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Oscar Animated Shorts Preview
The final 10 animations in the running for the upcoming Oscar nominations have officially been announced. Check out the previews of each film below.
Horror
Paul Holbrook
& Sam Dawe
Hungry Joe
A single mother struggles to hold on to her sanity as she's forced to turn to extreme measures to satisfy her son's increasingly inhuman appetite.
Dark Comedy
Mauritz Brekke Solberg
& Daniel Fure Schwarz
Offline
Things get out of hand when an advertising agency and their client meet at a so-called offline meeting, to try to agree on the final cut of a commercial film.
Adventure
Jade Baillargeault
& 6 Others
Mice, a small story
The "Lord of the Rings" in 4 min. In a dark subway tunnel, a group of mice find a gold ring-pull that seems to have a mysterious effect on one of them. Not so far from them, an owl and his enslaved rats are watching. The owl sends his rats to get hold of this strange object.
Drama
Alden Ehrenreich
Shadow Brother Sunday
A down-on-his-luck musician returns home on the day of his younger brother’s movie premiere to steal his computer and sell it to the paparazzi.
Drama
Jean-Géraud Blanc
& 3 Others
Les Chaussures de Louis (Louis’ shoes)
Louis, 8-and-a-half years old, is autistic. He arrives at his new school and is about to introduce himself.
Article
The Changing Game of Distribution
This year marked an interesting milestone for the Oscar nominated animated short films. For the first time in recent memory, people actually watched them.
Fantasy
Aurora Real de Asua
Heartsong
When a lonely women uncovers a wounded whale heart, which is miraculously still alive, as she nurses it back to health, her own heart begins to heal.
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