Press Release from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting
process for the 83rd Academy Awards. Thirty-three pictures had
originally qualified in the category. The 10 films are listed below in
alphabetical order by title, with their production company:
* "The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger," Bill Plympton, director (Bill
Plympton Studio)
* "Coyote Falls," Matthew O'Callaghan, director and Sam Register,
executive producer (Warner Bros. Animation Inc.)
* "Day & Night," Teddy Newton, director (Pixar Animation Studios)
* "The Gruffalo," Jakob Schuh and Max Lang, directors (Magic Light
Pictures)
* "Let's Pollute," Geefwee Boedoe, story-design-animation (Geefwee
Boedoe)
* "The Lost Thing," Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann, directors (Passion
Pictures Australia)
* "Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)," Bastien
Dubois, director (Sacrebleu Productions)
* "Sensology," Michel Gagne, director-producer (GAGNE International LLC)
* "The Silence beneath the Bark," Joanna Lurie, director (Lardux Films)
* "Urs," Moritz Mayerhofer, director (Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg)
The Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Reviewing Committee viewed
all the eligible entries for the preliminary round of voting in
screenings held in New York and Los Angeles.
Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members will now select three
to five nominees from among the 10 titles on the shortlist. Branch
screenings will be held in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in
January 2011.
The 83rd Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday,
January 25, 2011, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn
Theater.
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