Loving Vincent nominated for Golden Globes





Nominations for the Golden Globes, the annual awards of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, were announced on December 11. Twój Vincent (Loving Vincent), a film directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman and co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, received a nomination for Best Animated Film.

Nominations for the Golden Globes, the annual awards of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, were announced on December 11. Twój Vincent (Loving Vincent), a film directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman and co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, received a nomination for Best Animated Film. Nominations in 25 categories were announced by head of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Meher Tatna and actors Alfre Woodard, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Bell, and Sharon Stone.

Along with Twój Vincent (Loving Vincent), nominees in the Best Animated Film category are:

  • The Boss Baby, directed by Tom McGrath;
  • The Breadwinner, directed by Nora Twomey;
  • Coco, directed by Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina;
  • Ferdinand, directed by Carlos Saldanha

Last weekend, Twój Vincent (Loving Vincent), a film directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman and co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, received the award for European Animated Feature Film at the 2017 European Film Awards.

Twój Vincent (Loving Vincent) is the world’s first painted feature film, made by Polish director and painter Dorota Kobiela and by Hugh Welchman (winner of the Academy Award for Peter & the Wolf). Through 65,000 hand-painted frames, Twój Vincent (Loving Vincent) tells the story of the life and death of Vincent van Gogh, one of the world’s most acclaimed painters. Told as an investigation into the death of the artist, the story will bring to life over 100 of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings.

World’s First Fully Painted Feature Film

Twój Vincent (Loving Vincent) was produced by Oscar-winning Breakthru Films and Trademark Films. Partners of the project include CeTA, Odra Film, Silver Reel, the Cinema and Management Group, the European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016, and the MEDIA programme. The film was co-financed by the Polish Film Institute.

The film was released theatrically in Poland on October 6, 2017. Distribution in Poland is handled by Next Film. Twój Vincent (Loving Vincent) sold to over 130 territories around the world. World sales are handled by CMG Cinema Management Group. To date, the film has received accolades at a number of festivals, including the Annecy Animated Film Festival and the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Golden Globes

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association was founded in 1943. Today the organisation has members from 55 countries. Its mission is to foster good relations between foreign countries and the United States through disseminating information about American culture and traditions portrayed in cinema. Winners of the Golden Globes in past years include Roman Polański (for Chinatown and Tess) and Agnieszka Holland (for Europe, Europe). Recent years have brought two nominations for Polish composer Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man and W.E.). In 2014, one of the films nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category was Ida by Paweł‚ Pawlikowski.

The 75th Golden Globes awards ceremony will be held on 7 January 2018, hosted by actor and comedian Seth Meyers.

Further details are available at: www.goldenglobes.com.


15.12.2017