The View Conference in association with Baobab Studios and Ogr is presenting free virtual panels with the creatives behind some of the season’s most critically acclaimed animated films.
First up is a free virtual screening and conversation with the filmmakers behind “Namoo,” the shortlisted animated short by Oscar-nominated Erick Oh. In addition to Oh, speakers will include Baobab Studios’ co-founders Maureen Fan and Eric Darnell, who produced “Namoo,” art director Eusong Lee and lead Quill artist Nick Ladd. Oscar-winning director Peter Ramsey will moderate.
The panel will take place Friday, Feb. 11, at 10 a.m. Pt.
“Namoo,” which means tree in Korean, follows one man’s journey from birth to death, touching on beautiful and heartbreaking moments throughout his life. The film, which was created in VR and 2D, was produced by Baobab Studios and executive produced by John Cho, and produced by Baobab’s Fan, Darnell, Larry Cutler and Kane Lee.
First up is a free virtual screening and conversation with the filmmakers behind “Namoo,” the shortlisted animated short by Oscar-nominated Erick Oh. In addition to Oh, speakers will include Baobab Studios’ co-founders Maureen Fan and Eric Darnell, who produced “Namoo,” art director Eusong Lee and lead Quill artist Nick Ladd. Oscar-winning director Peter Ramsey will moderate.
The panel will take place Friday, Feb. 11, at 10 a.m. Pt.
“Namoo,” which means tree in Korean, follows one man’s journey from birth to death, touching on beautiful and heartbreaking moments throughout his life. The film, which was created in VR and 2D, was produced by Baobab Studios and executive produced by John Cho, and produced by Baobab’s Fan, Darnell, Larry Cutler and Kane Lee.
- 2/11/2022
- by Terry Flores
- Variety Film + TV
Baobab Studios has released the trailer for its new virtual reality experience film “Namoo” ahead of its Sundance premiere.
“Namoo,” which means “tree” in Korean, will be premiering as part of Sundance’s New Frontiers. The feature is written and directed by Erick Oh, who previously worked on “Heart” and “How to Eat Your Apple.”
The film is brought to life through virtual reality and celebrates a grandfather’s passing. It follows the journey of a budding artist — and his tree of life — from start to end.
Speaking exclusively with Variety ahead of the premiere, Oh said, “This story is deeply inspired by the loss of my grandfather a long time ago. It took me a while to finally put this together in an art piece because I wasn’t ready to share this idea with the world yet. He passed away almost 10 years ago, and it was a sudden goodbye.
“Namoo,” which means “tree” in Korean, will be premiering as part of Sundance’s New Frontiers. The feature is written and directed by Erick Oh, who previously worked on “Heart” and “How to Eat Your Apple.”
The film is brought to life through virtual reality and celebrates a grandfather’s passing. It follows the journey of a budding artist — and his tree of life — from start to end.
Speaking exclusively with Variety ahead of the premiere, Oh said, “This story is deeply inspired by the loss of my grandfather a long time ago. It took me a while to finally put this together in an art piece because I wasn’t ready to share this idea with the world yet. He passed away almost 10 years ago, and it was a sudden goodbye.
- 1/28/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
A record 92 animated short films have qualified for the 92nd Academy Awards, a list that will be winnowed to 10 contenders when shortlist is announced Dec. 16. Alongside entries such as Sony’s “Hair Love” and Magic Light Pictures’ “Zog,” challengers include lauded films from animators such as Tomek Popakul’s “Acid Rain,” Siqi Song’s “Sister” and Theodore Ushev’s “The Physics of Sorrow.” Ranging from studio darlings to festival gems, the diversity of projects in the category makes for a somewhat unpredictable race, yet each year a handful of shorts float to the top, generating awards season buzz.
1. Curse of the Monkeybird (Warner Bros.)
Director: Pete Browngardt
Producers: Pete Browngardt, Sam Register
The slapstick “Indiana Jones”-inspired 2D short features classic Looney Tunes characters searching for a cursed treasure inside a jungle temple. “It was a dream come true to be able to write and direct a Porky Pig and Daffy Duck cartoon from scratch,...
