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As usual, the 2025 Academy Awards animation <\/strong>shortlist announcement brought mixed feelings. A number of highly acclaimed animation shorts are in the contest, including the Annecy Cristal winner ‘Percebes’ by Alexandra Ramires <\/strong>and Laura Gon\u00e7alves, <\/strong>and of course, an equal number of acclaimed films were left out.<\/p>\n Oscar-awarded Torrill Kove <\/strong>enters the list, with her ‘Maybe Elephants’ 2D animation short on family autobiography (Canada\/Norway); US director Don Hertzfeldt is back with his 21-minute short ‘Me’: “a story about narcissism; a story about pain”.<\/p>\n The quirky ‘A Crab in the Pool’ by Alexandra Myotte<\/strong> and Jean-S\u00e9bastien Hamel<\/strong> is another Canadian entry, whereas Nicolas Keppens<\/strong> with his Istanbul story of ‘Beautiful Men’ continues his streak of success after his Cinanima Festival win.<\/p>\n Nina Gantz<\/strong> is included in the shortlist with her stop-motion parable ‘Wander to Wonder’, and UK animation director Iain Gardner<\/strong> gets a spot with his 28-minute war chronicle ‘A Bear Named Wojtek’.<\/p>\n Pay attention to the delightful children’s film ‘Yuck’ film by Lo\u00efc Espuche<\/strong>. The 3D film (and Student Academy Award winner) Origami’ by Kei Kanamori is included as well as ‘The 21’, an animated film by more than 70+ artists that chronicles the kidnapping and torture of 20 Coptic men and one Ghanian in Libya in 2015.<\/p>\n In the International Feature Category, ‘Flow’ by Gints Zilbalodis<\/strong> (and Latvia’s official submission) entered the 15-film international shortlist -another cause for celebration in the indie animation world. (‘Flow’ is still considered for the Best Animation Feature Category in addition).<\/p>\n \u201cAu Revoir Mon Monde\u201d, Astrid Novais, Florian Maurice, Quentin Devred, Maxime Foltzer, Estelle Bonnardel, Baptiste Duchamps (Ecole MoPA) Notable omissions:<\/span> Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on 17 January 2025. The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.<\/em><\/p>\nThe full list of Oscar-shortlisted animation shorts 2025<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n
\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
The Miracle, Nienke Deutz
Such Miracles Do Happen, Barbara Rubik
Tennis, Oranges, Sean Pecknold
The Meatseller, Margherita Giusti
Zima, Tomek Popakul, Kasumi Ozeki<\/p>\n
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