Japanese film Tsumiki No Ie (The House Of Small Cubes) won the Oscar for the best animated short film today.

The 12-minute film was directed by Kunio Kato.

It portrays the life of an old man who tries to keep rising water caused by global warming out of his house.

Winners of the Academy Awards are annually selected in a vote by the about 5,800 members of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the host organisation of the awards.