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When Did Animated Shorts Get So Long? An Investigation Into The Uncomfortable Rise Of Long Shorts

As animation directors explore longer film formats, the trend is causing headaches for producers, distributors, festival programmers, and educators.

‘Electra’ earned its Oscars qualification by winning the best short film award at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Renee Zhan’s short ‘Snake’ won the Share Her Journey Award, and ‘The Boy And The Heron’ was second runner-up among features.

Standouts from this year’s lineup include Annecy titles ’27,’ ‘Electra,’ ‘La Perra,’ ‘Nun or Never!’ and ‘Baigal Nuur – Lake Baikal.’

The Berkeley-based festival is handing out its full set of awards despite canceling this year’s edition.

We speak to the directors behind “Daughter,” “Memorable,” “Kitbull,” “Sister,” and “Hair Love.”

Here are all the nominees in the animation categories.

Seven of the ten shorts on the shortlist for the 2020 Academy Awards were made outside of the United States.

We surveyed 16 festival directors and animation critics to find out what films deserve this year’s Academy Award for Best Animated Short.