Shortlisted for the 2019 Oscars in the Best Animated Short category & Nominated for the 2019 Annie Awards, „Weekends“ is a film about a young boy shuffling between the homes of his recently divorced parents. Surreal, dream-like moments mix with the domestic realities of a broken up family in this hand-animated film set in 1980’s Toronto.
——————- AWARDS ——————-
Annecy Animation Festival 2018- Audience Award & Jury Prize
Warsaw Film Festival 2017 – Best Animated Short
Nashville Film Festival 2018 – Grand Jury Prize
LA Film Festival 2018 – Audience Award
San Francisco International Film Festival 2018 – Bay Area Short 1st place
Edmonton International Film Festival 2018 – Grand Jury Award
Chicago International Film Festival 2018 – Gold Plaque for Animation Short
Riverrun Film Festival 2018 – Special Jury Prize
Anima Brussels 2018 – Special Jury Prize
BendFilm Festival 2018 – Best Animated Short
Mercado 3D Wire – Best International Short
Toronto Shorts International Film Festival 2018- Best Animated Short
Anima Mundi 2018 – Best Screenplay
——————- CREDITS ———————
Written, Edited & Directed by Trevor Jimenez
Production Designer- Chris Sasaki
Producer – Jeremy Slome
Associate Producer – Mattie Brehm
Animation – Trevor Jimenez, Vlad Kooperman, Xavier Riffault, Madeline Sharafian, Shaz Lym, Michael Yates, Adam Campbell, Tony Maki, Stephen Neary
Art Department- Grant Alexander, Jennifer Chang, Maria Yi, Ana Ramirez, Robin Joseph, Rona Liu, Andrew Ross
Compositing – Philip Graham, Owen Neuberger, Felix Hallock, Amber Rankin
Sound Designer & Re-recording Mixer – Kenny Pickett
Sound Effects Editor- Adrian Maruri
Original Music by – Andrew Vernon
Color Timing – Sean Wells