It’s Time to Vote: Cartoon Brew’s Coverage of Oscar-Nominated Films

In just 10 days, on February 26, the Oscars will be presented in Los Angeles. Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have started their final voting.

The animation categories were more competitive than ever this season; both the features and shorts categories had a record-number of contending films. This is the new reality of animation, a booming (and blooming) art form. While every year won’t be a record-setting one, the Academy can expect in the future many more worthy contenders from all corners of the globe.

Below, you’ll find Cartoon Brew’s coverage of the films in the three Academy Award categories that we regularly cover: animated feature films, animated shorts, and vfx. Stay tuned for additional coverage of some of these films between now and next weekend’s ceremony.

Animated Feature Film

• Kubo and the Two Strings
  dir. Travis Knight
  Feature Story: Laika Was Crazy Enough To Animate A 16-Foot Tall Skeleton for Kubo and The Two Strings
• Moana
  dir. Ron Clements, John Musker
• My Life as a Zucchini
  dir. Claude Barras
  Feature Story: My Life As A Zucchini Director Claude Barras On The Hard Work of Simplicity and Minimalism
• The Red Turtle
  dir. Michael Dudok de Wit
  Feature Story: 5 Interesting Facts About The Production of The Red Turtle
• Zootopia
  dir. Rich Moore, Byron Howard

Animated Short Film

• Blind Vaysha
  dir. Theo Ushev
  Feature Story: Director Theodore Ushev on Bringing Blind Vaysha to Life in Four Dimensions
• Borrowed Time
  dir. Andrew Coats, Lou Hamou-Lhadj
  Feature Story: How Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj Made The Independent Short Borrowed Time Inside Pixar
• Pear Cider and Cigarettes
  dir. Robert Valley
  Feature Story: Rob Valley Talks About His Epic New Film Pear Cider and Cigarettes
• Pearl
  dir. Patrick Osborne
  Feature Story: Navigating VR Animation Production: Patrick Osborne And His Team On Creating Pearl
• Piper
  dir. Alan Barillaro

Visual Effects

• Deepwater Horizon
• Doctor Strange
  Feature Story: How ILM Made Those Insane Bending Buildings in Doctor Strange
• The Jungle Book
  Feature Story: Not Your Grandpa’s Talking Animals: How Animators Kept The Jungle Book Real
• Kubo and the Two Strings
  Feature Story: How Laika Used a Bowling Ball to Animate the Giant Eyes in Kubo and The Two Strings
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  Feature Story: ILM Animation Supervisor Hal Hickel Explains How To Add Personality To A Star Wars Droid