Yesterday, the Motion Picture Academy screened 45 qualified animated short films for short list voting in a program from which the eventual 2011 Oscar winner will be chosen. Most people don’t keep tabs on the best new animated shorts produced each year.
However, now you know that this year’s Oscar-winning short, to be crowned next February 26th, is one of the films on the list shown below.
The LA screening, to be followed by a New York screening next week, presented 45 short films for attending Academy members. From these 45 films, the annual 10 film "short list" will be chosen for voting by the members of the Short Films and Animated Features branch, which will whittle the list down to the final 5 nominees. These nominees are then voted on by the entire Academy membership at designated screenings. AWN will publish more information on this process and selection of films in the coming weeks.
The complete 45 film list is as follows:
A Morning Stroll
Directed by Grant Orchard (Studio AKA) England
http://www.studioaka.co.uk/#/work-amorningstroll [1]
A Shadow of Blue
Directed by Carlos Lascano
http://www.carloslascano.com/carloslascano/vid_asob.html [2]
Birdboy
Directed by Alberto Vasquez (Abrikim Studio)
http://www.birdboy.net [3]
Chopin's Drawings
Directed by Dorota Kobiela (BreakThru Films) Poland
http://www.annecy.org/annecy-2012/festival/programmes/programme-film-ind... [4]
Correspondence
Directed by Zach Hyer (Pratt)
http://zachhyer.com/ [5]
Daisy Cutter
Directed by Enrique Garcia & Rubin Salazar (Silverspace)
http://www.daisycutter.es/ [6]
Dimanche/ Sunday
Directed by Patrick Doyon (NFB)
http://www.nfb.ca/film/dimanche_bande_annonce/ [7]
El Salon Mexico
Directed by Paul Glickman and Tamarind King
http://www.elsalonmexico.com/ [8]
Enrique Wrecks the World
Directed by David Chai
http://www.houseofchai.net [9]
Ente Tod Und Tulipe (Duck Death and the Tulip)
Directed by Matthias Bruhn (Richard Lutterbeck - Trickstudio)
http://www.animamundi.com.br/en/festival/detalhes_filme_festival.php/193... [10]
Fat Hamster
Directed by Adam Wyrwas (BreakThru Films) Poland
http://www.annecy.org/annecy-2012/festival/programmes/programme-film-ind... [11]
Grandpa Looked Like William Powell
Directed by David Levy
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grandpa-Looked-Like-William-Powell/1139967... [12]
Hamster Heaven
Directed by Paul Bolger (BreakThru Films) Poland
http://www.facebook.com/hamsterheaven [13]
I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat
Directed by Matt O'Callaghan (Warner Bros.)
http://www.awn.com/news/cg/cg-looney-tunes-mel-blanc-coming-theaters [14]
I Was the Child of Holocaust Survivors
Directed by Anne Marie Fleming (NFB)
http://www.nfb.ca/film/i_was_child_holocaust_survivors_clip_2 [15]
Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest
Directed by Kevin Sean Michaels USA
[16]http://ingridpitt.co.uk/ [17]
Kahanikar
Directed by Nandita Jain (National Film and Television School) England
http://www.nftsanimation.org/departments.htm [18]
La Luna
Directed by Enrico Casarosa (Pixar)
http://www.awn.com/articles/article/first-look-pixars-la-luna [19]
Little Postman
Directed by Dorota Kobiela (BreakThru Films) Poland
http://www.facebook.com/LPostman [20]
Luminaris
Directed by Juan Pablo Zaramella (JPZaramella Studios)
http://www.zaramella.com.ar/ [21]
Luna
Directed by Donna Brockopp (Rainmaker) Canada
http://www.rainmaker.com/luna/ [22]
Maska
Directed by Timothy and Stephen Quay (Sem-ma-for) Poland
http://www.se-ma-for.com/en/films/13-maska [23]
Muybridge's Strings
Directed by Koji Yamamura
http://www.yamamura-animation.jp/E_Body.html [24]
My Hometown
Produced and Directed by Jerry Levitan, Written and Narrated by Yoko Ono (Eggplant)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isPVjHxxW5s [25]
Night Island
Directed by Salvador Maldonado (BreakThru Films) Poland
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Night-Island/159832614096127?v=info [26]
Nullarbor
Directed by Alister Lockhart
http://www.nullarborshortfilm.com/ [27]
Papa's Boy
Directed by Leevi Lemmetty (BreakThru Films) Poland
http://www.facebook.com/papasboypage [28]
Paths of Hate
Directed by Damien Nenow (Platige Image) Poland
http://www.platige.com/index.php?tu=74&lng=en [29]
Romance
Directed by George Schwizgebel (NFB & Studio GDS)
http://www.nfb.ca/film/romance_trailer/ [30]
Specky Four-Eyes
