Oscar Nomination for South African Animated Short Film, Revolting Rhymes!
YAY! Revolting Rhymes is one of five animated short films nominated for an Oscar! The announcements were made in the USA on Tuesday. https://www.instagram.com/p/BeTNnRwFtvK/?taken-by=art_of_revoltingrhymes Revolting Rhymes is an adaptation of Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake’s classic book of surprising fairy tales. Produced by Magic Light Pictures, Revolting Rhymes was animated at Magic Light’s Berlin studio […]
YAY! Revolting Rhymes is one of five animated short films nominated for an Oscar! The announcements were made in the USA on Tuesday.
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Revolting Rhymes is an adaptation of Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake’s classic book of surprising fairy tales.
Produced by Magic Light Pictures, Revolting Rhymes was animated at Magic Light’s Berlin studio and Cape Town’s Triggerfish.
“We’re beside ourselves right now, and just incredibly happy,” say co-directors Jakob Schuh (Oscar-nominated for The Gruffalo) and Jan Lachauer (Oscar-nominated for Room on the Broom).
“Happy for the film and happy for all our fantastic collaborators here in Berlin, our producers at Magic Light, as well as our wonderful team in South Africa.
“It’s a pretty unreal feeling to find your labour of love has been recognised in this way. We’re deeply grateful to the Academy for this nomination. This was a hard film to make. What always steered us forward was the level of love our team had for this story – and the blessings we received from Luke Kelly, Roald Dahl’s grandson, and from the great Quentin Blake. So, for everyone’s work to receive such love in return today, it’s the most beautiful reward.”
Revolting Rhymes has already won nine major international awards, and has been nominated for several other prestigious awards this year.
“Congrats to Jakob, Jan, Bini [co-director Bin Han To] and the amazing team at Magic Light; it was such an honour to watch and learn from them,” says Mike Buckland, head of production at Triggerfish.
“We also feel immense gratitude towards our insanely hard-working, generous and talented crew, who fully deserve this recognition that their work stands up there with the best in the world.
“We’re hoping Revolting Rhymes’ success will inspire many more Africans to enter the animation industry, which is growing rapidly here but still not fast enough to keep up with demand.
“And we can’t wait for South African audiences to finally be able to see Revolting Rhymes when it comes to Showmax in the near future.” [If you’re overseas you can subscribe to Showmax for thousands of local movies and TV series here.]
Produced by Martin Pope and Michael Rose, Revolting Rhymes is 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.
Magic Light Pictures’ third collaboration with Triggerfish, The Highway Rat, premiered on BBC One this Christmas, achieving total audience ratings of 6.0 million viewers and 31.2% share for the Christmas Day premiere, making it the eighth most-watched programme of the day.
Following the success of The Highway Rat, BBC ONE and Magic Light Pictures have announced that an animated adaptation of Donaldson and Scheffler’s Zog, about a loveable dragon, is set for BBC One this coming Christmas. It will be co-directed by South African Daniel Snaddon, co-director of Stick Man, with animation services again being provided by Triggerfish Animation in Cape Town.