Friday, April 9, 2021

Nominees for the 2021 Academy Awards in the category of Best Short Film (Animated), presented as one program (Estimated Running Time: 94 minutes): BURROW – Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat (USA, 6 min.) GENIUS LOCI – Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise (France, 16 min.) IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU – Will McCormack and Michael Govier (USA, 12 min.) OPERA – Erick Oh (USA, 9 min.) YES-PEOPLE – Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson (Iceland, 8 min.) Plus a Selection of Animated Shorts (from the shortlist): THE SNAIL AND THE WHALE (UK/Germany, 26 min.) KAPAEMAHU (USA, 7 min.) TO GERARD (USA, 8 min.)