The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Animation

Feb 9, 2012

0h 54m

★ 4.2

Overview

ShortsHD is once again bringing the wildly popular Oscar nominated short film program (Live Action, Animation, and Documentary) to theaters in the US, Canada, and Europe beginning February 10th. The theatrical release of the Academy Award nominated short films has met with enthusiastic audiences ever since its launch 6 years ago, giving people around the world an opportunity to see the nominated films prior to the Academy Awards ceremony on February 26th.

Genres

Animation

The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Animation Trailers

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A collaboration of computer-animated films which features new characters and old friends from the award-winning Fox network television series, "The Simpsons" and Dreamworks' feature film "Antz" The saucy, synthetic hostess, Phig, takes the viewers through Cyberworld 3D, a futuristic gallery of wild adventure and spectacular images. Trouble arrives in the form of three unwelcomed guests named Buzzed, Wired and Frazzled who are inadvertently destroying the environment's foundation, forcing Phig into a hilarious battle to save herself and Cyberworld 3D from total annihilation!

7.0

Whaled Women

Jan 1, 2013

SchlopSchlop (SS) and KK are two annoying women who work at the Office of Development in Krabstadt, a small town located in an Arctic region of sorts where the Nordic countries have sent their unwanted people. One day a group of whaled women are stranded on Krabstadt’s shores, and it is now up to KK and SS to deal with the situation.

5.5

The Tocher

Jan 23, 1937

Silhouette fairy tale film about a man who wins his true love with the help of the "wee folk".

6.7

Kiki of Montparnasse

Jul 21, 2012

'Kiki de Montparnasse' was the unwary muse of major avant-garde painters of the early twentieth century. Memorable witness of a flamboyant Montparnasse, she emancipated from her status as a simple model and became a Queen of the Night, a painter, a press cartoonist, a writer and a cabaret singer.

7.8

Shrek

May 18, 2001

It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.

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5.5

Eager

Apr 13, 2014

Traditional clay-mation and stop-motion animated film.

4.2

Fetch!

Oct 26, 2002

A man plays fetch with his dog, only to have both him and his dog mired in a series of optical illusions.

5.0

Galathea

Jan 1, 1935

Pioneer of silhouette animation, Lotte Reiniger, uses this technique in a retelling of the Greek legend in which the sculptor, Pygmalion, brings a statue to life.

5.5

Last Hijack

Apr 24, 2014

Documentary that follows the lives of two pirates and their community on the Somali coastline; what are the incentives of the pirates, why did they become pirates, how did they grow up in a country with political chaos, war and extreme poverty? The narrative structure is built around two interweaving story-lines; one depicting the "present", the daily lives of the pirates and their community, and the second in the "past", revealing through epic animation, the unfolding of a recent hijacking.

8.0

Bring Us Your Women

Feb 27, 2015

Bring Us Your Women is an international anthology dedicated to women and the pursuit of divinity and freedom. The project seeks to tell existing and re-imagined stories of historic and mythical individuals, each presenting a message of humanity that transcends gender and religion.

6.6

Pussy

Nov 13, 2016

A young woman spends the evening alone at home. She decides to give herself a treat, but not everything works out as smoothly as she imagined.

7.9

Persepolis

Jun 27, 2007

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.

7.3

The Prince of Egypt

Dec 16, 1998

The strong bond between two Royal Egyptian brothers is challenged when their chosen responsibilities set them at odds, with extraordinary consequences.

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6.2

Carmen Torero z „Carmen-Suity”

Jul 2, 1996

Utterly astounding, iridescent sand animation from Aleksandra Korejwo based around Bizet's Carmen.

0.0

Fly Mill

Nov 20, 2011

The protagonist is a Miller living in a watermill. He bakes daily bread and raises ducklings whom he wishes one day to set free. But on the field next to his home, hunters go to shoot birds.

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0.0

Angels & Ghosts

Dec 1, 2013

Based on a true story, Angels and Ghosts tells the emotive journey of Amber, a young girl who is on a quest to find her brothers who have disappeared. It's a gripping animated adventure exploring the potent themes of mental health and family bonds. The story, told as a monologue from Amber's perspective, is narrated by Oscar nominated actress Samantha Morton.

0.0

The Lunar Chronicles

Nov 2, 2028

Once upon a time, in the future, Grimm’s heroines and heroes join forces in an epic sci-fi fairy tale that challenges everything we think we know about their stories to reframe how we face an uncertain future with hope.

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0.0

Sous un coin de ciel bleu

Oct 4, 2009

Animaton short by Arnaud Demuynck and Cecilia Marum.

0.0

Spot and Splodge Plottspotting

Sep 27, 2013

Charming bunnies Spot and Splodge are best friends. In their world, everything is spotted and speckled. One of them is covered with spots and the other is covered with dots, but there are dots and spots everywhere! In this movie we watch Spot and Splodge bake delicious things, they visit a circus and try to stand on their ears, they get chickenpox, are dressing up as princesses in a fairytale and are having a disco party.

0.0

Stellar Moves - The Story of Pluto

May 31, 2015

Pluto, an uncoordinated plutoid who loves to dance, begins his quest to become a member of his favorite dance crew, The Planets. Stellar Moves is a senior thesis short film produced at Ringling College of Art and Design.

The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Animation

Overview

Genres

The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Animation Trailers