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Tóth is in Los Angeles promoting Maestro, which was nominated for an Academy Award. The film will be shown across the US, together with all of the other shorts nominated for an Oscar, by Magnolia Pictures, Shorts International's American partner, he said.
Tóth said distributors have seen promise in Maestro, as it does not follow a "recipe". He added that representatives from Pixar, Disney, Miramax, DreamWorks, and Sony animation have all seen Maestro.
At the Academy Awards ceremony on February 25, Maestro will compete in the Best Animated Short Film category against The Danish Poet, by Norwegian Torill Kove, Lifted, by American Gary Rydstrom, The Little Matchgirl, by American Roger Allers, and No Time for Nuts, by Americans Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier.
The film, made in 2005, shows a single take of a singing bird sitting in front of a dressing room mirror as a mechanical arm prepares him for his grand performance. Tóth said the idea for the film came to him during a consultation with a student at the Moholy-Nagy Art University, where he has taught for 13 years.
The film boasts 40 nominations and awards, including at the Cinanima festival in Espinho, one of the genre's most important events.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
