 and won the René Goscinny Prize in 1996. In 1997, Chomet published ''Ugly, Poor, and Sick'', again with de Crécy. This won them the Alph-Art Best Comi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Old Lady And The Pigeons
''The Old Lady and the Pigeons'' (french: La vieille dame et les pigeons) is a 1997 animated short film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. It tells the slightly surreal story of a starving policeman who dresses up as a pigeon and tricks an old lady into feeding him. The film was produced through the French company Les Armateurs with support from companies in Canada, Belgium and the United Kingdom. It was Chomet's debut film and won several awards including the Grand Prix at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Plot An emaciated Parisian policeman discovers an old lady who feeds pigeons in the park excessively. After having a nightmare ending in giant pigeon-men pecking at his stomach, the policeman constructs a pigeon mask, which he wears to the old lady's home. She welcomes him inside and, despite his rude behavior, allows him to gorge himself. As weeks pass, the policeman grows increasingly fat. As he goes up flights of stairs to the woman's home each day, he p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
