10 Animated Shorts make the Oscar Long list

06 November 2014 // News

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