1. Curse of the Monkeybird (Warner Bros.)
Director: Pete Browngardt
Producers: Pete Browngardt, Sam Register
The slapstick “Indiana Jones”-inspired 2D short features classic Looney Tunes characters searching for a cursed treasure inside a jungle temple. “It was a dream come true to be able to write and direct a Porky Pig and Daffy Duck cartoon from scratch,...
- 12/4/2019
- by Jennifer Wolfe
- Variety Film + TV
The 47th Annual Annie Awards nominations were led by Disney blockbuster sequel “Frozen 2” and Laika’s Yeti adventure “Missing Link” with eight nominations apiece, followed by Netflix’s “Klaus” with seven and DreamWorks’ “How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World” and Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” with six, which all landed Best Feature nominations. Also racking up a surprising six nominations for Netflix was lauded indie nominee, French import “I Lost My Body.”
Not bad for animation awards newbie Netflix.
Scoring four nods were DreamWorks’ and Pearl Studios’ other Yeti entry, “Abominable,” and GKids’ Japanese Oscar entry “Weathering with You.” Landing two nominations each were Blue Sky’s “Spies in Disguise” (Fox), Illumination’s “The Secret Life of Pets 2” (from Universal), and “The Addams Family” (United Artists).
Left out of the fray were GKids’ Cambodian drama, “Funan,” and Disney’s “live-action” remake “The Lion King,” which did not land...
Not bad for animation awards newbie Netflix.
Scoring four nods were DreamWorks’ and Pearl Studios’ other Yeti entry, “Abominable,” and GKids’ Japanese Oscar entry “Weathering with You.” Landing two nominations each were Blue Sky’s “Spies in Disguise” (Fox), Illumination’s “The Secret Life of Pets 2” (from Universal), and “The Addams Family” (United Artists).
Left out of the fray were GKids’ Cambodian drama, “Funan,” and Disney’s “live-action” remake “The Lion King,” which did not land...
- 12/2/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The 47th Annual Annie Awards nominations were led by Disney blockbuster sequel “Frozen 2” and Laika’s Yeti adventure “Missing Link” with eight nominations apiece, followed by Netflix’s “Klaus” with seven and DreamWorks’ “How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World” and Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” with six, which all landed Best Feature nominations. Also racking up a surprising six nominations for Netflix was lauded indie nominee, French import “I Lost My Body.”
Not bad for animation awards newbie Netflix.
Scoring four nods were DreamWorks’ and Pearl Studios’ other Yeti entry, “Abominable,” and GKids’ Japanese Oscar entry “Weathering with You.” Landing two nominations each were Blue Sky’s “Spies in Disguise” (Fox), Illumination’s “The Secret Life of Pets 2” (from Universal), and “The Addams Family” (United Artists).
Left out of the fray were GKids’ Cambodian drama, “Funan,” and Disney’s “live-action” remake “The Lion King,” which did not land...
Not bad for animation awards newbie Netflix.
Scoring four nods were DreamWorks’ and Pearl Studios’ other Yeti entry, “Abominable,” and GKids’ Japanese Oscar entry “Weathering with You.” Landing two nominations each were Blue Sky’s “Spies in Disguise” (Fox), Illumination’s “The Secret Life of Pets 2” (from Universal), and “The Addams Family” (United Artists).
Left out of the fray were GKids’ Cambodian drama, “Funan,” and Disney’s “live-action” remake “The Lion King,” which did not land...
- 12/2/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Disney’s uber-successful franchises are the ones to look out for at the 47th annual Annie Awards with Frozen 2 and Toy Story 4 earning eight and six nominations respectively. Laika’s stop-motion animated feature Missing Link nabbed eight nods, matching the aforementioned icy animated sequel, while DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World matched Toy Story 4 with six.
The aforementioned three animated features are vying for the top prize of Best Feature along with Netflix’s Klaus. In the live-action department, Alita: Battle Angel, Avengers: Endgame, Game of Thrones, Pokémon Detective Pikachu and Spider-Man: Far From Home are all looking to take home the trophy for Best Character Animation.
On the TV side, Big Mouth, BoJack Horseman, Harley Quinn and Undone are among the nominees for Best TV/Media – General Audience.
Last year’s winner, Sony Pictures Animation’s dazzling animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse...
