Animation | Anime

The Wild Robot Wins Best Feature, Flow Wins Best Independent Feature at 52nd Annie Awards

Flow by Gints Zilbalodis (courtesy MIFF)

The Wild Robot won Best Feature at the 52nd Annie Awards, taking home 9 prizes including Annie for Best FX- Feature (Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, David Chow, Nyoung Kim, Steve Avoujageli), Best Character Animation – Feature (Fabio Lignini), Best Character Design – Feature (Genevieve Tsai), Best Direction – Feature (Chris Sanders), Best Music – Feature (Kris Bowers), Best Production Design – Feature (Raymond Zibach, Ritchie Sacilioc) Best Voice Acting – Feature (Lupita Nyong’o as Roz) and Best Editorial – Feature (Mary Blee, Collin Erker, Orlando Duenas, Lucie Lyon, Brian Parker).

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Flow, ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’, ‘Memoir of a Snail’ Among Nominees for 52nd Annie Awards

Kensuke’s Kingdom (Paramount Pictures)

The The Wild Robot lead the nominations for the 52nd Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation.

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Movies Released on Friday November 22 – From Animation ‘Flow’ to Documentaries ‘Never Look Away’ ‘Porcelain War’ ‘Ernest Cole: Lost and Found’

Glintz Zilbalodis’ animated awards contender Flow, about animals seeking a new home, leads the lineup of films opening in U.S. theaters on November 22, alongside a slate of compelling documentaries. Lucy Lawless makes her directorial debut with Never Look Away, chronicling the life of CNN war camerawoman Margaret Moth. Porcelain War tells the story of a Ukrainian family who stayed behind to defend their home during the war. Raoul Peck pays tribute to South African photographer Ernest Cole in Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, while Steve Pink’s The Last Republican explores the journey of Adam Kinzinger, a Republican Congressman who publicly condemned Donald Trump after January 6th.

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Alfonso Cuarón-Produced ‘An Almost Christmas Story’ Animated Short to Premiere on Disney+ | Trailer

An Almost Christmas Story (Disney)

Produced by five-time Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón (Roma, Gravity), An Almost Christmas Story is the third and final installment in his holiday shorts collection for Disney+. The first short in the series, Le Pupille, earned an Oscar nomination in 2022, while last year’s The Shepherd was shortlisted – both in the Live Action Short Film category.

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‘The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol’ Teaser Trailer – The Life of French Auteur Explored in Sylvain Chomet’s Animated Film

The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol (Sony Pictures Classics)

Here is the first look teaser trailer for the animated feature film The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol, a biographical film on the life of French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol.

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‘Flow,’ ‘Living Large,’ Among Nominees for European Animated Feature Film at 2024 European Film Awards

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.

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‘Flow’ – Animals Seek Home After a Great Flood in Gintz Zilbalodis’ Award-winning Animated Film | Trailer

Flow by Gintz Zilbalodis

Representing Latvia at the 2025 Academy Awards, Gintz Zilbalodis’ critically acclaimed animated film ‘Flow’ follows the story of a cat forming an unlikely friendship with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog after their home got destroyed in a great flood.

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Matty Kiel’s LGBTQ+ Animated Film ‘Unicorn Boy’ Starring Patton Oswald Gets Release Date | Trailer

Unicorn Boy by Matty Kiel (Freestyle Digital Media)

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.

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Animated Adventure Film ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ to Premiere at AFI FEST

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl © 2024 Netflix, Inc.

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, a new epic adventure film from Aardman’s four-time Academy Award®-winning director Nick Park and Emmy Award®-nominated director Merlin Crossingham will have its World Premiere at AFI FEST.

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‘Memoir of a Snail’ – Sarah Snook is a Snail-Collecting Misfit in Adam Elliot’s Heartwarming Animated Film | Trailer

Memoir of a Snail. (screenshot/IFC Films)

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.

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‘Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue’ – Bill Nighy, Susan Sarandon, Danny Trejo Voice Animals in Animated Family Film | Trailer

Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue.

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.

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Gints Zilbalodis’ Animated Film ‘Flow’ Submitted as Latvia’s Best International Feature Oscar Entry

Flow (screenshot/Gintz Zilbalodis)

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

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