{"id":8099,"date":"2021-03-03T14:07:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T19:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/?p=8099"},"modified":"2021-03-08T03:35:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T03:35:09","slug":"virtual-conference-with-2021-awards-season-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/virtual-conference-with-2021-awards-season-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Conference with 2021 Awards Season Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, VIEW Conference hosted a discussion with six of the directors behind Pixar\u2019s SparkShorts series. It, like other monthly preVIEW events, was a virtual event open to the public, free of charge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8217\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com\/upcomingpixar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/VIEWconf-oscar-contenders-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The discussion gave the directors the chance to answer engaging questions about filmmaking. It was a great opportunity to hear more from Pixar creatives who invested months of work into films like <em>Burrow<\/em> and <em>Out,<\/em>\u00a0both of which are shortlisted for the 2021 Oscars\u2019 Best Animated Short Film category.<\/p>\n<p>With awards season in full swing, this month\u2019s talk is turning towards contenders in feature animation. The directors of <em>Soul<\/em>, Pete Docter and Kemp Powers, and <em>Onward<\/em>, Dan Scanlon, will be attending the newest discussion.<\/p>\n<p>The other directors attending are: Glen Keane (<em>Over the Moon<\/em>), Tomm Moore &amp; Ross Stewart (<em>Wolfwalkers<\/em>), Joel Crawford (<em>The Croods: A New Age<\/em>), Walt Dohrn (<em>Trolls World Tour<\/em>), Kris Pearn (<em>The Willoughbys<\/em>), Gitanjali Rao (<em>Bombay Rose<\/em>), and Will Becher &amp; Richard Phelan (<em>A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The free-to-attend event is this Friday, March 5th, 2021 at 7pm CET, 10am PST. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viewconference.it\/pages\/directors\">You can register here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to submit questions you can do so before the event <a href=\"info@viewconference.it\">here<\/a>. Guests are also welcome to donate to support the conference and other events like this in the future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com\/upcomingpixar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/gg-noms-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8102\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com\/upcomingpixar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/gg-noms-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We still are waiting on the final nominees for the Oscars&#8217; Best Animated Feature category. It&#8217;s strange to see this year&#8217;s award ceremonies presented virtually but it didn&#8217;t make this past Sunday&#8217;s win for <em>Soul<\/em> any less of a happy occasion. It was also heartening to see both of Pixar&#8217;s 2020 features nominated for the Golden Globes.<\/p>\n<p>Our 2020 was a little less dark thanks to the incredible work produced by the animation industry. It will be exciting to hear from such a varied and talented group of directors.\u00a0Going off of what we listened to last week, we expect this Friday&#8217;s talk to be another solidly enjoyable and informative discussion!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>Last week, VIEW Conference hosted a discussion with six of the directors behind Pixar\u2019s SparkShorts series. It, like other monthly preVIEW events, was a virtual event open to the public, free of charge. The discussion gave the directors the chance to answer engaging questions about filmmaking. 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