The animation Showcase

The animation Showcase
Status active
Genre Screening
Frequency Quarterly
Venue Soho House, Pixar, Google, Cartoon Network, Nexus Productions
Established 2016 (2016)
Founder Benoit Berthe (Siward)
Most recent 24 January 2018 (2018-01-24)
Website www.animationshowcase.com

The animation Showcase is a traveling film screening, curating animated short films. The screening started in 2016,[1] with the support of the private members club Soho House,[2] with the intention of spotting the upcoming creative talents in the animation industry and to promote animation in the creative industry.[3] The animation Showcase screening proposes a yearly "Best of the Year" selection spotting Shortlisted and Nominees for the Academy Awards category Best Animated Short Film. The animation Showcase has been screened in animation studios, startups or location such as Pixar animation studios, Google Youtube London [4] Blur Studio, Cartoon Network, Soho House (London, New York, Berlin, Shoreditch East London). The animation Showcase advices Academy Awards, Oscars nominees qualified in the Category Best Animated Short Films as Garden Party in 2017–2018.[5]

Screening format

The short film selection lasts around an hour and ends with a question and answer session with invited filmmakers from the selections. From 2015 until 2018, the screenings were free entrance and/or on invitation.

Screening selections

Best of the year

Traveling mostly in Europe and in the US, this yearly selection is known for having spotted numerous of the Shortlisted and Nominated Oscars Animated Short 4 months before the Academy Awards nominations official announcement.[6]

Best of 2016

(Premiered in September 2016 Soho House Dean Street.)

Best of 2017

(Premiered in October 2017 at Soho House Dean Street.)

Themed programs

The animation Showcase screenings started as a series of themed selection, premiered every three months at Soho House and Shoreditch House

  • The promising Generation Y - (Premiered in August 2016 at Soho Works)
  • What the F#ck - (Premiered in 2016 at Soho Works)
  • Art in Motion - (Premiered in 2017 at Shoreditch House)
  • Love at First Sight - (Premiered in 2017 at Shoreditch House)
  • Our Animal Friends - (Premiered in 2018 at Shoreditch House)

Best of Annecy Festival

Present every year on the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, the founder of The animation Showcase gather a selection of the best Animated Shorts discovered at the Festival for the people of the industry and Studios that didn't get the chance to go or to watch the films at the festival. This program first started with a selection of upcoming talent for the talents scouts, and finishes with a selection of the "Must see" Shorts to not miss from the established animation filmmakers.

  • The animation Showcase - Best Of Annecy 2014 - (Premiered at Nexus Productions)
  • The animation Showcase - Best Of Annecy 2015 - (Premiered at Nexus Productions)
  • The animation Showcase - Best Of Annecy 2016 - (Premiered at Picasso Pictures)
  • The animation Showcase - Best Of Annecy 2017 - (Premiered at Nexus Productions)

References

  1. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/company/animationshowcase/
  2. ↑ "Soho House & Co Jobs and Projects". The Dots. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Clement, Nick (15 February 2018). "Animation Showcase Boosts Profiles of Shorts". Variety. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "The animation Showcase Event In Youtube Space London". 2017 Youtube Space. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  5. ↑ ""Garden Party", des étudiants français dans la course aux Oscars" (in French). 2017 French Morning. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Animation Showcase Boosts Profiles of Shorts". Variety. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
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