Today, I am continuing my Oscars series and ranking the nominated animated short films. As always, these are the short films easiest to view online. I feel like it would be a good idea for ALL the short film producers to consider making them more easily available since the pre-Oscars time might be the time people are most interested in short films. Oh well.
5. Sister
I feel like all of the short films this year are quite good and I could probably swap Sister with number 4 or 3 easily. But something had to be last. This is a story of a brother-sister relationship – with a twist! The twist is really what it is all about so I will not say much more.
4. Mémorable
Once again the animated short film creators tackle the subject of aging. Mémorable is a touching portrayal of an older man with some interesting technique choices.
3. Dcera
I could just repeat what I just said about Mémorable, just change the title and „aging” to „parent-child relationship”. A beautiful and sad little film.
2. Hair Love
Hair Love made me roll my eyes at first, because OF COURSE it was necessary to show the father as the one who has no idea how to take care of his daughter’s hair, but it won me over fairly quickly. A true tearjerker and so, so sweet.
1. Kitbull
Look. I am not happy about putting a Pixar film at the top of the list either. Especially since I already gave the top spot to Disney in the Original Song category. But Kitbull made me genuinely weep and as someone who lives with both a cat and a dog, I was truly impressed by the attention to detail in animating the animals (especially since they are not exactly drawn realistically). I could choose an independent artistic achievement here but it would not be genuine since Kitbull is the one I liked most.
Swingin' at the Seance 