Weekends (2017 film)

Weekends
Film poster
Directed by	Trevor Jimenez
Written by	Trevor Jimenez
Produced by	Jeremy Slome
Music by	Andrew Vernon
Production company	Past Lives Productions
Release date	October 18, 2017 (2017-10-18) (WIFF)
Running time	16 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Weekends is a 2017 American animated film.^[1] It was written and directed by Trevor Jimenez, a Canadian-born animator for Pixar, the film depicts Jimenez's own childhood experience as a child of divorced parents, who regularly spent the week living with his mother in Hamilton, Ontario while spending weekends with his father in Toronto.^[1]

Jimenez made the film through the co-op program at Pixar, which permits employees to use some company resources to make their own independent short films.^[1]

In January 2019, the film was announced as a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards.^[2]

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref(s)
Academy Awards	February 24, 2019	Best Animated Short Film	Trevor Jimenez	Nominated	[3]
Annie Awards	February 2, 2019	Best Animated Short Subject	Past Lives Productions	Won	[4]

References

1. "WATCH: Trevor Jimenez's Oscar-Shortlisted 'Weekends' Returns Online". Animation World Network. December 27, 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
2. "Canadian nominees dominate Oscars’ animated short film category". Toronto Star, January 22, 2019.
3. "Short Film (Animated) - Oscar Nominees 2019". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
4. "46th Annie Award Nominees". International Animated Film Society. Retrieved February 22, 2019.

External links

• Weekends at IMDb