10 ANIMATED SHORTS MOVE AHEAD IN 2009 OSCAR® RACE

November 20, 2009
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10 ANIMATED SHORTS MOVE AHEAD IN 2009 OSCAR® RACE
Runaway, by the Cordell Barker
Beverly Hills, CA (RPRN) 11/20/09 — — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Thirty-seven pictures had originally qualified in the category.

The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company:

  • “The Cat Piano,” Eddie White and Ari Gibson, directors (The People’s Republic of Animation)
  • “French Roast,” Fabrice O. Joubert, director (Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films)
  • “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty,” Nicky Phelan, director, and Darragh O’Connell, producer (Brown Bag Films)
  • “The Kinematograph,” Tomek Baginski, director-producer (Platige Image)
  • “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte),” Javier Recio Gracia, director (Kandor Graphics and Green Moon)
  • “Logorama,” Nicolas Schmerkin, producer (Autour de Minuit)
  • “A Matter of Loaf and Death,” Nick Park, director (Aardman Animations Ltd.)
  • “Partly Cloudy,” Peter Sohn, director (Pixar Animation Studios)
  • “Runaway,” Cordell Barker, director (National Film Board of Canada)
  • “Variete,” Roelof van den Bergh, director (il Luster Productions)

The Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Reviewing Committee viewed all the eligible entries for the preliminary round of voting in screenings held in New York and Los Angeles.  

Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members will now select the five nominees from among the 10 titles on the shortlist. Branch screenings will be held in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in January 2010.

The 82nd Academy Awards nominations

10 ANIMATED SHORTS MOVE AHEAD IN 2009 OSCAR® RACE
Partly Cloud, animated film by Pixar
will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards – in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners – the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.

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