Weekends (2017)

Directed by

Trevor Jimenez

Genre

animation, drama

Country

United States

Runtime

16 min

Rated

R

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 66 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a young boy who splits his time between his mother's home during the week and his father's home on weekends. It shows how he experiences the small moments of both households after his parents separate.

nostalgicbittersweetgentlereflectiveintimatemelancholicreverentpersonal

What happens

Weekends is a 2017 American animated film. 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. 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. In January 2019, the film was announced as a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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