Baek Hee-na's original R candy animation, Academy preliminary nomination...Award-winning works will be announced on the 17th
Jan 08, 2025
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Already selected as the winner of the Short Competition Animation Short Film Jury at the 25th New York International Children's Film Festival, 'Al Candy' has been named a preliminary candidate (shortlist) for the 97th Academy Awards Short Animation Awards.
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A total of 15 films were selected for the Academy Awards Short Animated Short Film category, which was nominated as a preliminary candidate for 'Alcandy'. The final candidates will be selected through a vote of animation and short film officials among academy members from the 8th to the 13th, and will be announced on the 17th.
Based on the 2020 Astrid Lindgrend Memorial Award-winning picture books 'Algandy' and 'I'm a Dog' by Baek Hee-na, which is called the Nobel Prize in Children's Literature', Toi Animation, Japan's largest animation production company, was in charge of production. In addition, led by Japan's leading animator and animation industry director Daisuke Nishiio and producer Takashi Washio, the producer of the "The First Slam Dunk" team, which swept Asia with amazing box office performances, vividly embodied Baek Hee-na's fantastic and original world of work in 3D animation.
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Asked in a pre-interview why he collaborated with Toei Animation, Baek said, "It was a pity that it was not produced in Korea, so I agonized for a long time. However, I am glad that the production team showed sincerity and affection for the work, and as a result, a satisfactory work was completed. Picture book 'Al Candy' has been greatly loved by domestic readers, and the most worrisome was the blurring of Korean sentiment, background, and identity. So I asked you to pay close attention to this part when making an animation. The Toei Animation crew deeply sympathized with these concerns and devoted themselves to traveling to various neighborhoods in Seoul to capture Korean sentiment. In the process, I was deeply moved by their attitude of respecting the artist and the work" He said he accepted the animation production and the production process.
In 2024, the 25th New York International Children's Film Festival won the Short Film Jury Prize and the Audience Prize, and the animation `Al Candy' was officially invited to prestigious overseas film festivals such as the 64th Zlin International Children's Film Festival and the 50th Seattle International Film Festival and the 57th Chesse Film Festival.
Afterwards, he won the 18th Sapporo International Short Film Festival Japan Premier Award, the 38th Cinekid Film Festival Best International Short Film Award, the 43rd Cambridge Film Festival Audience Award, and the 31st Kineko International Film Festival Best Short Film Award. Judge Benjamin Renner of the New York International Children's Film Festival raised expectations by praising the original film and the animation `Rare opportunity to meet Baek Hee-na's outstanding imagination in theaters,' while Nam Dong-cheol, chief programmer of the Busan International Film Festival, praised the original film and its animation `Alcandy.'
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