THE OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2016 - ANIMATION

25.2. and 2.3. 2016

It's Oscar season again - and iShorts got you covered when it comes to the Best short film category. Don´t miss your chance to find out who the Academy thinks did best in the short form this past year! iShorts and ShortsHD present: The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016 ANIMATION

Bear Story (Chile) The Oscar Winner

Director: Gabriel Osorio | Producer: Pato Escala |
Year: 2014 | Length: 11 min | Animation |

An old, lonesome bear tells the story of his life through a mechanical diorama.

Prologue (UK)

Director: Richard Williams | Producer: Imogen Sutton |
Year: 2015 | Length: 6 min | Animation |

Clocking in at six minutes, “Prologue” describes an incident in the Spartan-Athenian wars of 2,400 years ago. In it, a small girl bears witness as warriors battle to death. The dialog-free project utilizes natural sounds to complement the intense animation entirely animated by Richard Williams himself. Williams - who is best known for his work as animation director on “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”, his unfinished feature “The Thief and the Cobbler” and Academy Award-winning “A Christmas Carol “adaptation - has worked on the film for many years in between other projects. It was finally completed this year at the Aardman Studios in Bristol, U.K.

Sanjay's Super Team (USA)

Director: Sanjay Patel | Producer: Nicole Paradis Grindle |
Year: 2015 | Length: 7 min | Animation |

In Sanjay's Super Team, the new short film from Pixar Animation Studios, accomplished artist Sanjay Patel uses his own experience to tell the story of a young, first-generation Indian-American boy whose love for western pop-culture comes into conflict with his father’s traditions. Sanjay is absorbed in the world of cartoons and comics, while his father tries to draw him into the traditions of his Hindu practice. Tedium and reluctance quickly turn into an awe-inspiring adventure as the boy embarks on a journey he never imagined, returning with a new perspective that they can both embrace.

We Can't Live Without Cosmos (Russia)

Director: Konstantin Bronzit | Producer: Alexander Boyarsky |
Year: 2014 | Length: 16 min | Animation |

Two cosmonauts, two friends, try to do their best in their everyday training life to make their common dream a reality. But this story is not only about the dream.

World Of Tomorrow (USA)

Director: Don Hertzfeldt |
Year: 2015 | Length: 17 min | Animation |

A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.

OTHER SHORT FILMS:

If I was God... (Canada)

Director: Cordell Barker |
Year: 2014 | Length: 9 min | Animation |

The Short Story Of Fox And A Mouse (France)

Director: Hugo Jean Juliette Jourdan Kévin Roger Marie Pillier Camille Chaix |
Year: 2015 | Délka: 7 min | Animation |

The Loneliest Stoplight (USA)

Director: Bill Plympton |
Year: 2015 | Length: 6 min | Animation |

Catch It (France)

Director: Paul Bar, Marion Demaret, Nadege Forner, Pierre-Baptiste Marty, Julien Robyn, Jordan Soler |
Year: 2015 | Length: 5 min | Animation |

Total length of the screening 86 min. In original language with Czech and English subtitles.