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The Academy has announced the ten finalists for the Best Animated Short Film category at this year’s Oscars. Below is the press release. The only shock is the surprising omission of the much maligned Frozen short that ran before Coco. Disney/Pixar is still represented here by Lou, the creative short that ran ahead of Cars 3. I’m sure it will likely be nominated.

10 ANIMATED SHORTS ADVANCE IN 2017 OSCARยฎ RACE

LOS ANGELES, CA โ€“ The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 90th Academy Awardsยฎ. Sixty-three pictures had originally qualified in the category.

The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:

โ€œCradle,โ€ Devon Manney, director (University of Southern California)
โ€œDear Basketball,โ€ Glen Keane, director, and Kobe Bryant, writer (Glen Keane Productions)
โ€œFox and the Whale,โ€ Robin Joseph, director (Robin Joseph)
โ€œGarden Party,โ€ Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon, directors (MOPA)
โ€œIn a Heartbeat,โ€ Esteban Bravo and Beth David, directors (Ringling College of Art and Design)
โ€œLife Smartphone,โ€ Chenglin Xie, director (China Central Academy of Fine Arts)
โ€œLost Property Office,โ€ Daniel Agdag, director, and Liz Kearney, producer (8th in Line)
โ€œLou,โ€ Dave Mullins, director, and Dana Murray, producer (Pixar Animation Studios)
โ€œNegative Space,โ€ Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, directors (Ikki Films)
โ€œRevolting Rhymes,โ€ Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer, directors (Magic Light Pictures)

Members of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch viewed all the eligible entries for the preliminary round of voting.

Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members will now select five nominees from among the 10 titles on the shortlist. Branch screenings will be held in Los Angeles, London, New York and San Francisco in January.
Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.

The 90th Oscarsยฎ will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatreยฎ at Hollywood & Highland Centerยฎ
in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscars also will be televised live in
more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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