Directed by Jean Claude Rozec (Vivement Lundi)
http://en.unifrance.org/movie/31752/specky-four-eyes [31]
Spirits of the Piano
Directed by Magdalena Osinska (BreakThru Films) Poland
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Spirits-of-the-Piano/289754347703136?v=inf... [32]
Thank You
Directed by Pendleton Ward & Thomas Herpich (Cartoon Network Studios in partnership with Frederator)
http://adventuretime.frederator.com/ [33]
The Ballad of Nessie
Directed by Stevie Wermers (Walt Disney Studios)
http://www.awn.com/articles/article/ballad-nessie-lost-disney-short [34]
The External World
Directed by David Oreilly
http://www.theexternalworld.com/ [35]
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Directed by William Joyce & Brandon Oldenburg (Moonbot Studios)
http://www.facebook.com/morrislessmore [36]
The Gloaming
Directed by Nobrain (Autour De Minuit) France
http://www.nobrain.fr/the-gloaming [37]
The Lost Town of Switez
Directed by Kamil Polak (Human Ark) Poland
http://www.switez.com/ [38]
The Magic Piano
Directed by Martin Clapp (BreakThru Films) Poland
http://www.annecy.org/annecy-2012/festival/programmes/programme-film-ind... [39]
The Monster of Nix
Directed by Rosto
http://www.monsterofnix.com/ [40]
The Renter
Directed by Jason Carpenter (CalArts)
http://therenter.net/The_Renter/The_Renter.html [41]
The Smurf's a Christmas Carol
Directed by Troy Quane (Sony Pictures Animation)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2062677/companycredits [42]
The Tannery
Directed by Iain Gardner (Axis Animation)
http://www.iaingardner.co.uk/ [43]
The Vermeers
Directed by Tal S. Shamir
http://www.talshamir.com/ [44]
Vincenta
Directed by Samuel Orti Marti
http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=44575&FID=206 [45]
Wild Life
Directed by Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby (NFB)
http://www.nfb.ca/film/wild_life_clip_1 [46]
Links:
[1] http://www.studioaka.co.uk/#/work-amorningstroll
[2] http://www.carloslascano.com/carloslascano/vid_asob.html
[3] http://www.birdboy.net
[4] http://www.annecy.org/annecy-2012/festival/programmes/programme-film-index:f20111355
[5] http://zachhyer.com/
[6] http://www.daisycutter.es/
[7] http://www.nfb.ca/film/dimanche_bande_annonce/
[8] http://www.elsalonmexico.com/
[9] http://www.houseofchai.net
[10] http://www.animamundi.com.br/en/festival/detalhes_filme_festival.php/19333
[11] http://www.annecy.org/annecy-2012/festival/programmes/programme-film-index:f20111356
[12] http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grandpa-Looked-Like-William-Powell/113996788681253?sk=wall&filter=12
[13] http://www.facebook.com/hamsterheaven
[14] http://www.awn.com/news/cg/cg-looney-tunes-mel-blanc-coming-theaters
[15] http://www.nfb.ca/film/i_was_child_holocaust_survivors_clip_2
[16] http://www.facebook.com/ingridpittanimation
[17] http://ingridpitt.co.uk/
[18] http://www.nftsanimation.org/departments.htm
[19] http://www.awn.com/articles/article/first-look-pixars-la-luna
[20] http://www.facebook.com/LPostman
[21] http://www.zaramella.com.ar/
[22] http://www.rainmaker.com/luna/
[23] http://www.se-ma-for.com/en/films/13-maska
[24] http://www.yamamura-animation.jp/E_Body.html
[25] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isPVjHxxW5s
[26] http://www.facebook.com/pages/Night-Island/159832614096127?v=info
[27] http://www.nullarborshortfilm.com/
[28] http://www.facebook.com/papasboypage
[29] http://www.platige.com/index.php?tu=74&lng=en
[30] http://www.nfb.ca/film/romance_trailer/
[31] http://en.unifrance.org/movie/31752/specky-four-eyes
[32] http://www.facebook.com/pages/Spirits-of-the-Piano/289754347703136?v=info
[33] http://adventuretime.frederator.com/
[34] http://www.awn.com/articles/article/ballad-nessie-lost-disney-short
[35] http://www.theexternalworld.com/
[36] http://www.facebook.com/morrislessmore
[37] http://www.nobrain.fr/the-gloaming
[38] http://www.switez.com/
[39] http://www.annecy.org/annecy-2012/festival/programmes/programme-film-index:f20111334
[40] http://www.monsterofnix.com/
[41] http://therenter.net/The_Renter/The_Renter.html
[42] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2062677/companycredits
[43] http://www.iaingardner.co.uk/
[44] http://www.talshamir.com/
[45] http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=44575&FID=206
[46] http://www.nfb.ca/film/wild_life_clip_1