Alê Abreu

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Annecy 2021 Announces Work in Progress Selections

16 WIP projects will be featured at the upcoming hybrid festival edition, with all selections accessible on the festival’s online platform; feature selections include ‘The Siren’ by Sepideh Farsi, ‘Unicorn Wars’ by Alberto Vázquez Rico, and ‘Princess Dragon’ by Anthony Roux and Jean-Jacques Denis.

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Annecy Festival Announces 2018 Juries

Jury members to hand out 18 separate awards to the 220 films screening in Competition.

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Annecy 2018 to Spotlight Brazil, Music in Animation

Leading animation event set for June 11-16 in France.

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Awards Headline News

‘Inside Out,’ ‘Bear Story’ Win Big at the 88th Academy Awards

Oscar gold: Pixar Animation Studio’s ‘Inside Out’ wins best animated feature and Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala’s ‘Bear Story’ wins best animated short; ‘Ex Machina’ wins VFX prize.

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GKIDS Headline News

Oscar-Nominated ‘Boy and the World’ Expands Theatrical Release

Theatrical release expands to more North American cities on heels of nomination, with home video release date to be announced shortly.

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GKIDS Headline News

GKIDS Scores Two Oscar Noms for Best Animated Feature at 2016 Academy Awards

Independent animation distributor garners double Oscar nominations for Best Animated Feature with Alê Abreu’s ‘Boy and the World’ and Studio Ghibli’s ‘When Marnie Was There.’

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Nominations for 88th Academy Awards Unveiled

Nominees for Best Animated Feature are ‘Anomalisa,’ ‘Boy and the World,’ ‘Inside Out,’ ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie,’ and ‘When Marnie Was There.’

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Animated Feature Films Blogs

Review: ‘Boy & the World’

The best way to watch ‘Boy & the World’ is to think of it as a non-narrative exercise and just enjoy the visuals.

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WATCH: GKIDS Unveils U.S. Trailer for ‘Boy and the World’

Directed by Alê Abreu and produced by Filme de Papel, ‘Boy and the World’ opens at the IFC Center in New York and the Laemmle Monica Film Center in Los Angeles on December 11th.

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GKIDS Sets Oscar Qualifying Run for ‘Boy and the World’

Directed by Alê Abreu and produced by Filme de Papel, ‘Boy and the World’ was awarded the Cristal for best feature at Annecy 2014.

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Animafest Zagreb Headline News

‘We Can’t Live Without Cosmos’ Short Tops Animafest Zagreb 2015

Konstantin Bronzit’s ‘We Can’t Live Without Cosmos’ wins the Grand Prix award for best short film; ‘The Boy and the World’ by Alê Abreu wins Grand Prix award for best feature film.

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Annecy Headline News

Brazil’s ‘Boy and the World,’ Takes Cristal at Annecy

Following last year’s feature Cristal winner ‘Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury,’ Brazilian animation is once again in the spotlight at the 38th edition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.