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Animayo Festival Awards Top Prizes to '18 Months' and 'Because Today is Saturday,' Both Now Oscar-Eligible

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Anna Marie de la Fuente

1d ago· 5 min readenNews

Summary

Animayo Gran Canaria, Spain's premier animation film festival, awarded its top prizes to two family-themed animated shorts: '18 Months' (U.S.) and 'Because Today is Saturday' (Spain). Both films are now Oscar-eligible since Animayo is the first and only Spanish animation festival recognized by the Academy as an Oscar-qualifying festival. Additionally, starting this year, the winners are also eligible for the Annie Awards as Animayo joins the first Annie Awards qualifying festival list.

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Animayo Gran Canaria, Spain's foremost animation film festival, has awarded its top prizes to family-themed '18 Months' and 'Because Today is Saturday.'
Both features will go on to compete at the Oscars given that Animayo remains the first and only animation festival in Spain recognized by the Academy as an Oscar-qualifying festival in two categories.
These winners are also eligible to vie for the Annie Awards as starting this year, Animayo forms part of the first Annie Awards qualifying festival list set up by ASIFA-Hol
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Animayo Gran Canaria, Spain’s foremost animation film festival, has awarded its top prizes to family-themed ‘18 Months’ and ‘Porque hoy es sábado’

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