INTERVIEW: Makers of Shorts Contender “WiNDUP” on Blend of Story and Technology

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“WiNDUP”, an animated short from Unity, is vying for Academy and Annie Awards consideration. It’s about a sick girl, her dad and a significant, windup music box. Director Yibing Jiang (whose credits include Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph and Pixar’s Cars 2 & Monsters University) and animation director Jason Keane (of Blue Sky’s The Peanuts Movie and […]

INTERVIEW: “Sh_t Happens” Directors on Vibrant Contender Short

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Michaela Mihalyi and David Stumpf are the directors of the wild animated short film with a memorable title: Sh_t Happens. After successful Sundance and Venice showings, this saga of a man, his wife, a deer and the terrible things that can happen in the average day, is vying for Oscar and Annie Awards consideration. Mihalyi […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Animated Shorts Preview

The Sundance Film Festival is one of the most prestigious events in entertainment. It’s an annual destination for movie fans and studio execs to see some big films first. Careers of actors and directors are born here… specifically in Park City, Utah. It may be hard to believe but Sundance did happen in person last […]

INTERVIEW: with “The Fabric of You” Director Josephine Lohoar Self

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The Fabric of You comes from writer/director Josephine Lohoar Self. After making waves overseas, this stop-motion short is vying for Best Animated Short Film awards consideration in America. Self’s bold story, about the memories of two male mice falling in love in the ’50s, is structured with a great deal of thought and attention to […]

INTERVIEW: with “The Fabric of You” Director Josephine Lohoar Self

The Fabric of You comes from writer/director Josephine Lohoar Self. After making waves overseas, this stop-motion short is vying for Best Animated Short Film awards consideration in America. Self’s bold story, about the memories of two male mice falling in love in the ’50s, is structured with a great deal of thought and attention to […]