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**Award Winning** CGI 3D Animated Short Film:  "Dustin"  - by The Dustin Team | TheCGBros

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Historic origin of animation - (Stop motion)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Harryhausen

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Ant-Man Opening Scene (De-Aged Michael Douglas)

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The humble gif is turning 30. The multi-purpose bitmap image format has established itself as part of internet culture, so much so that people have almost stopped arguing over how it is pronounced (overwhelmingly it is with a hard g, although the inventor of the format says he meant for it to be a soft g).

The gif, or graphics interchange format, was created by programmer Steve Wilhite, who longed for an image format that could be used across different computer platforms. At the time, in 1987, this included the likes of Atari, Apple and IBM. Plus modem speeds were slow and images took a long ... time ... to ... load.

In the beginning, gifs on the internet were mostly used as design accents for websites, before their current widespread use as the internet currency for expressions and feelings - so-called "reaction gifs". Indeed, gifs are part of the online trend for expressing ourselves without proper words, alongside emoticons, emojis and abbreviations. The cry-laugh emoji was named Oxford Dictionaries' US 'word' of the year in 2015, but "gif" took this honour in 2012.

Meanwhile, Facebook added gifs to Messenger in 2015, and to celebrate the big 3-o will add them to comments. Even Twitter, which is well known for introducing features absolutely nobody wants, surprised us all by adding the in-platform gif function in 2016. Gif keyboards are also now common, with Apple adding one to Messages in iOS 10 and Google's Gboard launched with gif support in 2016. The expansion in web-based, app and downloadable gif editors means many more people are making their own gifs too, with pre-existing ones catalogued in online repositories such as Giphy.

So, where does the gif go from here? Well, there have been some pretty darn creative innovations in the format to the point it is becoming a legitimate art medium in its own right, with IRL exhibitions and everything. In honour of the gif's exit from its heady 20s, here are some iconic examples (and some personal favourites):

Deal with it

Deal-with-it gifs have been around a long time, and are now so popular that list pieces have collated the best ones. They usually consist of a pair of pixelated sunglasses dropping onto a nonchalant character imploring the viewer to, well, "deal with it". The first use was a version with an animated dog back in 2010 on the site Dump.fm. But I am particularly fond of the Ferris Bueller inspired version above.

Dancing baby

Dancing baby was born way back in 1996 by two animators at a video games company. A fellow worker at LucasArts emailed a video of the animation around the office and, boom, the baby became a phenomenon via email chains. It even appeared in the late-90s legal drama Ally McBeal as one of the neurotic McBeal's recurring hallucinations.

Michael Jackson eating popcorn

The popcorn-eating trope is a well known reaction to observing a good old online argument or Twitter beef. Fortunately, there are many popcorn-eating gifs. Unfortunately, virtually everyone on Twitter chooses the first available on its gif menu, which is the Jackson version (taken from his video for Thriller). Second most popular is Jon Stewart eating popcorn.

Dumpster fire

"Dumpster fire", shorthand for complete disaster, is truly a term for our times. In particular, a gif of a dumpster fire in Los Angeles was wildly shared in the run-up to Donald Trump winning the 2016 election. Another popular fire-themed reaction gif is a scene from Community in which Donald Glover arrives, pizza in hand, at a burning apartment.

David Bowie's ch-ch-changes

Helen Green is aBritish illustrator, and in 2016 went viral with her gif featuring drawings of every single one of Bowie's hairstyles from 1964-2014.

Basically all cinemagraphs

One of the most beautiful gif forms is the cinemagraph, which features a single animated element in an otherwise static shot. There are way too many examples, from traffic moving along New York streets to milk being poured into coffee, but all of them are transfixing.

Thieving raccoon

One of my all time favourites is the cunning raccoon stealing food from underneath the noses of two cats before scampering away. This cat-burglar was popularised circa 2013 on social sites Imgur and Reddit, where it took off on r/AnimalsBeingJerks. Of course people have had fun with it, adding their own narrations. It still raises a smile.

Please allow us to appreciate your favourite, weirdest or funniest gifs below.

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Gifs: 30 years of reactions, dancing babies and popcorn

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The humble gif is turning 30. The multi-purpose bitmap image format has established itself as part of internet culture, so much so that people have almost stopped arguing over how it is pronounced (overwhelmingly it is with a hard g, although the inventor of the format says he meant for it to be a soft g).

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STICK MAN Repository - download .STK files

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STICK MAN Repository - download .STK files

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Welcome to the Stk section. Here you'll find the largest database of quality sticks on the web. Each one is hand chosen to live up to our standards. If you want to share a stick of your own here, go ahead and donate it . We will review it shortly after.

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A competition was held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Pivot animator and the release of Pivot v4. Nine winners were chosen. All animations were created using Pivot v4, which you can download below. Watch in HD for best quality. http://pivotanimator.net or visit the Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pivotanimatorofficial

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Film Before Film - Phenakistoscope, Zootrope, Praxinoscope

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Flipbook Gangnam Style -vs- Psy Gangnam Style.  AMAZING!

