{"id":15713,"date":"2016-03-01T13:20:01","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T13:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swhype.com\/?p=15713"},"modified":"2016-03-04T14:41:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T14:41:03","slug":"osorios-bear-story-wins-oscar-best-animated-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swhype.com\/video-production-agency\/osorios-bear-story-wins-oscar-best-animated-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Osorio&#8217;s &#8216;Bear Story&#8217; Wins Oscar for Best Animated Short"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pSWSkZ41uOk&amp;feature=youtu.be&#8221;][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;20&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; el_class=&#8221;left-column&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][divider line_type=&#8221;Full Width Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;10&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h6>Watch: &#8216;<em>Bear Story&#8217;<\/em> directed by Gabriel Osorio &amp; produced by<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm6594926\/\"> Pato Escala\u00a0Pierart<\/a><\/h6>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;Full Width Line&#8221;][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<blockquote>\n<h2><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;A political allegory that reflects upon Chile&#8217;s history&#8221;, The Wrap<\/span><\/i><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;Full Width Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;10&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Gabriel Osorio&#8217;s<\/strong><em> &#8216;Bear Story&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>won the Academy award for Best Animated Short on Sunday at the Oscars, winning\u00a0amongst a selection of great animations including <em>Pixar<\/em>&#8216;s \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nH1Hb3RRgsI\">&#8216;<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nH1Hb3RRgsI\">Sanjay&#8217;s Super Team&#8217;<\/a>, Richard William&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G78qA9oreNE\">&#8216;Prologue&#8217;<\/a> and Don Hertzfeldt&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XdV1uFwtCpo\">&#8216;World Of Tomorrow&#8217;<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Written and\u00a0Directed by Osorio, the film tells the touching story of lonely bear trying to bring life to his family memories through the construction of a mechanical diorama. Inspired by his once-exiled grandfather and reflecting on Chile&#8217;s dark political period of Pinochet&#8217;s dictatorship, the Chilean director produced this animation in collaboration with studio\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.punkrobot.cl\/about-us\/\">PunkRobot<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>Here&#8217;s a bit of behind-the-scenes taste:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/88665133\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Making of \/ Teaser &quot;BearStory&quot;\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.indiewire.com\/sydneylevine\/oscar-nominee-bear-story-dir-gabriel-osorio-on-his-grandfathers-exile-latin-american-animation-20160222\">interview<\/a>, Osorio mentioned that he wanted to create a story that could be seen by anyone, both children and adults and for that reason\u00a0<em>&#8220;&#8230;<\/em><em>\u00a0it was important not to be literal or focus only on the historical or political aspects, but instead create a story that could speak about feelings and emotions with which any person can identify&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Released in 2014, the short has received over 50 international awards including:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/article\/palm-springs-international-shortfest-announces-2015-winners-20150622\">Best Animation<\/a><\/strong> at the\u00a0Palm Springs Shortfest<em> (2015), <\/em><strong>Grand Jury Prize<\/strong> at Nashville Film Festival (2015), <strong>Best Animated Short<\/strong> at the RiverRun Film Festival (2015) , <strong>Audience Award <\/strong>at Florida Film Festival (2015) , <strong>Best Animated Short<\/strong>\u00a0at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CIFF\/status\/704148087518924801\/photo\/1\">CIFF<\/a>, Cleveland Ohio festival\u00a0and at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dciff-indie.org\/\">DCIFF<\/a> in \u00a0Washington DC (2015), <strong>Best Animation<\/strong>\u00a0at the AluCine Latin Film Festival in Canada (2015), <strong>Best Short Film<\/strong> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanfic.com\/\">SANFIC <\/a>in Chile (2014), <strong>Grand Prize<\/strong>\u00a0at the Kuandu International Festival\u00a0in\u00a0Taiwan (2014), <strong>Best National Short Film<\/strong> at Chilemonos (2014), <strong>Best Art Direction<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Best Children&#8217;s Short Film<\/strong> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animamundi.com.br\/en\/\">Animamundi<\/a>\u00a0festival (2014) as well as the\u00a0<strong>International Film award<\/strong> at Little Big Shots in Australia (2014).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;custom-sidebar-54&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<p><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Osorio&#8217;s &#8216;Bear Story&#8217; Wins Oscar for Best Animated Short\" \/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/swhype.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/88665133.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Gabriel Osorio&#039;s &#039;Bear Story&#039; received the Academy award for Best Animated Short at the Oscars on Sunday night. 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