Here Are The Films That Made The Oscar Shortlists For Animated Short And Visual Effects
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 10-film shortlists for animated shorts and visual effects that will advance in the voting process for the 93rd Academy Awards.
Ninety-six films qualified in the animated short category. Members of the short films and feature animation branch voted the list down to ten films, and will now select five nominees. Here are the ten films shortlisted in the animated short film category, in alphabetical order by title.
Burrow Madeline Sharafian (U.S.)
If Anything Happens I Love You Michael Govier, Will McCormack (U.S.)
4 North A and
Beyond Noh. Maybe that’s just because this community has long been partial to a hermetic existence.
This year’s Oscar-qualifying shorts offer a mildly accurate overview of the international festival circuit during the last couple of years (some of them debuted in 2019). Since the big-studio films are going to get oodles of promotion and attention, let’s focus on a handful and a half of lesser-known films (in no particular order) that Academy voters should take some time to consider.
Altötting Andreas Hykade (Germany/Canada/Portugal)
A young boy becomes obsessed with the Virgin Mary but then he discovers her devastating secret. This story about love, faith, mortality, and shattered illusions fuses scenes of quiet, spacious minimalism with flourishes of opulent beauty to craft a timeless and emotional story of lost innocence.