AND THE NOMINEES ARE
(SCROLL DOWN FOR ANIMATED FEATURE & DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES)
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ANIMATED SHORT NOMINEES
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Adam and Dog
Minkyu Lee (Lodge Films) |
Fresh Guacamole
PES (PES) 2 Minutes Stop Motion |
Maggie Simpson in 'The Longest Daycare'
David Silverman (Gracie Films) 5 Minutes 3D Animation |
Paperman
John Kars (Disney Animation Studios) |
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??? Minutes A familiar paradise. The first man and the first man's best friend... complete with the first game of fetch! |
11 Minutes A story about a couple who has grown apart; one lives on the floor and the other on the ceiling.
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2 Minutes Stop Motion PES's films, usually witty plays on household objects are instantly recognizable. Oscar hasn't recognized them, though. |
Silverman is an Emmy winner and a Golden Globe nominee. He previously directed The Simpsons Movie (2007). This short played before Ice Age: Continental Drift |
WINNER 7 Minutes An office worker finds that paper airplanes will help him meet a girl he fancies |
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Finalists that were not nominated Complete list of semi-finalists (most of which did not advance) |
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LIVE ACTION SHORT NOMINEES
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Curfew
Shawn Christensen (Fuzzy Logic Picture) |
Henry
Yan England (Yan England) |
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??? min Two friends struggle to survive their war torn country. "Buzkashi" refers to a brutal game involving horses and a dead goat. |
WINNER ??? min A young man must watch over a niece he's never met |
20 minutes Matthias Schoenaerts (Bullhead & Rust & Bone) plays a dead soldier trying to buy a second life |
21 Minutes. Canada A great concert pianist's beloved goes missing |
| Finalists that were not nominated The Night Shift Belongs to the Stars Silvia Bizio Salar Nicholas Greene short available on iTunes 9meter Andrews Walther A Fábrica (The Factory) Aly Muritiba Kiruna-Kigali Goran Kapetanovic when you find me Bryce Dallas Howard full film |
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DOCUMENTARY SHORT NOMINEES
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Open Heart
Urban Landscapes Inc |
Redemption
[Downton Docs] |
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WINNER 42 minutes This married team, previously nominated for War Dance, introduces us to an undocumented 15 year old artist who has "fierce determination to never surrender to the bleakness of her surroundings" |
40 minutes a debut from an Emmy nominated editor. It's about a retirement community in Florida facing its own mortality in a "poignant, funny, and dark empathetic portrait" |
39 minutes This film comes from half of the directing team of Freeheld, which won this category a few years ago. This is about two sisters who open their hair salon once a month to shave the heads of women diagnosed with cancer.
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| Finalists that weren't nominated Paraíso [The Strangebird Company] The Education of Mohamma Hussein [Loki Films] from Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady who made Jesus Camp The Perfect Fit [SDI Productions Ltd] Tali Yankelevich |
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ANIMATED FEATURE
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Brave
Disney/Pixar (Pixar's Record in this category: 9 noms / 6 wins) dir. Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman |
Franken-Weenie |
ParaNorman
Focus/Universal dir. Chris Butler & Sam Fell |
The Pirates! A Band of Misfits
Aardman Animation / Sony Columbia dir. Peter Lord |
Wreck-It Ralph
Disney dir. Rich Moore |
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WINNER June 22nd Though this tale of a stubborn princess and her equally headstrong mother and an ancient curse isn't as generic as critics claim, Pixar's been navigating backlash this year. Will voters rediscover the beauty of the film in time?
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October 5th Critics liked Tim Burton's return and expansion to one of his name-making short films but audiences largely stayed away from the creepy black and white horror homage of sorts. Despite the low gross, can this be Burton's first Oscar win? |
August 17th Another critical darling which was somewhat spottily received by precursors and also met a good but not great moviegoer response. But it's endearing. Will Oscar fall in love it and respond to its zeitgeisty "dangers of bullying" theme.
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April 27th This was the surprise nominee, but Aardman animation is a very respected outfit. It's no Chicken Run or Wallace & Gromit but obviously some voters responded to its wacky high seas slapstick |
Nov 2nd Audiences loved its clever take on the internal logic and hardwired magic of video games but will Oscar voters feel the nostalgic pull of arcade games enough for a win or is this a "thank you for the nomination" game over?
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| Eligible Semi-Finalists That Were Not Nominated Rise of the Guardians From Up on Poppy Hill Le Tableau (The Painting) The Rabbi's Cat Dr Seuss The Lorax Zarafa Ice Age: Continental Drift Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted The Liars Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman Adventures in Zambezia Delhi Safari |
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DOCUMENTARY FEATURE -15 finalists
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DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
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| 5 Broken Cameras dir. Emad Burnat (never nominated. 1st feature) and Guy Davidi (never nominated) |
THE GATEKEEPERS dir. Dror Moreh (never nominated) |
How To Survive a Plague dir. David France (never nominated. first feature!) |
The Invisible War dir. Kirby Dick (1 nomination) |
Searching For Sugar Man dir. Malik Bendjelloul (never nominated. first feature) |
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Genre: Middle East Conflicts |
Genre: Middle East Conflicts |
Genre: Political Activism & AIDS |
Genre: Military & Sexual Abuse |
WINNER Genre: The Arts & Biography |
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Finalists that were not nominated:
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