Nov 19, 2010

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The following thirty-three films have fulfilled the qualifications necessary to be considered in the category of Best Animated Short for 2010 Academy Awards. Members of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will vote on a shortlist of ten films from this list. A second round of voting, also restricted to members of the Short Films and Feature Animation branches, will narrow it down to the five nominees for Best Animated Short Film Oscar. The final vote, which determines the winner, is open to all Academy members provided that they have watched every nominated short. It's a wide open field this year with plenty of newcomers; only three filmmakers among the thirty-three contenders have ever been nominated for an Oscar (Bill Plympton, Tomasz Baginski and Don Hertzfeldt).

A Family PortraitDirector: Joseph PierceGreat Britain, 2010, 4 minLink to filmmaker website

Angry Man (Sinna Mann)Director: Anita KilliNorway, 2009, 20 minLink to filmmaker website

Animated History of PolandDirector: Tomasz BaginskiPoland, 2010, 8 minLink to filmmaker website

Barking Island (Chienne D'Histoire)Director: Serge AvédikianFrance, 2010, 15 minLink to filmmaker website

Coyote FallsDirector: Matthew O'CallaghanUnited States, 2010, 3 minLink to filmmaker website

Danny BoyDirector: Marek SkrobeckiPoland/Switzerland, 2010, 10 minLink to filmmaker website

Day & NightDirector: Teddy NewtonUnited States, 2010, 6 minLink to filmmaker website

Divers in the RainDirector: Priit Pärn, Olga PärnEstonia, 2010, 23 minLink to filmmaker website

Dust Kid (Munjiai)Director: Yumi JungSouth Korea, 2009, 10 min

Inherent Obligations (Kaasuündinud Kohustused)Director: Rao HeidmetsEstonia, 2008, 10 minLink to filmmaker website

Let's PolluteDirector: Geefwee BoedoeUnited States, 2010, 7 minLink to filmmaker website

Lipsett DiariesDirector: Theodore UshevCanada, 2010, 14 minLink to filmmaker website

LoomDirectors: Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck and Csaba LetayatGermany, 2010, 5 minLink to filmmaker website

Madagascar, A Journey Diary (Madagascar, carnet de voyage)Director: Bastien DuboisFrance, 2009, 11:30 minLink to filmmaker website

My Name is MariaDirector: Elio Quiroga RodríguezSpain, 2009, 4 min

The Origin of CreaturesDirector: Floris KaaykThe Netherlands, 2010, 12 minLink to filmmaker website

SensologyDirector: Michel GagnéUnited States, 2010, 6 minLink to filmmaker website

SkylightDirector: David BaasCanada, 2010, 5 minLink to filmmaker website

Stanley PickleDirector: Victoria MatherUnited Kingdom, 2010, 11 minLink to filmmaker website

The American DreamDirectors: Tad Lumpkin, Harold UhlUnited States, 2010, 30 minLink to filmmaker website

The Cow Who Wanted To Be A HamburgerDirector: Bill PlymptonUnited States, 2010, 6 minLink to filmmaker website

The GruffaloDirectors: Jakob Schuh, Max LangGreat Britain, 2010, 27 minLink to filmmaker website

The Incident At Tower 37Director: Chris PerryUnited States, 2010, 10 minLink to filmmaker website

The Krill Is GoneDirector: Jeffery BostUnited States, 2010, 4 minLink to filmmaker website

The Lost ThingDirectors: Andrew Ruhemann, Shaun TanAustralia, 2010, 15 minLink to filmmaker website

The Mouse That SoaredDirector: Kyle T. BellUnited States, 2009, 5:45 minLink to filmmaker website

The Silence Beneath the Bark (Le Silence Sous L'ecorce)Director: Joanna LurieFrance, 2009, 11 minLink to filmmaker website

Tick Tock TaleDirector: Dean WellinsUnited States, 2010, 6 minLink to filmmaker website

To Swallow A ToadDirector: Jurgis KrasonsLatvia, 2010, 10 minLink to filmmaker website

UrsDirector: Moritz MayerhoferGermany, 2009 10 minLink to filmmaker website

Wisdom TeethDirector: Don HertzfeldtUnited States, 2010, 5 minLink to filmmaker website

The Wonder HospitalDirector: Beomsik Shimbe ShimSouth Korea, 2010, 12 minLink to filmmaker website

ZeroDirector: Chris KezelosAustralia, 2010, 13 minLink to filmmaker website