Several animation festivals took place last month
and are reviewed in this issue of Animation World Magazine. Please consult
the individual festival articles for complete lists of award-winning films.
KROK review by oTTo Alder [in German] [in English]
Anima Mundi review by Edmundo Barrieros [in
Portuguese] [in
English]
Fantoche
review by Thomas Basgier.
SAFO review
by Joan Ashworth.
Emmys, Oh My! The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' 49th
annual Emmy Awards presentation took place in Los Angeles last month. Out
of 28 categories, two are for animation. The winning programs were: Fox/Gracie
Films/Twentieth Television's The Simpsons: Homer Phobia for Best
Animated Program (for programming one hour or less), and to The Family
Channel/Carlton UK Television/Hit Entertainment's Willows In Winter
for Best Animated Program (for programming more than one hour). Earlier
this month, the Primetime Emmy Awards were announced, naming three winners
in the Creative Arts categories. A second win for The Family Channel's
Wind In Willows"went to the program's color director, Loraine
Marshall, while Gary Hurst was awarded for production design for HBO's
Testament: The Bible in Animation--Moses, and storyboard artist
Phil Weinstein was awarded for his work on CBS' Boo to You Too! Winnie
The Pooh.
Mobius Advertising Awards. The 27th annual International Awards
Competition has put out the call for entries for the Mobius Advertising
Awards. The competition is open to television commercials and campaigns
which have been produced, screened or aired in the past 12 months. In addition
to technique categories Animation-Computer, Animation-Non-Computer, and
Animation-Computer & Non-Computer, there are more than 85 product-specific
categories for everything from dairy products to toothpaste, which presents
many opportunities for recognition. The entry fee is October 1 and the
fee is $120 per commercial. For information and entry forms, call (U.S.)
(630) 834-7773.
First published in the Daily Animation Flash, 9/15/97:
MacCurdy's Women In Film Award A First. On September 13, Women In
Film honored Warner Bros. Television Animation President and Kids WB! Programming
President Jean MacCurdy with a Lucy Award, in honor of the late Lucille
Ball. This is the fourth annual presentation, but the first time that a
woman in the animation industry has received this award. The ceremony took
place in Beverly Hills on Saturday September 13. Additional honorees were
comediennes Carol Burnett and Roseanne.
Faith Hubley Honored By IFP West. On September 16 in New York, independent
animator Faith Hubley will received the first ever Special Gotham Award
for Animation, from the Independent Feature Project (IFP) West. Hubley
has produced 20 independently animated films, in addition to the more than
20 films she produced with her late husband John Hubley. She has also worked
in collaboration on films with her daughter Emily Hubley. IFP's Gotham
Awards aim to celebrate New York as a center for filmmaking, honoring individuals
who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to independent filmmaking.
Additional Gotham Award recipients for 1997 include Bob and Harvey Weinstein,
Errol Morris and Macky Alston.
Hibbert Ralph Takes Home Award From Japan. London-based Hibbert
Ralph Entertainment was awarded the Children's Jury Award at the Kinderfilmfest
in Japan, for their film The Forgotten Toys. The film has won six
other international awards at festivals including Cartoons on the Bay and
the Poznan International Festival for Children. A follow-up series to the
film is now underway as a Hibbert Ralph Entertainment/Link Entertainment
production for Meridian Broadcasting. For information about Hibbert Ralph
Entertainment, read Jerry Hibbert's article, Staying
Ahead of the Game in the February1997
issue of Animation World Magazine.
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