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Congrats To LAIKA’s “Kubo And The Two Strings” On Three Annie Award Wins

February 6, 2017February 6, 2017 Oregon Film #OregonMade, Award, Events, Film and Media Industry, Independent Films, Movies, Oregon Animation History, Oregon Animation Industry 44th Annie Awards, Annie Awards, Kubo And The two Strings, LAIKALeave a Comment

Congratulations to LAIKA on their three Annie Award wins for “Kubo And The Two Strings“:

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Nelson Lowry, Trevor Dalmer, August Hall, Ean McNamara
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
Jan Maas
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
Laika
Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
Christopher Murrie
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS

We will all be watching the 2017 Academy Awards later this month as “Kubo” garnered two nominations for, Animated Feature, and Visual Effects. Continue reading... “Congrats To LAIKA’s “Kubo And The Two Strings” On Three Annie Award Wins”

LAIKA’s “Kubo And The Two Strings” Receives Two Oscar Nominations!

January 24, 2017 Oregon Film #OregonMade, Animation/VFX, Award, Events, Oregon Animation History, Oregon Animation Industry, Oregon Film, Technology #OregonMade, #OregonMadeShows, 2017 Academy Awards, Kubo And The two Strings, LAIKA, Oscar, Oscar Nominations 2017Leave a Comment

The 2017 Academy Award nominations are out! Among them are two nominations for LAIKA‘s #OregonMade “Kubo And The Two Strings” – Animated Feature, and Visual Effects!

“Kubo” joined; “Moana”, “My Life as a Zucchini”, “The Red Turtle”, “Zootopia” in the Animated Feature category, and “Deepwater Horizon”, “Doctor Strange”, “Jungle Book” and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” in the Visual Effects category. Should “Kubo” win each category, Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner would accept for Best Animated Feature, and Steve Emerson ,Oliver Jones, Brian McLean,Brad Schiff would accept for Best Visual Effects. Continue reading... “LAIKA’s “Kubo And The Two Strings” Receives Two Oscar Nominations!”

Nominations For “Kubo” (Annie Awards) and “Certain Women” (Spirit Awards)

November 29, 2016 Oregon Film Acting, Animation/VFX, Award, Contest, Events 44th Annie Awards, Annie Awards, Certain Women, Kelly Reichardt, Kubo And The two Strings, Neil Kopp, Spirit Awards1 Comment

44th Annie Awards have nominated “Kubo and the Two Strings” for ten nominations this year:

Best Animated Feature
Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in an Animated Production
Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

The winners will be announced February 4, 2017. Continue reading... “Nominations For “Kubo” (Annie Awards) and “Certain Women” (Spirit Awards)”

LAIKA’s New Feature, “Kubo And The Two Strings” Opens This Month

August 4, 2016August 4, 2016 Oregon Film Animation/VFX Focus Features, Kubo And The two Strings, LAIKALeave a Comment

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LAIKA and Focus Features’ “Kubo And The Two Strings” will open on August 19th. “Kubo” is “a clever, kindhearted boy (voiced by Art Parkinson of “Game of Thrones”) who ekes out a humble living, telling fantastical stories to the people of his seaside town. But his relatively quiet existence is shattered when he accidentally summons a mythical spirit from his past which storms down from the heavens to enforce an age-old vendetta. Now on the run, Kubo joins forces with Monkey (Academy Award winner Charlize Theron) and Beetle (Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey), and sets out on a thrilling quest to save his family and solve the mystery of his fallen father, the greatest samurai warrior the world has ever known. Continue reading... “LAIKA’s New Feature, “Kubo And The Two Strings” Opens This Month”

“Coraline’s Curious Cat Trail” Raised $244,000 For OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital!

November 5, 2024November 5, 2024 Oregon Film #OregonMade, Animation/VFX, Events, feature film, Historic Oregon Film Trail, Oregon Film Trail, oregonmade "Coraline", Cat Trail, Cat Usher, Coraline's 15th anniversary, Coraline's Curious Cat Trail, Downtown Portland, Downtown Portland Clean and Safe, LAIKA, Nina Oberlin, OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Oregon Film Trail, Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland Clean and Safe, Travel Oregon, Visit Downtown Campaign, Wild In Art3 Comments

Last week an auction of all 31 “Coraline’s Curious Cat Trail” sculptures took place at The Judy and raised a total $244,000 for OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.

LAIKA, the Visit Downtown Campaign, Wild in Art, and OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital joined forces to bring Coraline’s Curious Cat Trail to the Rose City last August in celebration of “Coraline’s” 15th anniversary.

