The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the short list for Best Animated Short Film today and yes the fabulous Paperman from Disney, which played in front of Wreck-It Ralph, is included along with the excellent 3D Simpsons short, Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”, which premiered in front of Ice Age: Continental Drift earlier this year.
These two join a collection of new shorts I personally had not heard of, but will begin gathering information on as soon as I can as these can be some of the funnest finds every single year.
- Adam and Dog, Minkyu Lee, director (Lodge Films)
- Combustible, Katsuhiro Otomo, director (Sunrise Inc.)
- Dripped, Léo Verrier, director (ChezEddy)
- The Eagleman Stag, Mikey Please, director, and Benedict Please, music scores and sound design (Royal College of Art)
- The Fall of the House of Usher, Raul Garcia, director, and Stephan Roelants, producer (Melusine Productions, R&R Communications Inc., Les Armateurs, The Big Farm)
- Fresh Guacamole, PES, director (PES)
- Head over Heels, Timothy Reckart, director, and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, producer (National Film and Television School)
- Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”, David Silverman, director (Gracie Films)
- Paperman, John Kahrs, director (Disney Animation Studios)
- Tram, Michaela Pavlátová, director, and Ron Dyens, producer (Sacrebleu Productions)
The Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Reviewing Committee viewed all the eligible entries for the preliminary round of voting at screenings held in New York and Los Angeles and will now select three to five nominees from among the 10 titles on the shortlist.
The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
