The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Animation
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.
William Joyce
Brandon Oldenburg
Patrick Doyon
Amanda Forbis
Wendy Tilby
Grant Orchard
David Baas
Serguei Kouchnerov
Alister Lockhart
Sam Chen
Patrick Sarell
Casts & Crew
Also Directed by Brandon Oldenburg
In this chilling and lyrical reinterpretation of Edgar Allan Poe's poem, a narrator mourning the loss of his love, Lenore, wavers on the brink of insanity. Perhaps hallucinating - or not - he sees a mysterious raven, whispering, 'nevermore.'
Taking Flight is a short film inspired by the life and heritage of Antonio Pasin, inventor of the Radio Flyer wagon. In this fictional tribute to Pasin's legacy, what begins as a small boy's over-scheduled, over supervised, boring day with Grandpa turns into a larger-than-life journey, narrowly escaping wild monkeys and battling aliens to save the universe. Through the power of imagination and epic adventure, a boy learns to be a kid, a father learns to be a dad, a grandpa reminds all of us what childhood is all about.
The scarecrow gradually finds out the truth behind the so-called 100% natural meals that people eat every day and decides to start a small business with the vegetables in his garden so that people see what real food is like.
A duo of street performers learns how sound and picture work together to create amazing cinema experiences.
After a hurricane levels his city, a young man wanders into a mysterious library where books literally come to life.
After crash landing on a desolate planet, a lone space explorer must find a way to make her new home habitable. Using innovation, grit and courage, she casts out the darkness in this new land.
The Numberlys is an epic homage to Fritz Lang's Metropolis, but for kids. Friends 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 live in a world where there is no alphabet - only numbers. One day, they decide they want something different from their orderly, black-and-white world. They set out to create each letter of the alphabet and bring color, creativity and jellybeans to their world.
Also Directed by Patrick Doyon
An imaginative boy suffers the stifling ordinariness of his family's weekly Sunday ritual.
In this short animated film a robot rambles about frenetically, receiving countless electronic messages through his antenna every second. Despite his fatigue and stress, he never slows down. The only thing that might bring his frantic journey to an end is a traffic accident.
Also Directed by Amanda Forbis
A rooster has his last biscuit for breakfast and goes grocery shopping. A pig prepares her breakfast (potato peelings, with the potatoes thrown in the trash) and discovers she needs more milk. Their paths cross, a lemon falls into the sewer, and both lives are changed.
An English dreamer experiences both the beauty and harshness of nature when he relocates to the Canadian prairie.
The Flying Sailor is based on the Halifax explosion of 1917 when two ships collided in the Halifax Harbour causing the largest accidental explosion in history. Among the tragic stories of the disaster is the remarkable account of a sailor who, blown skyward from the deck of a British cargo steamer, flew 4 km before landing completely unharmed, but naked except for his boots.
Experimental film by Amanda Forbis.
Also Directed by Wendy Tilby
A rooster has his last biscuit for breakfast and goes grocery shopping. A pig prepares her breakfast (potato peelings, with the potatoes thrown in the trash) and discovers she needs more milk. Their paths cross, a lemon falls into the sewer, and both lives are changed.
An English dreamer experiences both the beauty and harshness of nature when he relocates to the Canadian prairie.
The Flying Sailor is based on the Halifax explosion of 1917 when two ships collided in the Halifax Harbour causing the largest accidental explosion in history. Among the tragic stories of the disaster is the remarkable account of a sailor who, blown skyward from the deck of a British cargo steamer, flew 4 km before landing completely unharmed, but naked except for his boots.
Wendy Tilby's Tables of Content was her graduation film from the Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver in 1986. The movie transports one into another era, an earlier age of gentility and reticence, set in a rather stuffy restaurant during the day.
This film explores the distant relationship between an elderly amateur musician, the woman who lives in the apartment above him and the leaky bathtub that is bothering them both.
Also Directed by Grant Orchard
Two rival armies, camouflaged, lying in wait, guns at the ready.
The 8th Love Sport short film.
A short film on a small scale about the beautiful game, from director Grant Orchard. A precursor to the LOVESPORT films.
The 10th Love Sport short film.
The 9th Love Sport short film.
In three distinct eras, a man walking down the street has an unexpected encounter with a chicken.
In ‘Hey Duggee: The Super Squirrel Badge & Other Stories’ we follow Duggee and his buddies from the Squirrel Club as they learn about teamwork, responsibility, solving problems and helping each other. In each of the ten episodes the club members go on a different adventure and earn a new badge to take home.
The 7th Love Sport short film.
The 4th Love Sport short film.
The 3rd Love Sport short film.
Also Directed by David Baas
A mock educational film demonstrates the threat penguins face due to the hole in the ozone layer.
Cinders and ashes...there's trouble on the tracks for Thomas and his friends! The Troublesome Trucks delight in causing chaos for Thomas, as Annie, Clarabel and Toad encounter unexpected high-speed adventures. Oily Diesel gives Paxton a fright, while Salty's spooky story has the engines running scared. All Aboard for fun and exciting escapades with Thomas & Friends!
Also Directed by Serguei Kouchnerov
Machines working on different energy sources see their fortunes fluctuate depending on their proximity to a giant cloud.
Short film taking place during the events of Despicable Me 3 (2017).
Also Directed by Alister Lockhart
An animated road-movie set across the vast and barren landscape of Australia's Nullarbor Plain.
Also Directed by Sam Chen
An exceptionally moving portrayal of the work of sculptor Alberto Giacometti, whose work with wire and clay figures in his Paris studio is shown at two different points in his life: once when his obsession with perfection leads to a terrible dream and later, when his chronic smoking causes his death and he receives a special benediction from his creations.
In the dangerous world of the Amazon Rainforest, finding a meal proves to be an impossible task for a little treefrog named Bounce. His luck changes when he meets Biggy, a blue-bellied treefrog who takes him under his guidance and shows him the ways of the jungle in this animated journey set to Beethoven's Symphony No. 8.