Donations can still be made on the dedicated site for the trail: OHSU Foundation – Coraline’s Curious Cat Trail.

PSU & LAIKA Announce Partnership

October 28, 2024 Oregon Film BIPOC, Diverse, Education, Jobs, Oregon Animation Industry, Scholarship, TrainingLeave a Comment

Portland State University and award-winning Portland-based animation studio LAIKA — known for groundbreaking Oscar®-nominated animated feature films such as Coraline, ParaNorman and Kubo and the Two Strings — today announced an industry partnership to help develop and diversify the region’s creative workforce.

“This partnership demonstrates a shared commitment to nurture the creative talent that will enhance Portland’s vibrant arts and cultural landscape,” said PSU President Ann Cudd. “We believe diversity of thought and experience is the spark of creativity and innovation. Continue reading... “PSU & LAIKA Announce Partnership”

The Way of Things film crowdfunding campaign

August 3, 2023August 3, 2023 galaxysailor Uncategorized #ShortFilm, actors, Community, crowdfunding, crowdfundingcampaign, donate, film, filmcampaign, filmmaking, funding, fundraiser, fundraising, horror, indiefilm, indiefilmmaking, love, sagaftra, seedandspark, support, SXSWLeave a Comment

Trust is its own sacrifice.

Hello everyone in the film world of Oregon. I am happy to be given a moment on this platform to talk about my new film and the campaign around it. For those of you that don’t know me, my name is Martin Vavra. I am a director, producer and editor living in Portland. I’ve been chiseling away on a directing career in films and commercials for over fifteen years. My new film, The Way of Things is my most personal film yet, and the one that I hope acts as a transitional project. Continue reading... “The Way of Things film crowdfunding campaign”

House Special Presents Puppet & Video to Gov. Brown in Celebration of Oregon’s Animation Industry

June 14, 2019July 8, 2019 Oregon Film #OregonMade, Animation/VFX #OregonAnimation, AnimationLeave a Comment

House Special founding partner Lourri Hammack and animator Chris Ohlgren presented a specially made puppet of Gov. Brown and a short, stop-motion video of the Governor taking a quick trip across Oregon to the Capitol in Salem to Gov. Brown herself as part of the Oregon Film, Television and Interactive Industry Day recognitions as arranged by the OMPA. Lisa Cicala, Executive Director of the OMPA and Rosemary Colliver from NW Portland-based animation studio ShadowMachine were also on-hand to discuss the growth of the industry. Continue reading... “House Special Presents Puppet & Video to Gov. Brown in Celebration of Oregon’s Animation Industry”

“Coraline” 10th Anniversary Screening & 6 City Tour for Wildfire Relief

January 17, 2019January 27, 2019 Oregon Film UncategorizedLeave a Comment

Presented in partnership with Travel Oregon and LAIKA, our #OregonMade Film Series continues with a 10 year release celebration of a true Oregon Classic: “Coraline.” The tour opens with a screening at The Hollywood Theatre on Monday, February 11th.

Set in Ashland, Hillsboro-based LAIKA’s Oscar-nominated animated feature is a wondrous and thrilling, fun and suspenseful adventure. Written by Neil Gaiman and directed by Henry Selick, LAIKA’s first animated feature would set the course for three additional Oscar-nominated films: “ParaNorman” (2012), “The Boxtrolls” (2014) and “Kubo and the Two Strings” (2016); LAIKA’s fifth film, “Missing Link” will be released April 12. Continue reading... ““Coraline” 10th Anniversary Screening & 6 City Tour for Wildfire Relief”

Oregon Film’s 50th Anniversary Trailer of #OregonMade Productions Plays Hollywood PDX

February 4, 2018 Oregon Film #OregonMade, Film and Media Industry, History, Oregon Animation History, Oregon Film, Television, TV Series #OregonMade, #OregonMade exhibit, 50th Anniversary, Film History, Oregon film history, Teaser Trailer, TrailerLeave a Comment

Oregon Film turns 50 this year and to celebrate we commissioned filmmaker & editor Josh Lunden and composer Jake Hull to put together a fantastic new trailer that celebrates more than 109 years of film, television, animation, commercial and interactive production here in the state.

Featuring many, many clips from #OregonMade films sourced edited together by Lunden and a live score specially written and recorded by Hull, the trailer takes a 3 minute journey from the earliest of silent films to the latest Oscar Nomination for “Kubo and the Two Strings” – and everything in between. Continue reading... “Oregon Film’s 50th Anniversary Trailer of #OregonMade Productions Plays Hollywood PDX”