{"id":7525,"date":"2019-12-17T17:15:42","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T22:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/?p=7525"},"modified":"2019-12-17T17:15:42","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T22:15:42","slug":"pixar-appears-twice-in-oscars-shortlists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/pixar-appears-twice-in-oscars-shortlists\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixar Appears Twice In Oscars Shortlists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oscars.org\/oscars\/92nd-oscars-shortlists\">The 2020 Oscars shortlists have been revealed for 9 categories<\/a>:\u00a0Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film and Visual Effects. Pixar appears in the shortlists twice, and we couldn&#8217;t be more happy and hopeful for the teams involved.<br \/>\nRandy Newman&#8217;s\u00a0\u201cI Can\u2019t Let You Throw Yourself Away\u201d from\u00a0<em>Toy Story 4<\/em>\u00a0has been shortlisted for <strong>Best Music (Original Song)<\/strong>. Newman&#8217;s music always evokes such a strong sense of nostalgia in me, partly because it brings me back to watching Pixar movies on VHS tapes, but also because the lyrics are always so thoughtful.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7527\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com\/upcomingpixar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Kitbull-screencap-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"524\" \/><br \/>\nThe wonderful\u00a0Sparkshort\u00a0<em>Kitbull,\u00a0<\/em>directed by Rosana Sullivan and produced by Kathryn Hendrickson,\u00a0has also been shortlisted for <strong>Best Animated Short Film<\/strong>. It&#8217;s great to see one of the Sparkshorts gaining attention in the awards season, especially with them missing out at the <a href=\"https:\/\/annieawards.org\/nominees\">Annie Awards nominations<\/a>. Out of all the Sparkshorts that Pixar released on YouTube,\u00a0<em>Kitbull\u00a0<\/em>currently has the most views, and holds the record for the most tears I have shed while watching an animated cat.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7526\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com\/upcomingpixar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/11.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"220\" \/><br \/>\nGood luck to all those that have been shortlisted! As ever, we&#8217;re intrigued to see how the awards season plays out.<br \/>\nSo far this season,\u00a0<em>Toy Story 4\u00a0<\/em>has been nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Golden Globes, and at the Annie Awards it gained 6 nominations: <strong>Best Feature<\/strong>, <strong>Best FX<\/strong> (Alexis Angelidis, Amit Ganapati Baadkar, Greg Gladstone, Kylie Wijsmuller and Matthew Kiyoshi Wong), <strong>Best Music<\/strong> (Randy Newman), <strong>Best Voice Acting<\/strong> (Tony Hale as Forky), <strong>Best Writing<\/strong> (Stephany Folsom and Andrew Stanton), and <strong>Best Editorial<\/strong> (Axel Geddes, Torbin Xan Bullock and Greg Snyder).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>The 2020 Oscars shortlists have been revealed for 9 categories:\u00a0Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film and Visual Effects. 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