Friday 9 November 2012

10 Animated Shorts Make the Oscar Shortlist


Just last week we got the names of the animated shorts (and indeed features) submitted for Academy Award consideration, and today AMPAS have revealed the ten animated short films that have made it onto the Oscar short list. From these shorts - including last year's Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject winner, Adam and Dog, as well as Disney's Paperman and The Simpsons short The Longest Daycare - between three and five will progress to the final list of nominees.

The shortlist is as follows:
  • "Adam and Dog," Minkyu Lee, director (Lodge Films)
  • "Combustible," Katsuhiro Otomo, director (Sunrise Inc.)
  • "Dripped," Léo Verrier, director (ChezEddy)
  • "The Eagleman Stag," Mikey Please, director, and Benedict Please, music scores and sound design (Royal College of Art)
  • "The Fall of the House of Usher," Raul Garcia, director, and Stephan Roelants, producer (Melusine Productions, R&R Communications Inc., Les Armateurs, The Big Farm)
  • "Fresh Guacamole," PES, director (PES)
  • "Head over Heels," Timothy Reckart, director, and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, producer (National Film and Television School)
  • "Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”," David Silverman, director (Gracie Films)
  • "Paperman," John Kahrs, director (Disney Animation Studios)
  • "Tram," Michaela Pavlátová, director, and Ron Dyens, producer (Sacrebleu Productions)
I'm not even going to pretend I've seen all of these, but it'll be exciting to see which progress. Given all of its buzz and the mainstream audience it's getting with Wreck-It Ralph, Paperman seems set for a nomination; Adam and Dog seems likely too. And from a fanboy standpoint, it sure would be nice to see a Simpsons short get an Oscar nomination!

The 85th Academy Award nominations will be revealed on 10th January, 2013 and then the awards will be presented from the Dolby Theatre, at the Hollywood & Highland Centre, on 24th February. Until then, we'll keep you posted.

4 comments:

  1. I guess I'm in no position to judge, since I've only seen one out of these 10 shorts, but I sure hope Paperman wins. I'll be sincerely disappointed if it doesn't; it is a truly beautiful short in every aspect and deserves some recognition for that.

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    1. It would certainly be nice, but I'm a little cautious about predicting it to win - I remember a lot of the same "oh, give it the Oscar now!" stuff with La Luna last year. But it certainly looks like it'd be a deserving winner.

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    2. Ah, yes. It's a shame La Luna didn't win, but The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore was also a wonderful film and deserved the Oscar. We'll see how things go with Paperman.

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    3. Yeah, I think it was the right call. La Luna was wonderful, but Morris Lessmore was absolutely fantastic!

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