Ten animated short films advance in 2014 Oscar race

PanARMENIAN.Net - Ten short animated films have advanced in the 2014 Oscar race, the Academy announced on Thursday, Nov 6. 58 pictures had originally qualified, and up to five films will be officially selected for the category, Variety reported.

The list is as follows: “The Bigger Picture,” Daisy Jacobs, director, and Christopher Hees, producer (National Film and Television School) “Coda,” Alan Holly, director (And Maps And Plans) “The Dam Keeper,” Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi, directors (Tonko House) “Duet,” Glen Keane, director (Glen Keane Productions & ATAP) “Feast,” Patrick Osborne, director, and Kristina Reed, producer (Walt Disney Animation Studios) “Footprints,” Bill Plympton, director (Bill Plympton Studio) “Me and My Moulton,” Torill Kove, director (Mikrofilm in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada) “The Numberlys,” William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, directors (Moonbot Studios) “A Single Life,” Joris Oprins, director (Job, Joris & Marieke) “Symphony No. 42,” Réka Bucsi, director (Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest)