10 Animated Shorts on the Oscar Shortlist

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the list of animated shorts which will advance in the voting process for this year’s Academy Awards. The 10 films has been whittled down from fifty-eight shorts qualifying short films, and from this 10 a final set of 3-5 films will be announced on 15 January, 2015.

Its a competitive year with Former Oscar winners Torill Kove, William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, and two-time Oscar nominee Bill Plympton on shortlist. There is also room for Disney-legend Glen Keane and strong student films from Daisy Jacobs and Réka Bucsi.

The 10 shortlisted films are listed below,

The Bigger Picture

Daisy Jacobs, director, and Christopher Hees, producer
National Film and Television School

Coda

Alan Holly, director
And Maps And Plans

The Dam Keeper

Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi, directors
Tonko House

Duet

Glen Keane, director
Glen Keane Productions & ATAP

Feast

Patrick Osborne, director, and Kristina Reed, producer
Walt Disney Animation Studios

Footprints

Bill Plympton, director
Bill Plympton Studio

Me and My Moulton

Torill Kove, director
Mikrofilm in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada

The Numberlys

William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, directors
Moonbot Studios

A Single Life

Joris Oprins, director
Job, Joris & Marieke

Symphony No. 42

Réka Bucsi, director
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest