The European Film Academy has unveiled the official nominees for the European Animated Feature Film category at this year’s European Film Awards. Chosen by a committee comprised of representatives of the European Film Academy and CARTOON, the European Association for Animation Film, five animated films have been chosen to compete in the category.
Directed by Matty Kiel, ‘Unicorn Boy’ is a young adult LGBTQ+ themed coming-of-age animated film that explores the complicated nature of sexual identities. The film world premiered at the 2023 Slamdance Film Festival and went on to screen at other film festivals including the Florida Film Festival and Mamoth Lakes Film Festival.
Oscar-winning claytography animation filmmaker Adam Elliot returns with a new film, ‘Memoir of a Snail‘. The film stars Sarah Snook as the voice of Grace, a young girl in 1970’s Australia befriending an eccentric older woman after having trouble with accepting her mother’s death.
In the animated family buddy comedy film, ‘Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue’, Claire Alan and Cory Dolan star as a cat and a dog separated from their family as they move to a new house in Salt Lake City.
After premiering at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and winning three awards at the 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, ‘Flow’ has been selected by the Latvian Selection Committee, a commission of film industry experts established by the National Film Center of Latvia, as Latvia’s entry in the 2025 Oscar race for the Best International Feature Film category
The UK Premiere of the animated film Piece by Piece by director Morgan Neville is the Closing Night Gala of the 68th BFI London Film Festival taking place October 9-20, 2024. Piece by Piece follows the life of cultural icon Pharrell Williams, all told through the lens of LEGO animation.
Set in the early 1990s, Liu Jian’s latest animated feature film Art College 1994 is based on his own experiences on the campus of the Chinese Southern Academy of Arts. It returns to the meticulous hand-drawn 2D animation style of predecessor Have a Nice Day.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse won Best Feature at the 51st Annie Awards™ along with 6 other honors including Best FX- Feature, Best Character Design – Feature, Best Direction – Feature, Best Music-Feature, Best Production Design – Feature, and Best Editorial – Feature.
Nominations announced for the 51st Annie Awards™ recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation.
