Weekends (2017 film)

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Weekends
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Film poster
Directed by Trevor Jimenez
Written byTrevor Jimenez
Produced byJeremy Slome
Music byAndrew Vernon
Production
company
Past Lives Productions
Release date
  • October 18, 2017 (2017-10-18)(WIFF)
Running time
16 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Weekends is a 2017 American animated film. [1] It was written and directed by Trevor Jimenez, a Canadian-born animator for Pixar, the film depicts Jimenez's own childhood experience as a child of divorced parents, who regularly spent the week living with his mother in Hamilton, Ontario while spending weekends with his father in Toronto. [1]

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Jimenez made the film through the co-op program at Pixar, which permits employees to use some company resources to make their own independent short films. [1]

In January 2019, the film was announced as a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards. [2]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef(s)
Academy Awards February 24, 2019 Best Animated Short Film Trevor Jimenez Nominated [3]
Annie Awards February 2, 2019 Best Animated Short Subject Past Lives ProductionsWon [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "WATCH: Trevor Jimenez's Oscar-Shortlisted 'Weekends' Returns Online". Animation World Network . December 27, 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Canadian nominees dominate Oscars’ animated short film category". Toronto Star , January 22, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Short Film (Animated) - Oscar Nominees 2019". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  4. ↑ "46th Annie Award Nominees". International Animated Film Society. Retrieved February 22, 2019.