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发帖数: 774 | 1 Toronto-based short film Bao scores Oscar nomination
You might not have to, come February 24, when the 91st annual Academy Awards
take place in sunny Los Angeles, California, bringing film industry greats
together in celebration of their craft.
Domee Shi, a Toronto-raised, Sheridan-educated storyboard artist for Pixar,
could very well be one of those greats who go home with a statue that
evening thanks to her work writing, directing, and producing the 2018 short
film, "Bao."
Bao, which is set in Toronto, is just 7 minutes and 42 seconds long, but it
packs a powerful emotional and aesthetic punch—enough, at least, to land it
on the list for best animated short during this morning's Oscar nomination
announcement ceremony.
"In Disney Pixar's Bao, a Chinese mom who's sad when her grown son leaves
home gets another chance at motherhood when one of her dumplings springs to
life as a lively, giggly dumpling boy," reads a description of the short
film on YouTube Movies.
"Mom excitedly welcomes this new bundle of joy into her life, but Dumpling
starts growing up fast, and Mom must face the bittersweet truth that nothing
stays cute and small forever."
Shi, who graduated from the renowned animation program at Oakville's
Sheridan College in 2011, was making waves well-ahead of today's Oscar nod.
Not only is she the first-ever woman to direct a short film for Pixar, she's
one of the Disney company's most-prolific young talents. Previous to Bao,
she worked on such films Inside Out, Toy Story 4 and Incredibles 2. It was
during her time on the former film, in fact, that she developed Bao as a
side project.
Now, the 29-year-old artist (who was born in Chongqing, China but settled
with her family in Toronto by the age of 3) is working on her first 90-
minute feature project for Pixar.
Congratulations to her for doing Torontonians, Chinese-Canadians, female
filmmakers and animators everywhere proud. |
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