2025 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation

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Since 2006, ShortsTV has proudly brought the Oscar® Nominated Short Films to audiences across the globe. This special release features the year's most spectacular short films and is available to watch on the big screen for a limited time shortly after nominations are announced. Each nominee is released in one of three distinct feature-length compilations according to their category of nomination: Live Action, Animation, or Documentary. The theatrical release of the nominated short films is the world's largest commercial release of short films, delighting audiences and giving filmmakers an unprecedented opportunity to entertain short film fans. In recent years, the Oscar® Nominated Short Films have been released in over 700 theaters across the US and Canada, garnering reviews in every major news outlet, from The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and Deadline to The New York Times. The films have also been released annually in a growing number of theaters around the world, including the UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, India, South Africa, Mexico, Chile, China, and Australia, among others, making it a truly international release. We at ShortsTV believe the nominees are the absolute leading edge of what is the world's very best in short film and the true future of filmmaking, especially if you believe that the future of filmmaking is short film... and we do!

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Peter Debruge

Variety

03/04/2025

This year’s program is fairly unique in that there are no glossy, Hollywood-made contenders in the mix, which makes for a broad-ranging survey of what independent artists are doing with the medium at the moment.

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

Jul 6

3.5/4

Wander to Wonder is the best of this program while Magic Candies is easily the weakest.

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Patrick McDonald

WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)

03/01/2025

5/5

In this golden age of animation, where the subjects are expanding and the stakes are getting more enlarged, all are worthy. The best was MAGIC CANDIES from Japan, because of its wit and the hilarity of a dog talking in a strange-toned Japanese. Good boy!

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Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Hammer to Nail

02/21/2025

My favorite among the animated shorts is Daisuke Nishio’s "Magic Candies," which delivers on its titular promise with a glorious swirl of confectionery spells.

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Jared Mobarak

The Film Stage

02/14/2025

Reviews of all five Animated Oscar Short nominees.

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Al Alexander

Movies Thru the Spectrum

02/14/2025

B

There’s nothing particularly exceptional about this year’s contenders for Best Animated Short, but all of them are worth seeing, whether for the artistry or simply fine storytelling.

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Carol R

2d

These animated short films were engrossing, and I’m glad an extra short was included. My favorite was “Butterfly” (Papillon).

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Julie

2d

Unique and liked the format of short films.

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Paul

Mar 3

Butterfly was very sad.

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Brian B

Feb 28

Love the chance to see these in a theater, they're so varied and great and different ways

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christine f

Feb 24

Wonderful and touching movies

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Anne v

Feb 22

Sorry to be a downer on these, but is was very disappointing. Story lines very extremely weak and animations poorly done. We usually try and get to see these shorts prior to Oscars, and this year is even more disappointing than previous years. Quality is on a fast track of a downwards spiral!

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Since 2006, ShortsTV has proudly brought the Oscar® Nominated Short Films to audiences across the globe. This special release features the year's most spectacular short films and is available to watch on the big screen for a limited time shortly after nominations are announced. Each nominee is released in one of three distinct feature-length compilations according to their category of nomination: Live Action, Animation, or Documentary. The theatrical release of the nominated short films is the world's largest commercial release of short films, delighting audiences and giving filmmakers an unprecedented opportunity to entertain short film fans. In recent years, the Oscar® Nominated Short Films have been released in over 700 theaters across the US and Canada, garnering reviews in every major news outlet, from The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and Deadline to The New York Times. The films have also been released annually in a growing number of theaters around the world, including the UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, India, South Africa, Mexico, Chile, China, and Australia, among others, making it a truly international release. We at ShortsTV believe the nominees are the absolute leading edge of what is the world's very best in short film and the true future of filmmaking, especially if you believe that the future of filmmaking is short film... and we do!

Director: Nicolas Keppens, Hossein Molayemi, Shirin Sohani, Daisuke Nishio, Nina Gantz, Loïc Espuche
Distributor: ShortsTV
Genre: Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 14, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 28m