10 Animated Shorts make the Oscar Long list 06 November 2014 // News Steve Henderson Editor







The most watched, debated and analysed awards ceremony is heading back for another year of drama, trivia and red carpet dresses. Alongside this glittery explosion of celebs and movie stars the Academy Awards also honours animation and today have announced 10 shorts that could be nominated for an Academy Award. This list of eligible shorts will be finalised into a much shorter selection when the official nominations are announced on the 15th January, before the 87th Academy Awards ceremony on the 22nd February.

The UK have a single entry and, as is often the case, it is from a student with The Bigger Picture by Daisy Jacobs earning a place on the list. Previous Oscar winner Torill Kove is in the running for a nomination too with Me and My Moulton alongside previous winners William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg with The Numberlys. Bill Plympton also stands a good a chance as any of the selected to earn his 3rd nomination once the list is finalised in January. Plympton also finds himself on the long list for the animated features with Cheatin’ so could find himself with a nomination in both categories.

There really is no way of telling which of these films will make their way onto the shortlist. The academy doesn’t operate like an animation festival and holds the shorts in a different regard to animation fans, which always makes the list of nominees interesting, to say the least.

So here are the 10 shorts in the running for a nomination. Don’t forget to let us know which one you would like to see win by voting in our poll below

The Bigger Picture

Directed by Daisy Jacobs

National Film and Television School

Coda

Directed by Alan Holly

And Maps And Plans

The Dam Keeper

Directed by Robert Kondo & Dice Tsutsumi

Tonko House

Duet

Directed by Glen Keane

Glen Keane Productions & ATAP

Feast

Directed by Patrick Osborne produced by Kristina Reed

Walt Disney Animation Studios

Footprints

Directed by Bill Plympton

Bill Plympton Studio

Me and My Moulton

Directed by Torill Kove

Mikrofilm in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada

The Numberlys

Directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg

Moonbot Studios

A Single Life

Directed by Joris Oprins

Job, Joris & Marieke]

Symphony No. 42

Directed by Réka Bucsi

Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest

Who would you like to see short listed? Vote here!

Who do you want to see shortlisted for the Best Animation Short at the Oscars? The Bigger Picture by Daisy Jacobs (25%)

The Dam Keeper by Robert Kondo & Dice Tsutsumi (22%)

Coda by Alan Holly (17%)

Symphony No. 42 by Réka Bucsi (15%)

Duet by Glen Keane (5%)

Footprints by Bill Plympton (3%)

Me and My Moulton by Torill Kove (3%)

The Numberlys by William Joyce & Brandon Oldenburg (3%)

A Single Life by Joris Oprins (3%)

Feast by Patrick Osborne (2%)