The Animation Showcase

Not to be confused with The Animation Show or Animation Show of Shows.

The Animation Showcase
File:The animation Showcase - New York City 2018.jpg
Status	Active
Genre	Screening
Frequency	Quarterly
Venue	Soho House, Pixar, DreamWorks, Laika, Disney Animation Studios, Google, Cartoon Network, Nexus Productions, Blur Studio
Established	2016 (2016)
Founder	Benoit Berthe Siward
Most recent	1 February 2022 (2022-02-01)
Website
www.animationshowcase.com

The Animation Showcase is a travelling film screening collection, showcasing animated short films. The showcase started in 2016, with the support of the private members club Soho House, with the intention of spotting upcoming creative talents in the animation industry and to promote animation in the creative industry. The Animation Showcase screening proposes a yearly "Best of the Year" selection, spotting films that become shortlisted and eventual nominees for the Academy Awards Best Animated Short Film category.

The Animation Showcase has been screened in major animation studios, startups and locations such as Pixar animation studios, Laika, Disney Animation Studios, DreamWorks, Google San Francisco, YouTube London Blur Studio, Cartoon Network, and Soho House (London, New York, Berlin, Shoreditch East London) and became available worldwide for the Motion Picture Industry community via its own Streaming platform developed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Screening format

The screening lasts around an hour and ends with a question and answer session with invited filmmakers. From 2015 until 2018, the screenings were free entrance and/or by invitation.

Screening selections

Best of the year

Travelling mostly in Europe and in the US, this yearly event spotted numerous shortlisted and nominated animated short films four months before the Academy Awards nominations official announcement.

Best of 2016

(Premiered in September 2016 Soho House Dean Street.)

• Inner Workings - by Leo Matsudas, (Shortlisted at the 89th Oscars)
• Borrowed Time - by Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj, (Nominated at the 89th Oscars)
• Blind Vaysha - by Theodore Ushev, (Nominated at the 89th Oscars)
• The Head Vanishes - by Frank Dion, (Shortlisted at the 89th Oscars)
• Piper - by Alan Barillaro, (Academy Award Winner at the 89th Oscars)
• Peripheria - by David Coquard-Dassault, (Qualified at the 89th Oscars)
• To Build a Fire - by Fx Goby, (Qualified at the 89th Oscars)

Best of 2017

(Premiered in October 2017 at Soho House Dean Street.)

• Garden Party - by Illogic Collective, (Nominated at the 90th Oscars)
• Negative Space - by Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, (Nominated at the 90th Oscars)
• Dear Basketball - by Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant, (Academy Award Winner at the 90th Oscars)
• Lou - by Dave Mullins and Dana Murray, (Nominated at the 90th Oscars)
• In a Heartbeat - by Esteban Bravo and Beth David, (Shortlisted at the 90th Oscars)
• Wednesday With Goddard - by Nicolas Menard, (Qualified at the 90th Oscars)
• The Burden - by Niki Lindroth von Bahr, (Qualified at the 90th Oscars)

Best of 2018

(Premiered in October 2018 at Blue Sky Studios USA.)

• Bilby - by Pierre Perifel, Liron Topaz and JP Sans (Shortlisted at the 91st Oscars)
• Late Afternoon - by Louise Bagnall (Nominated at the 91st Oscars)
• Weekends - by Trevor Jimenez (Nominated at the 91st Oscars)
• Bao - by Domee Shi (Academy Award Winner at the 91st Oscars)
• Grandpa Walrus - by Lucrèce Andreae (Shortlisted at the 91st Oscars)
• La Noria - by Carlos Baena (Qualified at the 91st Oscars)
• One Small Step - by Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas (Nominated at the 91st Oscars)
• Hybrids - by Florian Brauch, Kim Tailhades, Yohan Thireau, Matthieu Pujol and Romain Thirion (Qualified at the 91st Oscars)

Best of 2019

(Premiered in October 2019 at Blue Sky Studios USA.)

