More surprises than usual for this category.
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4/2/2021
Theaters reopened just in time for the annual round-up of Oscar-nominated animated shorts.
A couple of truly daring visions spice up the expected fare in this year s crop of Academy-honored animated shorts one of which would be as at home in an art gallery as in the theaters, which, pandemic be damned, will still showcase nominees as a big-screen event. Each candidate has something to offer, including those non-nominees that have been added (as highly recommended ) to stretch the program s running time to feature length. But this is the rare occasion in which (for the first time in a very long time) the Oscar could go to a film that really pushes the limits of the form.
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Oscar Animation Analysis: Predictable Features, Surprising Shorts, Low-Key VFX
Animated Feature
In a year of strong awards consensus around animated features, this category was unlikely to throw up big surprises and indeed it didn’t. Pixar’s
Soul goes in as the favorite, fresh from its wins at the Golden Globes and many other awards besides. For the first time ever, the studio has two nominated features, the other being the relatively minor
Onward.
For the second year running, Netflix is playing in this category. It too has two releases in contention: Glen Keane’s
Over the Moon, which received mixed-to-warm reviews and hasn’t built up much steam this season, and