Gints Zilbalodis has achieved the impressive feat of capturing an Academy Award while competing with global animation giants. For the third year in a row (as reported by many publications), a familiar, Western household animation studio lost the Oscar battle. And while winning an Oscar is not the only indication…
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Fatenah, breast cancer, and animating Gaza
‘My sister, our land has a throbbing heart, It doesn’t cease to beat, and it endures the unendurable. It keeps the secrets of hills and wombs. This land sprouting with spikes and palms is also the land that gives birth to a freedom fighter. This land, my sister, is a…
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The humanity restoration project of movie 9
“We had such potential, such promise. But we squandered our gifts, our intelligence. Our blind pursuit of technology only sped us quicker to our doom. Our world is ending. But life must go on.” On September 9th, 2009, Focus Features released the animated movie, named after the number – 9,…