Chico and Rita gets Oscar Nomination – Best Animated Feature

It’s Oscar time once more and Toon Boom is delighted to announce that the 2D animation Chico and Rita has been nominated for Best Animation Feature.

Directed by Academy Award winner Fernando Trueba, and star designer Javier Mariscal, the feature film Chico & Rita combines live action and 2D in Toon Boom Harmony in seven studios linked together by HoBSoft.

Set in Cuba in 1948: Chico is a pianist, Rita a singer. They experience a tumultuous love story set against the jazz backdrop of Havana.

Video Interviews with the team – find out how it was all done; studios involved, techniques and tools used, workflow, editing and much more.

The Making of Chico and Rita – read the Toon Boom User Story

Watch the Trailer

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