A Record 33 Animated Features Are In This Year’s Oscar Race
Oscar nominations will be announced on January 23, 2024.
Oscar nominations will be announced on January 23, 2024.
Under the shadowy threat of war, a young Ukrainian girl awaits a call from her father.
The black-and-white short earned its Oscars qualification by winning the Bruce Corwin Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
In the short, two kindred spirits cross paths in a world where all thoughts are on display for anyone to see.
The Colombian short offers a novel visual representation of the imperfectness of memory.
The stop-motion short turns on a crab that needs an act of God to save it from becoming dinner.
Part swashbuckling adventure story part queer love story, this fantasy short earned Oscars qualification at the New Hampshire Film Festival.
Saidan deeply personal short earned its Oscars qualification by winning the jury award at the New York International Children’s Film Festival.
‘Teacups’ is the true story of Don Ritchie, who, for almost half a century, approached people contemplating suicide at the edge of a cliff near his home.
A new widow mourns in her own unorthodox way in this dark comedy which won best animated short at Nashville.
The film blends rotoscope and 2d hand-drawn animation to tell a story close to director Carl Joseph Papa’s heart.
The 2d horror-thriller unspools in colonial Mexico where a Spanish priest must seek healing from the natives he once condemned.
The film earned its Oscars qualification by winning the best Slovak animated short award at Fest Anča International Animation Festival.
So many contenders, so many questions.
‘Miserable Miracle’ earned Oscars qualification by winning Ottawa’s grand prize for an animated short.
‘Humo’ is the heartbreakingly innocent first-person account of a small boy living in a Nazi concentration camp.
The short earned Oscars qualification by winning the Cannes Palme d’Or and later took the Annecy Cristal for a short film.
‘Electra’ earned its Oscars qualification by winning the best short film award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Kantor’s latest mixes animation techniques to examine how reality and memory are often visualized differently.
All the best and worst thoughts of a new parent are laid bare in this crayon-animated piece about mental health and paternal love.