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Best Animated Feature Up: Pete Docter's Oscar Acceptance Speech "Boy, never did I dream that making a flip book out of my third grade math book would lead to this. Boy. It's incredible being here, it's just me right now, but please picture this whole stage full of the most amazing cast and crew you've ever experienced. Jonas Rivera, producer. Bob Peterson, co-director. You guys [...]

PRESS RELEASE The DALLAS International Film Festival (April 8-18) announces Pete Docter, director and writer of Academy Award® Best Picture nominee UP as the recipient of the 2010 Texas Avery Animation Award presented by REEL FX ENTERTAINMENT. 12 official selections were also announced, including 3 films (A SURPRISE IN TEXAS, THE RIVER WHY and WE ARE THE SEA) that will be making their world premieres [...]

James Cameron's 3D sci-fi epic Avatar won six Visual Effects Society Awards on Sunday. Among those was the top VES Award for visual effects in a visual effects-driven feature. Avatar's competition was District 9, Star Trek, 2012, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Additionally, James Cameron received the VES Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Bill Paxton. Avatar is obviously the favorite to win this year's [...]

Best Animated Feature, Up Pete Docter's Up as the next Best Animated Feature Oscar winner is a foregone conclusion. The film about an old man traveling to the Amazon with his house (!) received excellent reviews, has won tons of awards, and became a blockbuster hit. You can't have a more Academy-friendly pedigree than that. The competition this year, however, is unusually strong. The other [...]