My Life As A Zucchini, Gkids' Oscar-nominated stop-motion film, headlined a mostly quiet weekend at the Specialty box office, opening in two locations grossing more than $28,000. Roadside Attractions bowed romantic drama Bitter Harvest with Max Irons in 127 theaters Friday, grossing more than $207K, and…

As this big weekend kicks off, it seems entirely appropriate to be reviewing the last of this year’s Oscar nominees to be released in U.S. theaters. That would be the wondrous Swiss animated feature My Life As A Zucchini, which Gkids opens today in both its original French as well as English-language version. It seems…

Roadside Attractions is looking to take advantage of an Oscar-overloaded audience with its war drama Bitter Harvest, starring Max Irons and Samantha Barks. The company has tapped Ukrainian-Americans for the title's opening weekend in three dozen markets. Gkids on Friday opens its Swiss-French animated film My Life As A…

Has the Animated Feature race ever been more competitive? With the nomination ballots tallied, Walt Disney Animation Studios, LAIKA, GKIDS and Sony Pictures Classics will duke it out in phase two, each of them offering standout work ranging stylistically from the 3D formats that have ruled the day in recent years to…

My Life as a Zucchini, the animated French-Swiss film from director Claude Barras, has just released a new clip with English dubbing. The film, which is sitting alongside other Animated Feature Oscar nominees Zootopia, Moana, The Red Turtle and Kubo and the Two Strings, bows in select theaters on February 24. The…

Gkids has released the trailer for the English-language version to the French animated film My Life as a Zucchini featuring the voices of Will Forte, Nick Offerman, Ellen Page and Amy Sedaris. Helmed by Swiss director Claude Barras, the film was nominated for a Golden Globe and was selected as Switzerland’s entry…

Indie animation distributor Gkids has promoted David Jesteadt to president, up from his current position as SVP Distribution. Company founder Eric Beckman, formerly president and CEO, will continue in the latter role. Jesteadt has been at Gkids since 2007 in numerous positions. The distributor has scored eight Academy…

Gkids has set the English-language voice cast for My Life as a Zucchini, the animated French-language pic from Switzerland that was just shortlisted for the Foreign Language Film Oscar. Will Forte, Nick Offerman, Ellen Page and Amy Sedaris will star in the new version, which will premiere next month at the Sundance…

This year Switzerland is submitting a stopmotion animated feature as its Oscar entry, Claude Barras’ My Life as a Zucchini, which follows a recently orphaned boy’s journey in a foster care center before he’s adopted. The sweet 70-minute movie is about those kids, who didn’t get a good start in life, a second chance on…

From French-Swiss director Claude Barras, My Life As A Zucchini is undoubtedly one of the year’s standout animated films. It tells the story of a young boy facing the unexpected death of his mother, life in a foster home, and the prospect of a future he had never anticipated. In spite of the serious themes and…

Gkids has acquired North American rights to My Life As A Zucchini, Switzerland’s entry for the Foreign Language Film Oscar race. The distributor, which has piled up eight Academy Award noms for Best Animated Feature since 2009 including two last year, will give the French-language pic an Oscar-qualifying theatrical…