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Animation Scoop: ‘Souvenir Souvenir’ Q&A

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“Souvenir Souvenir” screened at the Sundance Film Festival and is an Annie Awards winner. Now the latest animated short film from Oscar nominee Bastien Dubois is on the 2022 Academy Awards shortlist. Here’s my Animation Scoop Q&A with Dubois. ——————————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in […]
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Animation Scoop: ‘The Windshield Wiper’ Q&A

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‘The Windshield Wiper’ is one of the 15 finalists for the 2022 Best Animated Short Film Academy Award. Its director is Alberto Mielgo (who won Emmy and Annie awards for his work on ‘TRON: Uprising’ and ‘Love, Death & Robots’). He joins me for this ‘Windshield Wiper’ Animation Scoop Q&A. ——————————————- Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. […]
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Animation Scoop: ‘Namoo’ Erick Oh Q&A

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“Namoo” is a new animated short from director Erick Oh. He was Oscar nominated last year for short “Opera” and could be on the ballot again this year. We discuss “Namoo” and more in this Animation Scoop Q&A. —————————————- Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 […]
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Animation Scoop: ‘Flowing Home’ Q&A

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“Flowing Home” is one of the 15 finalists for the 2022 Best Animated Short Film Oscar. Here’s my new Animation Scoop Q&A with “Flowing Home” director Sandra Desmazières. —————————————————- Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 […]
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Animation Scoop: ‘Step Into the River’ Q&A

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“Step Into the River” is one of the 15 2022 Best Animated Short Film Oscar shortlisted entries. It’s directed by animation teacher Weijia Ma, from Shanghai. Here’s my “Step Into the River” Animation Scoop Q&A. —————————————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age […]
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Animation Scoop: ‘Bestia’ Director Q&A

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Hugo Covarrubias is the director of “Bestia”. It’s an Annie Awards nominee, on the Oscars Animated Short Film shortlist and will be shown at Sundance later this month. Here’s my new “Bestia” Animation Scoop Q&A. —————————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age […]
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‘Hotel T4’ Stars and Directors Q&A

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“Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” is on Amazon Prime Video January 14th. This new Animation Scoop piece features a Q&A with “Hotel T4” stars Keegan-Michael Key & Fran Drescher and directors Jennifer Kluska & Derek Drymon. ——————————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of […]
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Animation Scoop: ‘Affairs of the Art’ Q&A

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I interview “Affairs of the Art” director Joanna Quinn and writer & producer Les Mills for this new Animation Scoop Q&A. —————————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 reviews of new releases. And altogether he […]
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