January Planner

1 New Year, New Toons!

Let’s get it cracking, 2019.

6 Find out which movie will follow in Coco’s footsteps and take the Golden Globe for animated feature tonight. [goldenglobes.com]

11 Transhumanism takes a frightening turn in the sci-fi thriller Replicas, starring Keanu Reeves.

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GKIDS and Fathom Events present Studio Ponoc shorts anthology Modest Heroes in 500+ cinemas nationwide.

13 Fathom Events presents Warner Bros. Animation’s The Death of Superman + Reign of the Supermen Double Feature, in theaters two days only.

14 Academy members: Turn in your Oscar nominations ballots! Voting closes today.

19 The Producers Guild Awards are held tonight; last year’s big film & animation prizes went to The Shape of Water and Coco. [producersguild.org]

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Annie Awards ballots due today.

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Oscar nominations announced today.

23 France toast’s the year’s best cinema with the César Awards tonight! The 2018 feature animation prize went to The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales. [academie-cinema.org]

24 Get an early look at the indie feature and short film gems of 2019 at Sundance Film Festival (thru Feb. 3) in Park City, UT.

The super fun Angoulême Int’l Comics Festival runs for four days in France’s “Ville d’Images,” while Copenhagen hosts VOID Int’l Animation Film Festival thru Feb. 2.

[sundance.org/festival | bdangouleme.com | voidfilmfestival.com]

25 Evil gets schooled in the Arthurian family fantasy The Kid Who Would Be King, from British helmer Joe Cornish (Attack the Block).

The “by filmmakers, for filmmakers” Slamdance fest kicks off in Park City (thru Jan. 31). [slamdance.com]