Seth and Peter Scriver are half-brothers and the directors and subjects of the new animated documentary film “Endless Cookie”, which premieres in-person Saturday January 25th at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and is available through the online platform during the fest. Seth, who is white, and Peter, who is mixed race (Indigenous and white), share […]
Toby Genkel is the director of “The Amazing Maurice”, a new animated comedy adventure screening at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and opening in theaters nationwide on February 3rd. It’s based on the late Terry Pratchett’s beloved book and features the voices of Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke, Hugh Bonneville and Himesh Patel. Genkel shares the […]
Sundance 2022 is here! This is my rundown of all 15 Sundance 2022 animated short films you can watch at home, for Animation Scoop. ——————————— 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. […]
“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 […]
Kang Min Kim is interviewed about his Annie Awards nominated short film “KKUM”, which also screened at the 2021 virtual Sundance Film Festival. —————————————- 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 […]
Check out my Animation Scoop Q&A with the directors of vibrant animated short film “Sh_t Happens”, Michaela Mihalyi and David Stumpf. ——————————— 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 […]
Here’s my look at all 11 animated shorts that are debuting Thursday January 28th at the virtual 2021 Sundance Film Festival. ————————————– 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 […]