‘Sanjay’s Super Team’ Coming to SDCC

Sanjay Patel, courtesy of KQED's "This Week: Sanjay Patel" video

Sanjay Patel, courtesy of KQED’s “This Week: Sanjay Patel” video

Director Sanjay Patel and producer Nicole Grindle will be at San Diego Comic-Con next month to debut Pixar Animation Studios’ new short Sanjay’s Super Team.

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Oscar Nominees Announced for Best Animated Short Film

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Five animated short films have been nominated for this year’s Oscar for Best Animated Short. Here are the nominees with links to the films’ official websites (if available) or a preview.

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Disney’s ‘Feast’ Short Debuts at Annecy Festival

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Walt Disney Animation Studios’ new short film Feast made its debut this week at the 2014 Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The six-minute short tells the story of “one man’s love life as seen through the eyes of his best friend and dog, Winston [a Boston Terrier], and revealed bite by bite through the meals they share.”

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Disney Releases Title and Art from New ‘Feast’ Short

 

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Walt Disney Animation Studios announced their new animated short that will play in front of Big Hero 6 this November. The new short film is entitled Feast. It tells the story of “one man’s love life as seen through the eyes of his best friend and dog, Winston, and revealed bite by bite through the meals they share.” The film’s title treatment and a first image were released on the Disney Insider blog and on many of Disney’s various social media platforms.

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Pixar’s The Blue Umbrella Makes US Premiere At SXSW Film Festival

2013-01-31-sxsw_bannerAs much as fans look forward to Pixar’s feature length films, there’s always equally as much excitement about the short films that accompany them. With Monsters University is the next Pixar film to find its way to the silver screen (on June 21,2013) and the short accompanying it will be The Blue Umbrella (directed by Saschka Unseld). However, if you happen to find yourself in Austin, TX during this year’s SXSW Film Festival, you’ll get a chance to see the short stand on its own two feet.

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Watch This Now!: The Academy Awards Best Animated Short Nominees

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It happens every year. The Oscars show up and when it gets to the Best Animated Short category, you find yourself wondering, “How on Earth does one go about seeing these shorts in the first place?” Well, thanks to some great effort by FirstShowing.Net, now you can!

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