| Weekends | |
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| Directed by | Trevor Jimenez |
| Written by | Trevor Jimenez |
| Produced by | Jeremy Slome |
| Music by | Andrew Vernon |
Production company | Past Lives Productions |
Release date |
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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]
- ^ a b c "WATCH: Trevor Jimenez's Oscar-Shortlisted 'Weekends' Returns Online". Animation World Network. December 27, 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ "Canadian nominees dominate Oscars’ animated short film category". Toronto Star, January 22, 2019.