By Patrick Shanley
Managing Editor
While the Oscar’s best animated feature category has only existed since 2001, the award for best animated short has been presented since 1932. This year five short films from all across the globe are competing in the category.
With the exception of Pixar’s Sanjay’s Super Team, which accompanied the studio’s feature length film, The Good Dinosaur last year, most Oscar fans filling out their scorecards likely haven’t seen this year’s competitors for best animated short. Here’s a breakdown of all five films competing and which one may just have the edge.
Prologue: A highly stylized short centered on an intense, and brutally violent, struggle between four warriors, witnessed by a young girl. The short comes from the United Kingdom and was directed by two-time Oscar winner, Richard Williams, who won the best animated short Oscar in 1973 for A Christmas Carol.
Managing Editor
While the Oscar’s best animated feature category has only existed since 2001, the award for best animated short has been presented since 1932. This year five short films from all across the globe are competing in the category.
With the exception of Pixar’s Sanjay’s Super Team, which accompanied the studio’s feature length film, The Good Dinosaur last year, most Oscar fans filling out their scorecards likely haven’t seen this year’s competitors for best animated short. Here’s a breakdown of all five films competing and which one may just have the edge.
Prologue: A highly stylized short centered on an intense, and brutally violent, struggle between four warriors, witnessed by a young girl. The short comes from the United Kingdom and was directed by two-time Oscar winner, Richard Williams, who won the best animated short Oscar in 1973 for A Christmas Carol.
- 2/12/2016
- by Patrick Shanley
- Scott Feinberg
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