Academy Awards Best Animated Short – Short List

Academy Awards Best Animated Short – Short List

November 23rd, 2016

Jerry Beck

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 89th Academy Awards. Sixty-nine pictures had originally qualified in the category.

The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:

Blind Vaysha Theodore Ushev, director (National Film Board of Canada)

Borrowed Time Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj, directors (Quorum Films)

Happy End Jan Saska, director (FAMU – Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague)

The Head Vanishes Franck Dion, director (Papy3D Productions, National Film Board of Canada and ARTE France Cinema Department)

Inner Workings Leo Matsuda, director, and Sean Lurie, producer (Walt Disney Animation Studios)

Once upon a Line Alicja Jasina, director (University of Southern California)

Pear Cider and Cigarettes Robert Valley, director, and Cara Speller, producer (Massive Swerve Studios and Passion Pictures Animation)

Pearl Patrick Osborne, director (Google Spotlight Stories/Evil Eye Pictures)

Piper Alan Barillaro, director, and Marc Sondheimer, producer (Pixar Animation Studios)

Sous Tes Doigts (Under Your Fingers) Marie-Christine Courtès, director, and Ludivine Berthouloux, art director (Vivement Lundi! and Novanima)

Nominations for the 89th Oscars will be announced on Tuesday, January 24th, 2017.

A scene from Disney’s “Inner Workings”

Members of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch viewed all the eligible entries for the preliminary round of voting.

Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members will now select five nominees from among the 10 titles on the shortlist. Branch screenings will be held in Los Angeles, London, New York and San Francisco in December.

The 89th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 26th, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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Jerry Beck

Writer, cartoon producer and author of more than 15 books on animation history. A former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney; currently on the faculty at both CalArts in Valencia and Woodbury University in Burbank, California.