The aforementioned three animated features are vying for the top prize of Best Feature along with Netflix’s Klaus. In the live-action department, Alita: Battle Angel, Avengers: Endgame, Game of Thrones, Pokémon Detective Pikachu and Spider-Man: Far From Home are all looking to take home the trophy for Best Character Animation.
On the TV side, Big Mouth, BoJack Horseman, Harley Quinn and Undone are among the nominees for Best TV/Media – General Audience.
Last year’s winner, Sony Pictures Animation’s dazzling animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse...
- 12/2/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
This might be the most beautiful animated film of the year. My Moon is an animated short running only 8 minutes, made by the very talented animator Eusong Lee. It is a lovely film about a relationship between three celestial bodies; a romance between Earth, Moon, and Sun. Presented by King of Pine in collaboration with Chromosphere, an animation studio in La. Eusong Lee won the Silver Medal Student Academy Award in 2013 for his short Will, and follows up with this gem. It's beyond gorgeous, with a heart-melting score by David Kamp to go along with all the stunning visuals. There isn't much dialogue in this, but the voices we do hear sound natural, almost as if they were recorded right out in public which makes this short all the more authentic. I love everything about this stellar film, totally entranced by it from the moment it begins. Enjoy. To see...
- 11/11/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Miss Todd, directed by Kristina Yee from the UK’s Nfts, wins Best Foreign Film - the first animated feature to ever win the category.Scroll down for full list of winners
A total of 16 young filmmakers collected trophies at the Student Academy Awards on Saturday night, hosted by comedian Bob Saget at the Motion Picture Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Awards were presented by actors Clark Gregg, Jason Schwartzman and Quvenzhané Wallis as well as Boys Don’t Cry writer-director Kimberly Peirce.
Three international student filmmakers and 13 student filmmakers from the Us picked up prizes in the alternative, animation, documentary, narrative and foreign film categories.
Miss Todd, a student film from the UK’s National Film and Television School, won gold in the foreign category – the first time an animated film has won the prize since the launch of the awards in 1972.
Directed by Kristina Yee, co-written by Frances...
A total of 16 young filmmakers collected trophies at the Student Academy Awards on Saturday night, hosted by comedian Bob Saget at the Motion Picture Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Awards were presented by actors Clark Gregg, Jason Schwartzman and Quvenzhané Wallis as well as Boys Don’t Cry writer-director Kimberly Peirce.
Three international student filmmakers and 13 student filmmakers from the Us picked up prizes in the alternative, animation, documentary, narrative and foreign film categories.
Miss Todd, a student film from the UK’s National Film and Television School, won gold in the foreign category – the first time an animated film has won the prize since the launch of the awards in 1972.
Directed by Kristina Yee, co-written by Frances...
- 6/10/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Sixteen students from colleges and universities around the world were honored last night (June 8) as winners at the 40th Student Academy Awards ceremony at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The medal placements were announced at the ceremony hosted by writer-director and 1978 Student Academy Award® winner Bob Saget. Writer-director Kimberly Peirce and actors Clark Gregg, Jason Schwartzman and Quvenzhané Wallis presented the awards.
The winners are:
Alternative
Gold Medal: “Bottled Up,” Rafael Cortina, Occidental College
Silver Medal: “Zug,” Perry Janes, University of Michigan
Bronze Medal: “The Compositor,” John Mattiuzzi, School of Visual Arts
Animation
Gold Medal: “Dia de los Muertos,” Lindsey St. Pierre and Ashley Graham, Ringling College of Art and Design
Silver Medal: “Will,” Eusong Lee, California Institute of the Arts
Bronze Medal: “Peck Pocketed,” Kevin Herron, Ringling College of Art and Design
Documentary
Gold Medal: “A Second Chance,” David Aristizabal, University of Southern California
Silver...
The medal placements were announced at the ceremony hosted by writer-director and 1978 Student Academy Award® winner Bob Saget. Writer-director Kimberly Peirce and actors Clark Gregg, Jason Schwartzman and Quvenzhané Wallis presented the awards.
