GKIDS eye another Oscar nod with Irish animated feature 'Song of the Sea'

Posted by · 5:26 pm · February 11th, 2014

Five years after launching their giant-slaying reputation with an Oscar nod for Tomm Moore’s “The Secret of Kells,” the animation distributors have acquired rights to Moore’s follow-up.

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'Ernest & Celestine' and 'A Letter to Momo' lead GKIDS retrospective in New York

Posted by · 4:25 pm · December 9th, 2013

With LAFCA winner “Ernest and Celestine” and “A Letter to Momo” both aiming for Oscar attention, their distributor GKIDS is celebrating its 5-year anniversary with a cinema showcase of their own work. It runs in New York from December 20 to January 2.

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'Gravity' ties with 'Her' as LA critics' Best Picture winner

Posted by · 12:14 pm · December 8th, 2013

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association were in an indecisive mood today, as three categories ended in ties — most notably Best Picture, which was shared by two very different technological visions: “Gravity” and “Her.”

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Forest Whitaker and Nick Offerman lend their voices to Oscar hopeful 'Ernest and Celestine'

Posted by · 11:23 am · November 8th, 2013

Adorable French animation “Ernest and Celestine” has been charming critics since Cannes last year, and is a dark horse in the Best Animated Feature race. Only now, however, is it getting asn English-language voice cast, with Forest Whitaker, Nick Offerman and Lauren Bacall among the big names.

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The Long Shot: Curbing the cartoons

Posted by · 12:46 pm · November 6th, 2013

In this week’s Oscar column, Guy Lodge considers whether five nomination slots makes the Best Animated Feature category too uncompetitive, particularly in a year widely deemed a weak one for the medium. With 19 films submitted this year, is it simply too easy to get a nomination in this category?

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With 'Blue is the Warmest Color' out of the running, a look ahead to the foreign Oscar race

Posted by · 11:30 am · July 1st, 2013

‘Blue is the Warmest Color’ won’t be competing this year, but what will?

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Waiting for a heavyweight in the animated Oscar race

Posted by · 8:55 am · June 14th, 2013

The last six winners have been first-half releases, but what about this year?

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'Amour' dominates the César Awards, 'Argo' wins Best Foreign Film

Posted by · 2:32 pm · February 22nd, 2013

The César Awards aren’t quite the final stop on the circuit for “Amour” ahead of Sunday’s Oscars. There is still the Independent Spirits Awards tomorrow. But it’s probably the last opportunity for the film to have a big final hurrah of the season, and it seized it.

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London Film Festival beefs up its awards shortlists

Posted by · 8:35 am · September 13th, 2012

More films are in the running for prizes at the October catch-up fest.

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Cannes discovery 'Ernest and Celestine' deserves a US audience

Posted by · 4:56 pm · June 7th, 2012

Amid much heavy-duty arthouse fare, a delightful animated feature about a bear-mouse friendship was one of the standouts of the Cannes sidebars.

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From Disney to GKIDS, this year's animated feature race is already looking stacked (UPDATED)

Posted by · 12:34 pm · June 4th, 2012

Both the toon titan and the indie distrib have full plates this season.

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