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Independent animator and two-time Academy Award nominee Don Hertzfeldt has seamlessly combined his three short films about a man named Bill („Everything will be OK“ (2006), „I Am So Proud of You“ (2008), and „It’s Such a Beautiful Day“ (2011)), into a darkly comedic, beautiful new feature film.
Blending traditional animation, experimental optical effects, trick photography, and new digital hybrids printed out one frame at a time, all three chapters of the story were captured entirely on a 1940s-era 35mm animation stand, one of the last surviving cameras of its kind still operating in the world.
Upon their original releases, the short film trilogy received 90 awards, including the Grand Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking from the Sundance Film Festival and the Audience Award from the Ottawa International Animation Festival.
„It’s Such a Beautiful Day“ finally brings Bill’s entire story together, presented here for the first time in HD.
„It’s Such a Beautiful Day“ was listed by many film critics as one of the best films of 2012. After a limited UK release in 2013, the film was ranked #3 on Time Out London’s list of the „10 Best Films of 2013“ and #4 on The London Film Review’s list of the same.
In 2014, Time Out New York ranked „It’s Such a Beautiful Day“ #16 on its list of the „100 Best Animated Movies Ever Made,“ and in 2016, The Film Stage critics ranked the film #1 on their list of the „The 50 Best Animated Films of the 21st Century Thus Far.“
In 2019, The Wrap named „It’s Such a Beautiful Day“ the #1 „Best Animated Film of the 2010s.“ The same year, the Vulture film critics ranked it #12 on their overall list of the „Best Movies of the Decade.“