Here is the Oscar news for animation in the 2025 Academy Awards nomination. We only have 2 US animation<\/strong> features in the feature animation category: Dreamworks’ \u03a4he Wild Robot (dir. Chris Sanders) and ‘Inside Out 2’ (dir. Kelsey Mann).<\/p>\n The three other contenders<\/strong> come from Europe and Australia. Aardman’<\/strong>s sixth Wallace & Gromit feature, ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ (dir. Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham) is\u00a0 Academy Award-nominated; the UK Aardman animation studio has been so far the only European company to have won in this category with its first Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit in 20025 (directed by Nick Park & Steve Box).<\/p>\n The next European entry is the Latvian\/French\/Belgian 3D computer animation ‘Flow’ by Gints Zilbalodis<\/a>, the critical darling that recently won the Golden Globe (and several other critics’ awards) -and a serious contender for the upcoming award. ‘Flow’ is also nominated in the Best International Feature category (the official Latvian submission).<\/p>\n It is very reassuring that there is a second stop-motion entry (this time from Australia) in the nominees: Adam Elliot<\/a>‘s ‘Memoir of a Snail’ (read our review<\/a>) made it to the final nominees -even though the Oscar-awarded director was absent from the same category for his critically acclaimed ‘Mary & Max’ 2009 feature. This is the most adult-themed entry on the list.<\/p>\n In the short animation field, here are the nominees:<\/p>\n
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\n<\/ul>\n Yuck!<\/em><\/p>\n The beautifully executed ‘Yuck! and its story of a kiss gone wrong moves beyond the teenage audience intended; while the Japanese ‘Magic Candies’ continues the tradition of coming-of-age stories (dogs present). ‘Wander to Wonder’ by Nina Gantz<\/strong> moves into the documentary field, and ‘In the Shadow of the Cypress’ follows the story of a former captain suffering from PTSD \u00a0living by the sea with his daughter. ‘Beautiful Men’ by Nicolas Keppens<\/strong> (Best animation short at Cinanima festival) is a poignant story of three men looking for their missing masculinity (and hair) in Istanbul.<\/p>\n Point to note:<\/strong> <\/em>there is no US presence in the best animation short category -so, all possibilities are open.<\/p>\n As always in this field, a lot of interesting films have been left out. Here’s the full list of the 15 Oscar-shortlisted films.<\/p>\n The full list of the 15 Oscar-shortlisted films<\/span> The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.<\/em><\/p>\n
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\u201cAu Revoir Mon Monde\u201d, Astrid Novais, Florian Maurice, Quentin Devred, Maxime Foltzer, Estelle Bonnardel, Baptiste Duchamps (Ecole MoPA)
\u201cA Bear Named Wojtek\u201d, Iain Gardner (UK\/ Poland)
\u201cBeautiful Men\u201d, Nicolas Keppens (Belgium)
\u201cBottle George\u201d, Daisuke Tsutsumi (US)
\u201cA Crab in the Pool\u201d, Alexandra Myotte, Jean-S\u00e9bastien Hamel (Canada)
\u201cIn the Shadow of the Cypress\u201d, Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi (Iran)
\u201cMagic Candies\u201d, Daisuke Nishio (Japan)
\u201cMaybe Elephants\u201d, Torrill Cove (Canada)
\u201cMe\u201d, Don Hertzeldt (US)
\u201cOrigami\u201d, Kei Kanamori (Japan)
\u201cPercebes\u201d, Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gon\u00e7alves (Portugal\/France)
\u201cThe 21\u201d, Various directors
\u201cWander to Wonder\u201d, Nina Gantz ( Netherlands, Belgium, France, UK)
\u201cThe Wild-Tempered Clavier\u201d, Anna Samo (Germany)
\u201cYuck!\u201d, Lo\u00efc Espuche (France)<\/p>\n
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