The films by João Gonzalez and Laura Gonçalves go one step further and are now on the shortlist for Best Animated Short Film by the American Academy, an already historic achievement in the Portuguese film scene.
The films by João Gonzalez and Laura Gonçalves have won several awards at Oscar qualifying festivals in recent months, making them eligible for the American Academy Awards. And now they've gone one step further: they were announced today as part of the shortlist for Best Animated Short Film. The final list of nominees will be known on 24 January 2023, with the final awards ceremony scheduled for 7 March. Note that no Portuguese film has yet reached this last stage of Oscar nomination.
'Ice Merchants', by João Gonzalez, has 9 awards in festivals that qualify for the Oscar from the American Academy (Curtas Vila do Conde, Guadalajara, Melbourne, Chicago, St. Louis, Alcine, BendFilm, Anim'est and Spark), 41 other awards and special mentions and more than 90 official selections in festivals all over the world, an already historical scenario in Portuguese cinema. 'The Garbage Man', by Laura Gonçalves, also won a Oscar qualifying prize at the World Festival of Animated Films in Zagreb, amongst other 19 prizes and 64 official selections in national and international festivals.
'Ice Merchants', by João Gonzalez, has 9 awards in festivals that qualify for the Oscar from the American Academy (Curtas Vila do Conde, Guadalajara, Melbourne, Chicago, St. Louis, Alcine, BendFilm, Anim'est and Spark), 41 other awards and special mentions and more than 90 official selections in festivals all over the world, an already historical scenario in Portuguese cinema. 'The Garbage Man', by Laura Gonçalves, also won a Oscar qualifying prize at the World Festival of Animated Films in Zagreb, amongst other 19 prizes and 64 official selections in national and international festivals.
