The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this morning the 10 animated short films that have been shortlisted for the 2015 Oscar. The films were selected from 60 qualified shorts.
Here is the list:
- Bear Story (Historia De Un Oso)
Gabriel Osorio, director, and Pato Escala, producer
(Punkrobot Animation Studio) - Carface (Autos Portraits)
Claude Cloutier, director
(National Film Board of Canada) - If I Was God…
Cordell Barker, director
(National Film Board of Canada) - Love in the Time of March Madness
Melissa Johnson and Robertino Zambrano, directors
(High Hip Productions and KAPWA Studioworks) - My Home
Phuong Mai Nguyen, director
(Papy3D Productions) - An Object at Rest
Seth Boyden, director
(California Institute of the Arts) - Prologue
Richard Williams, director, and Imogen Sutton, producer
(Animation Masterclass) - Sanjay’s Super Team
Sanjay Patel, director, and Nicole Grindle, producer
(Pixar Animation Studios) - We Can’t Live without Cosmos
Konstantin Bronzit, director
(Melnitsa Animation Studio) - World of Tomorrow
Don Hertzfeldt, director
(Bitter Films)
Members of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch viewed all the eligible entries in the preliminary round of voting. The members of that branch will now select five nominees from among these 10 films. Branch screenings will be held in Los Angeles, London, New York, and San Francisco in December.
