Weekends (2017 film)

Weekends is a 2017 American animated film.^[1] 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.^[1]

Weekends
Film poster
Directed by	Trevor Jimenez
Written by	Trevor Jimenez
Produced by	Jeremy Slome
Music by	Andrew Vernon
Production company	Past Lives Productions
Release date	October 18, 2017 (2017-10-18) (WIFF)
Running time	16 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.^[1]

In January 2019, the film was announced as a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards.^[2]

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref(s)
Academy Awards	February 24, 2019	Best Animated Short Film	Trevor Jimenez	Nominated	[3]
Annie Awards	February 2, 2019	Best Animated Short Subject	Past Lives Productions	Won	[4]