Despite A Flop From Warner Bros., Animation Continued To Show Strength At U.S. Box Office
An anime version of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ didn’t get audiences excited, while ‘Moana 2’ continued to dominate.
An anime version of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ didn’t get audiences excited, while ‘Moana 2’ continued to dominate.
‘The Wild Robot’ and ‘Flow’ are the CCA’s most nominated animated films.
Animated features from three continents drew audiences to the movie theater last weekend.
=Dreamworks Animation’s ‘The Wild Robot’ leads the animation pack with four nominations.
The film is on an awards season streak, and also won two major awards in the U.S. this week.
“After finishing the script, I did not read it again,” Zilbalodis told Cartoon Brew. “Even when I was making the animatic, that was based on my memory of the script.”
The dialogue-free $3.7 million European co-production bested big-studio American movies with budgets that are orders of magnitude greater,
Ahead of a national expansion, Gints Zilbalodis’ feline survival tale ‘Flow’ is off to a strong start in limited release.
Both films have emerged as key Oscar contenders in the animated feature and short categories.
The awards will be presented December 7 in Switzerland.
Gints Zilbalodis’s ‘Flow,’ one of the very best animated features of the year, will be released in the U.S. in November.
The Ottawa win should help reinforce the fact that ‘Flow’ is one of the best animated films of 2024 and a real Oscar contender during the upcoming awards season.
The festival is set to take place in Los Angeles from October 18-20.
The feature film won more awards at Annecy this year than any other film in competition, including the audience award.
Dozens of prizes were handed out tonight at Annecy, the world’s largest animation festival.
In total, 17 films, series, and interactive works will host WIP presentations at this year’s Annecy.
‘Flow’ comes from ‘Away’ director Gints Zilbalodis while ‘Barracuda’ is directed by ‘Nocturna’ helmer Adrià Garcia.