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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced the 10 contenders for winning an 2011 Oscar in both the animated and live-action short films categories.
In the animated category the nominees are:
- "Day & Night", dir. Teddy Newton (Pixar)
- "Coyote Falls", dir. Matthew O'Callaghan (Warner Bros. Animation)
- "Sensology", dir. Michel Gagne
- "The Gruffalo", dir. Jakob Schuh, Max Lang
- "The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger", dir. Bill Plympton
- "Let's Pollute", dir. Geefwee Boedoe
- "The Lost Thing", dir. Shaun Tan, Andrew Ruhemann
- "Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage", dir. Bastien Dubois
- "The Silence Beneath the Bark", dir. Joanna Lurie
- "Urs", dir. Moritz Mayerhofer
In the live-action category the nominees are:
- "Seeds of the Fall", dir. Patrik Eklund, Mathias Fjellstrom
- "The Confession", dir. Tanel Toom
- "God of Love", dir. Luke Matheny
- "Ana's Playground", dir. Eric D. Howell
- "Sma Barn, Stora Ord", dir. Lisa James Larsson, Andreas Emanuelsson
- "Wish 143", dir. Ian Barnes, Samantha Waite
- "The Six Dollar Fifty Man", dir. Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland
- "The Crush", dir. Michael Creagh
- "Shoe", dir. Nick Kelly, Seamus Byrne
- "Na Wewe", dir. Ivan Goldschmidt
What happens next is that three to five nominees will be shortlisted and be in the running for their respective Oscar categories. These final contenders will be revealed when all the 83rd Oscar nominees are announced the morning of January 25. The winners will be announced February 27, 2011.
-The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
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