So here are the 10 shorts in the running for a nomination. The academy doesn’t operate like an animation festival and holds the shorts in a different regard to animation fans, which always makes the list of nominees interesting, to say the least. The story is set in a monochromatic universe dominated entirely by. There really is no way of telling which of these films will make their way onto the shortlist. Numberlys is Moonbot’s follow-up to Morris Lessmore, and like its predecessor, it offers up a very distinctive visual style. Plympton also finds himself on the long list for the animated features with Cheatin’ so could find himself with a nomination in both categories. The Numberlys The Numberlys, an animated short film from Shreveports Moonbot Studios, is among 10 films to be shortlisted for the 2015 Oscar for best animated short. Joyce and Ellis’ Moonbot Studios fable about an evolution in thinking loses something in the translation from tablet to print, despite its 50-pluspage length. Bill Plympton also stands a good a chance as any of the selected to earn his 3rd nomination once the list is finalised in January. A successful app makes a transition to print. Previous Oscar winner Torill Kove is in the running for a nomination too with Me and My Moulton alongside previous winners William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg with The Numberlys. The UK have a single entry and, as is often the case, it is from a student with The Bigger Picture by Daisy Jacobs earning a place on the list. This list of eligible shorts will be finalised into a much shorter selection when the official nominations are announced on the 15th January, before the 87th Academy Awards ceremony on the 22nd February.
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Alongside this glittery explosion of celebs and movie stars the Academy Awards also honours animation and today have announced 10 shorts that could be nominated for an Academy Award. She lives in Shreveport, Louisiana, and The Numberlys is her picture book debut.The most watched, debated and analysed awards ceremony is heading back for another year of drama, trivia and red carpet dresses. Christina joined the legion of Moonbots after studying illustration at Ringling College of Art and Design. Talk to William Joyce and see upcoming work at on Twitter and Instagram.Ĭhristina Ellis is an illustrator, telling fantastic stories through her characters and their worlds. Morris Lessmore, which is also his Academy Award–winning short film, to name a few). William Joyce does a lot of stuff but children’s books are his true bailiwick (The Guardians series, Dinosaur Bob series, George Shrinks, and the #1 New York Times bestselling The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Exactly what our heroes didn’t even know they were missing.Īnd when the letters entered the world, something truly wondrous began to happen…Pizza! Jelly beans! Color! Books!īased on the award-winning app, this is William Joyce and Moonbot’s Metropolis-inspired homage to everyone who knows there is more to life than shades of black and gray. Twenty-six letters-and they were beautiful. But the five kept at it, and soon it was…artful! One letter after another emerged, until there were twenty-six. The Numberlys is Moonbot’s most elaborate homage to the grandeur and power of classic cinema. So they broke out hard hats and welders, hammers and glue guns, and they started knocking some numbers together. The Numberlys encourages children to think beyond the way things are always done and to imagine the way things could be in their world. But our five jaunty heroes weren’t willing to accept that this was all there could be.
Once upon a time there was no alphabet, only numbers…
Morris Lessmore comes an alphabet tale extraordinaire! From the team who brought you The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr.
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