22 January, 2018 - 06:03
Revolting Rhymes is one of 10 animated short films shortlisted for an Oscar, selected from 63 qualifying films. The five finalists will be announced this Tuesday, 23 January 2018, with the awards scheduled for 4 March 2018 in Los Angeles.
Other African-linked projects shortlisted include South Africa and Senegal's foreign film entries, The Wound and Felicite, as well as Jane, set in Tanzania, in the documentary category; the Ghana-set Kayayo in short documentaries; and the Kenyan-set Watu Wote in short films.
Directed by Jakob Schuh (Oscar-nominated for The Gruffalo) and Jan Lachauer (Oscar-nominated for Room on the Broom) and co-directed by Bin Han To, produced by Martin Pope and Michael Rose, Revolting Rhymes is an adaptation of Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake's classic book of surprising fairy tales. It's voiced by a stellar cast that includes Dominic West (The Affair) as The Wolf; Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones) as Red Riding Hood; and Gemma Chan (Humans) as Snow White.
Produced by Magic Light Pictures, Revolting Rhymes was animated at Magic Light's Berlin studio and Cape Town's Triggerfish. The film has already won nine major international awards: the Cristal at Annecy in France, the world's premiere animation festival; Best Animation at the BAFTA Children's Awards; two awards at the European Animation Awards; Best Animated Short at TIFF Kids; Best Animation at the World Banff Media Festival in Canada; Best Storytelling at Shanghai International Film and TV Festival in China; the Children's Jury prize at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival and the Audience Award at Filmfest Munchen.
Revolting Rhymes is also nominated for a prestigious Annie Award on 3 February 2018 in Los Angeles; a British Animation Award on 15 March in London; and an International Emmy Kids Award, which will be presented in April 2018.
When we started Triggerfish 21 years ago, there was no animation industry in South Africa, so it's amazing to have worked on a film which is now on the Oscar shortlist, for directors whose work we've always admired, says Triggerfish CEO Stuart Forrest. This shows again that African animation is now among the best in the world and we hope it will inspire many more people across the continent to consider animation as a career path.
Magic Light Pictures' third collaboration with Triggerfish, The Highway Rat, premiered on BBC One this Christmas, reaching over 7.7m viewers. An adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's bestseller, The Highway Rat is a swashbuckling tale of bandits and biscuits the whole family will enjoy. David Tennant (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) leads an impressive cast in the title role.
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Stick Man, Magic Light Pictures' previous Donaldson/Scheffler production animated at Triggerfish, also premiered on BBC One on Christmas Day in 2015, before going on to win critical praise and a raft of global industry awards including the Annecy Crystal and a BAFTA nomination.
Watch the Revolting Rhymes trailer below or an excerpt from The Highway Rat at https://youtu.be/HcUE6Y-mL7A
About Triggerfish
Established in 1996, Triggerfish is a Cape Town-based film and entertainment company. The studio has produced two of the top five highest-grossing South African feature films of all time: Adventures in Zambezia (2012) and Khumba (2013). In collaboration with Magic Light Pictures, Triggerfish has also animated three previous BBC Christmas adaptations: Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's Stick Man (2015) and Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes (2016), which both won the Cristal for a TV Production at top global animation festival, Annecy, among other accolades, as well as Donaldson and Scheffler's The Highway Rat (2017). For more information, visit https://www.triggerfishanimation.com/ and follow the animation studio on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
About Magic Light Pictures Ltd
Magic Light Pictures makes imaginative entertainment for audiences, families and children worldwide. The company creates high quality films and products and has built the wonderful Gruffalo brand over many years.
It has just completed The Highway Rat which premiered this Christmas on BBC1 to over 7 million viewers.
The company directly manages production, licensing, global distribution and marketing. Magic Light has sold its award-winning films - including The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo's Child, Room on the Broom, Stick Man and Revolting Rhymes - to over 80 broadcasters worldwide. It runs an international merchandising programme with over 40 licensees and 300 products. The company's filmmaking includes feature films such as Oscar-nominated animation Chico & Rita, comedy thriller Wild Target and natural history documentary One Life. For more information, visit www.magiclightpictures.com or follow @MagicLightPics on Twitter.
Embedded video for Revolting Rhymes' animators holding their breaths for Tuesday's Oscar nominations
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