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He won Vista Curta and in Vila do Conde. It won in Valladolid, Clermont-Ferrand, Chicago and Cannes (where it had already made history by being the first Portuguese animated short to achieve such a distinction). And now he’s nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. This is “Ice Merchants”, a film by João Gonzalez released last year and is the first Portuguese film to compete at the Hollywood awards.
It tells the story of a father and a son who every day jump from the top of a cliff, where they live, to reach the town where they sell the ice they collect. Then they need to go back up and do it all over again. But in the middle, a family story unfolds, there are 14 minutes of visual charm to illustrate a relationship of affective proximity and generational distance.
[o trailer de “Ice Merchants”:]
For the Observer, João González says that this “is a chance for us to spread our work and for more people to listen and see Portuguese animation. Even for the Portuguese media. So that everything is more up to date with the quality of Portuguese cinema. I think this is the greatest satisfaction. reach more people.”
“Ice Merchants”, with majority production by Bruno Caetano, from Cola Animation, Michael Proença, from Wild Stream, and the Royal College of Art, is the second animated short film directed by a Portuguese Oscar nominee, after “Feral ”, by Daniel Sousa, in 2014.
João Gonzalez and “Ice Merchants”, the first Portuguese film nominated for an Oscar: “There is still the idea that animation is for children”
Overall, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s Everything Everywhere at the Same Time is this year’s most nominated film, competing for 11 awards, including Best Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay and featuring three actresses and one actor in the categories of representation. They are followed by Martin McDonagh’s “The Spirits of Inisherin” and Edward Berger’s “Nothing New West,” both with nine nominations, “Elvis” with 8, and Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” with 7.
Among the milestones that can be reached at this year’s Oscars is that of composer and conductor John Williams, who is already the oldest nominee in history and is emerging as the oldest winner in a competitive category ( that is, without honorary distinctions) in History of the Oscars. To date, this feat has been accomplished by three people: Ann Roth, who won the Oscar for Best Costumes for “Ma Rainey: Mother of the Blues,” screenwriter James Ivory for “Call Me By My Name,” and director Agnès Varda. , for “Olhares, Places”. They were all 89 years old when they won.
Among the surprises is the absence of James Cameron from the Best Director nominees (“Avatar: The Path of Water” is nominated for Best Picture); the exclusion of “Nope”, by Jordan Peele, a film that managed to gather a reasonable consensus between critics and audiences (which responded generously at the box office, especially in the US); Judd Hirsch’s nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category, despite spending just over 10 minutes in “The Fabelmans” (still, more than Judi Dench gave “The Passion of Shakespeare”: 8 minutes were enough for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress); Sarah Polley’s “Voice of Women” in the Best Picture race; or the inclusion of Paul Mescal among the nominees for Best Actor, for his performance in “Aftersun.”
The vote, recalls the British newspaper The Guardian, is carried out by almost 9,500 members of the Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences, a number that has increased in recent years, seeking to cover a broader demographic spectrum. Right now, 81% of voters are white and 67% are male.
The Academy Awards ceremony will take place on March 12 and will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Both presenter and producer will face the challenge of recent years: the constant disinterest of the public in relation to the television broadcast of the Oscars (which last year was presented by Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall and had as its “point climactic” Will Smith’s attack on Chris Rock) and the corresponding reflection in the audiences. Kimmel returns and hosts for the third time. He held the seat in 2017 and 2018, achieving in the latter one of the best audience performances in recent years.
This is the list of nominees in all categories:
BEST FILM
“Top Gun: Maverick”
“The Fabelmans”
“The Spirits of Inisherin”
“Everything everywhere at the same time”
“Tar”
“Elvis”
“Nothing new in the West”
“The Triangle of Sadness”
“Woman’s Voice”
“Avatar: The Path of Water”
BEST ACHIEVEMENT
Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans”
Martin McDonagh, “The Spirits of Inisherin”
Todd Field, “Tar”
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything everywhere at the same time”
Ruben Ostlund, “The Triangle of Sadness”
BEST ACTRESS
Michelle Yeoh, “Everything everywhere at once”
Cate Blanchett, “Tar”
Ana de Armas, “Blonde”
Andrea Riseborough, “For Leslie”
Michelle Williams, “The Fabelmans”
BEST ACTOR
Austin Butler, “Elvis”
Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”
Colin Farrell, “The Spirits of Inisherin”
Bill Nighy, “Living”
Paul Mescal, “After the Sun”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Angela Bassett, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Kerry Condon, “The Spirits of Inisherin”
Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything everywhere at once”
Hong Chau the whale
Stephanie Hsu, “Everything everywhere at once”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ke Huy Quan, “Everything everywhere at once”
Brendan Gleeson, “The Spirits of Inisherin”
Barry Keoghan, “The Spirits of Inisherin”
Judd Hirsch, “The Fabelmans”
Brian Tyree Henry, “Elevated Causeway”
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“The Flying Sailor”
“The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse”
“Ice Merchants”
“My Year of Dicks”
“An ostrich told me that the world is false and I think I believe it”
BEST SHORT FILM
“An Irish Goodbye”
“The Red Suitcase”
“Walk in the Night”
“Student”
“Ivalu”
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
“How do you measure a year?”
“Strangers at the Door”
“Haulout”
“The Martha Mitchell Effect”
“The Elephant Whisperers”
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
“Nothing new in the West”
“Close”
“Argentina, 1985”
“The Quiet Girl”
“Is he”
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Everything That Breathes”
“Navalny”
“Fire of love”
“A house made of splinters”
“All the beauty and the bloodshed”
BEST SONG
“Naatu Naatu” (“RRR”)
“Lift Me Up” (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”)
“Applause” (“Say It Like a Woman”)
“This Is a Life” (“Everything Everywhere at the Same Time”)
“Take My Hand” (“Top Gun: Maverick”)
BEST SOUNDTRACK
“Babylon”
“Nothing new in the West”
“The Fabelmans”
“Everything everywhere at the same time”
“The Spirits of Inisherin”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“Nothing new in the West”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Avatar: The Path of Water”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
“Bat Man”
BEST SOUND
“Top Gun: Maverick”
“Avatar: The Path of Water”
“Elvis”
“Nothing new in the West”
“Bat Man”
BEST CHARACTERIZATION
“Bat Man”
“Elvis”
“Nothing new in the West”
“The whale”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
BEST MOUNTING
“Top Gun: Maverick”
“Tar”
“Elvis”
“The Spirits of Inisherin”
“Everything everywhere at the same time”
BEST CLOSET
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Elvis”
“A dream in Paris”
“Babylon”
“Everything everywhere at once”
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
“Nothing new in the West”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
“Elvis”
“Tar”
“Everything everywhere at the same time”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Elvis”
“The Fabelmans”
“Avatar: The Path of Water”
“Babylon”
“Nothing new in the West”
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Pinocchio”
“Marcel the shell with his shoes on”
“turning red”
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
“The Beast from the Sea”
BEST ADAPTED PLOT
“Living”
“Woman’s Voice”
“Nothing new in the West”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
“Glass Onion”
ORIGINAL PLOT
“The Spirits of Inisherin”, Martin McDonagh
“Everything everywhere at once”, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
“Tar”, Todd Field
“The Triangle of Sadness”, Ruben Östlund
“The Fabelmans”, Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg
Source: Observadora