The winners are:
Alternative
Gold Medal: “Bottled Up,” Rafael Cortina, Occidental College
Silver Medal: “Zug,” Perry Janes, University of Michigan
Bronze Medal: “The Compositor,” John Mattiuzzi, School of Visual Arts
Animation
Gold Medal: “Dia de los Muertos,” Lindsey St. Pierre and Ashley Graham, Ringling College of Art and Design
Silver Medal: “Will,” Eusong Lee, California Institute of the Arts
Bronze Medal: “Peck Pocketed,” Kevin Herron, Ringling College of Art and Design
Documentary
Gold Medal: “A Second Chance,” David Aristizabal, University of Southern California
Silver...
- 6/9/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The world's future filmmakers got a preview of the kind of Hollywood glamour and glory that could be theirs someday as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented its 40th annual Student Academy Awards.
Sixteen college students from around the globe were honored at the Saturday night ceremony, held at the academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills and hosted by onetime Student Academy Award winner Bob Saget. Presenters included writer-director Kimberly Peirce and actors Clark Gregg, Jason Schwartzman and Quvenzhane (kwuh-vehn'-juh-nay) Wallis.
This year's student honors included two each from the University of Southern California, Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida and the School of Visual Arts in New York.
Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive eight Oscars and 46 Oscar nominations. Could Saturday night's winners be far behind? Remember these names:
Gold Medal Winners
_ Brian Schwarz, University of Texas at Austin,...
Sixteen college students from around the globe were honored at the Saturday night ceremony, held at the academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills and hosted by onetime Student Academy Award winner Bob Saget. Presenters included writer-director Kimberly Peirce and actors Clark Gregg, Jason Schwartzman and Quvenzhane (kwuh-vehn'-juh-nay) Wallis.
This year's student honors included two each from the University of Southern California, Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida and the School of Visual Arts in New York.
Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive eight Oscars and 46 Oscar nominations. Could Saturday night's winners be far behind? Remember these names:
Gold Medal Winners
_ Brian Schwarz, University of Texas at Austin,...
- 6/9/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
The winners have been announced for the 2013 Student Academy Awards. Thirteen students from nine Us colleges and universities as well as three students from foreign universities have been selected as winners. Full list below. The student filmmakers will be brought to L.A. for a week of industry activities, culminating in an awards ceremony on June 8 at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theatre, hosted by Bob Saget. The winners are (listed alphabetically by film title):Alternative“Bottled Up,” Rafael Cortina, Occidental College“The Compositor,” John Mattiuzzi, School of Visual Arts “Zug,” Perry Janes, University of Michigan Animation“Dia de los Muertos,” Lindsey St. Pierre and Ashley Graham, Ringling College of Art and Design“Peck Pocketed,” Kevin Herron, Ringling College of Art and Design“Will,” Eusong Lee, California Institute of the Arts Documentary“Every Tuesday: A Portrait of The New Yorker Cartoonists,” Rachel Loube, School of Visual Arts“A Second Chance,” David.
- 5/15/2013
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
Thirteen students from nine U.S. colleges and universities as well as three students from foreign universities have been selected as winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Student Academy Awards competition. They will be brought to Los Angeles for a week of industry activities that will culminate in the awards ceremony, hosted by 1978 Student Academy Award winner and comedian Bob Saget, on Saturday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
This year saw first-time honors go to Elon University, Occidental College and the University of Michigan in the U.S. competition, as well as to Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland, and Rits School of Arts, Belgium, in the foreign competition. The medal placements – gold, silver and bronze – in each of the award categories will be announced at the June 8 ceremony.
The winners are (listed alphabetically by film title):
Alternative
“Bottled Up,...
This year saw first-time honors go to Elon University, Occidental College and the University of Michigan in the U.S. competition, as well as to Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland, and Rits School of Arts, Belgium, in the foreign competition. The medal placements – gold, silver and bronze – in each of the award categories will be announced at the June 8 ceremony.
The winners are (listed alphabetically by film title):
Alternative
“Bottled Up,...
- 5/14/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Film students from the States and abroad have been selected as winners in the annual student competition sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.The winning films were entered into regional competitions, then voted on by the Student Academy Awards Executive Committee to reach the final stage. The filmmakers behind the winning movies will be brought to Los Angeles for a week of industry-related activities before the awards ceremony.Bob Saget, himself a Student Academy Award winner, will host the ceremony on June 8 in Beverly Hills. Films are given medals – gold, silver and bronze – at the awards.
- 5/14/2013
- by Amanda Taylor
- EW - Inside Movies
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