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Ghibli's Princess Kaguya Wins APSA, But Not Nominated for Golden Globes
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
Organizers of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) announced that Maya the Bee, and South Korea's On The White Planet (Chang-Baek-Han Eol-Gul-Deul) and The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow (Woo-Ri-Byul Il-Ho-Wa Ul-Ruk-So).
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association also announced on Thursday that Princess Kaguya is not nominated for a Golden Globe award. The film was shortlisted with 16 other animated features for the 2015 Golden Globe Award's Best Animated Feature category. The full list of nominees is the following:
- Walt Disney Animation Studios)
- The Book of Life (Twentieth Century Fox and Reel FX Animation)
- The Boxtrolls (Laika Animation)
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 (DreamWorks Animation)
- The LEGO Movie (Vertigo Entertainment/Lin Pictures)
This is the first year that foreign-language animated works could compete in the Best Animated Feature category. Prior to this year, all foreign language works competed in the Best Foreign Language Film category regardless of the medium. Russia's The Snow Queen 2 and Italy's The Art of Happiness animated films were also shortlisted, but not nominated.
lost to The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza) live-action film by Italy's Paolo Sorrentino.
The film submitted for Oscar consideration in the Animated Feature Film category.
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) held the film's North American gave the movie the Audience Award on September 23.
TIFF describes the story from Takahata (Pom Poko):
Okina (voiced by Kiki's Delivery Service, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya follows this strange young female as she creates her own identity.
[Via Toonzone, Animation Scoop]
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