• Maestro - by Bloom Pictures (Qualified at the 92nd Oscars)
• My Moon - by Eusong Lee (Qualified at the 92nd Oscars)
• The Ostrich Politic - by Mohammad Houhou (Qualified at the 92nd Oscars)
• Mémorable - by Bruno Collet (Nominated at the 92nd Oscars)
• Kitbull - by Rosana Sullivan (Nominated at the 92nd Oscars)
• Coaster - by Amos Sussigan (Qualified at the 92nd Oscars)
• Hair Love - by Matthew A. Cherry (Academy Award Winner at the 92nd Oscars)
• Les Mans 1955 - by Quentin Baillieux (Qualified at the 92nd Oscars)
• Uncle Thomas - by Regina Pessoa (Shortlisted at the 92nd Oscars)
• Hors Piste - by MegaComputeur (Shortlisted at the 92nd Oscars)
• Sister - by Siqi Song (Nominated at the 92nd Oscars)

Best of 2020

(Premiered in November 2020 at Aardman Animations Studios UK. via The Animation Showcase Streaming Platform)

• Kapaemahu - by Joe Wilson, Dean Hamer & Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu (Shortlisted at the 93rd Oscars)
• The Snail and the Whale - by Max Lang & Daniel Snaddon (Shortlisted at the 93rd Oscars)
• Wild Love - by Corentin Yvergniaux, Quentin Camus, Paul Autric, Léa Georges, Maryka Laudet & Zoé Sottiaux (Qualified at the 93rd Oscars)
• My Life in Versailles - by Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat & Nathaniel H'limi (Qualified at the 93rd Oscars)
• Opera - by Erick Oh (Nominated at the 93rd Oscars)
• Float - by Bobby Rubio (Qualified at the 93rd Oscars)
• KKUM - by Kim Kang-min (Qualified at the 93rd Oscars)
• If Anything Happens I Love You - by Will McCormack & Michael Govier (Academy Award Winner at the 93rd Oscars)
• Genius Loci - by Adrien Mérigeau (Nominated at the 93rd Oscars)
• Just a guy - by Shoko Hara (Qualified at the 93rd Oscars)
• Yes People - by Gísli Darri Halldórsson (Nominated at the 93rd Oscars)
• Burrow - by Madeline Sharafian (Nominated at the 93rd Oscars)
• Somenthing to remember - by Niki Lindroth von Bahr (Qualified at the 93rd Oscars)

Best of 2021

(Premiered in November 2021 at Netflix via The Animation Showcase Streaming Platform)

• Affairs of the Art - by Joanna Quinn & Les Mils (Nominated at the 94th Oscars)
• Souvenir Souvenir - by Bastien Dubois (Shortlisted at the 94th Oscars)
• Robin Robin - by Dan Ojari & Mikey Please (Nominated at the 94th Oscars)
• The Windshield Wiper - by Alberto Mielgo & Leo Sanchez (Academy Award Winner at the 94th Oscars)
• Bestia - by Hugo Covarrubias (Nominated at the 94th Oscars)
• Namoo - by Erick Oh (Shortlisted at the 94th Oscars)
• Mum is Pouring Rain - by Hugo de Faucompret (Shortlisted at the 94th Oscars)
• Louis' Shoes - by MoPA School (2021 Student Academy Award Winner & Qualified at the 94th Oscars)
• The Boob Fairy - by Léahn Vivier Chapas (Qualified at the 94th Oscars)

Themed programs

The Animation Showcase screenings started as a series of themed selection, premiered every three months at Soho House and Shoreditch House

• The promising Generation Y - (Premiered in August 2016 at Soho Works)
• What the F#ck - (Premiered in 2016 at Soho Works)
• Art in Motion - (Premiered in 2017 at Shoreditch House)
• Love at First Sight - (Premiered in 2017 at Shoreditch House)
• Our Animal Friends - (Premiered in 2018 at Shoreditch House)
• The French Touch in Music Video - (Premiered in 2018 at The Animation Workshop)
• Best French shorts successes - (Premiered in 2018 at The Animation Workshop)

Best of Annecy Festival

Present every year on the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, the founder of The Animation Showcase gathers a selection of the best Animated Shorts discovered at the Festival for the people of the industry and Studios that didn't get the chance to go or to watch the films at the festival. This program first started with a selection of upcoming talent for the talent scouts, and finishes with a selection of the "Must see" Shorts to not miss from the established animation filmmakers.

• The animation Showcase - Best Of Annecy 2014 - (Premiered at Nexus Productions)
• The animation Showcase - Best Of Annecy 2015 - (Premiered at Nexus Productions)
• The animation Showcase - Best Of Annecy 2016 - (Premiered at Picasso Pictures)
• The animation Showcase - Best Of Annecy 2017 - (Premiered at Nexus Productions)
• The animation Showcase - Best Of Annecy 2018 - (Premiered at Picasso Pictures)

External links

• Official website