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I simply edited Etolec's original animation so the song and MV would fit. Original animation by: Etoilec1 (no sound) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU9MAsNUdIE Disclaimer: I do not claim to own any part of this video.

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Race Horse First Film Ever 1878 Eadweard Muybridge

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This Race Horse was the first Film ever, filmed in 1878 by Edward Muybridge. Eadweard J. Muybridge (pronounced /ˌɛdwərd ˈmaɪbrɪdʒ/; 9 April 1830 -- 8 May 1904) was an English photographer who spent much of his life in the United States.

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10 Movies That Look Nothing Like You'd Expect Before CGI

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The Polar Express_Behind the Scenes watch Toms Hanks commit to 4 characters in The Polar Express!

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I made this tutorial for a presentation I gave a while back about animation. I might do a couple more if there are any requests. Music by: Kazmo - Headlock [RMX]

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Alice in Wonderland Behind The Scenes - Kathryn Beaumont (1951) - Disney Animated Movie HD

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Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6h Subscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUn Subscribe to EXTRAS: http://bit.ly/1u431fr Like us on FACEBOOK: http://goo.gl/dHs73 Follow us on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/1ghOWmt Alice in Wonderland Behind The Scenes - Kathryn Beaumont (1951) - Disney Animated Movie HD Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home?

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EXCLUSIVE: Behind-the-Scenes of Disney's 'Snow White' Shows Just How Detailed Those Dwarfs Are

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What is Persistence of Vision? (Mr. Wizard)

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The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer (1984) - trecho

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O filme é estruturado como uma série de pequenas lições sobre a percepção, ensinadas por uma miniatura que simula o célebre animador tcheco Jan Svankmajer. Cada um dos nove segmentos ou capítulos do filme se refere à variada importância dos objetos no trabalho de Jan Svankmajer.

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Available on DVD through www.umbrellaent.com.au One of cinema's most admired and influential special-effects gurus, legendary movie magician Ray Harryhausen has enthralled film goers with his wild and creative visions, with over 60 years of groundbreaking screen wizardry under his belt.

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1935-1937 Len Lye - "Kaleidoscope" + "A Colour Box" + "Colour Flight" (highlights mix)

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John Lasseter - A Day in a Life - Full Length Documentary

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Order here: http://di.sn/F5 Cars 2 now available on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, Blu-ray™ 3D, DVD and Movie Download Become a fan of Cars on Facebook: http://facebook.com/PixarCars Official Cars 2 Website: http://www.disney.com/Cars

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Leffe presents: SLOW TIME - Quay Brothers

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Excerpt from SLOW TIME, featuring The Quay Brothers. SLOW TIME presents snapshots of six unique artists and artisans, each with a unique relationship to time. In an ever-accelerating world, meet microsculptor Willard Wigan, experimental charcuterist Adrienne Treeby, astrophotographer Pete Lawrence, artist Susan Derges and animators The Quay Brothers, all of whom invite us to rediscover time, in a film by Gary Tarn.

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Behind the Scenes Next Generation | Imagination Studios | Cartoon Network

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Check out what it's like to create, write and draw for Cartoon Network Subscribe to the Cartoon Network Africa YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CartoonNetworkAfrica Find great Cartoon Network iOS games apps at the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/za/artist/cartoon-network/id300726272?mt=8 Visit Google Play to get great Cartoon Network apps for Android devices: https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Cartoon+Network Welcome to the official Cartoon Network Africa YouTube channel.

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Rick and Morty Behind the Scenes Studio Tour Without the host

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Aaron McGruder on The Boondocks: Cast, Characters, Cartoon, Quotes, Comic Strip (1999)

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The Boondocks was a daily syndicated comic strip written and originally drawn by Aaron McGruder that ran from 1996 to 2006. His books: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&tag=ub066-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=160270564a0ef182cd900d8ef0fc5b94&camp=1789&creative=9325&index=books&keywords=Aaron%20McGruder Created by McGruder in 1996 for Hitlist.com, an early online music website, it was printed in the monthly hip hop magazine The Source in 1997.

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Adult Swim - The History of a Television Empire

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A look at the network that gave great artists a place to explore. Support this channel at https://www.patreon.com/kaptainkristian Follow me at https://twitter.com/kaptainkristian Music by: Eris [beatmasta.oknd] Flying Lotus Richie Branson

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If you've seen Sleeping Beauty, The Jungle Book or the Toy Story movies, you've seen the work of animator Floyd Norman; for decades, he has helped bring Disney and Pixar classics to life.

Now 81, Norman still works for Disney, where he has plied his trade, on and off, since he became the studio's first African-American animator in the 1950s.

Norman's love of art began long before his Disney job, as he reveals in a new documentary, An Animated Life. "Any empty surface was a blank canvas for me," he says. His mother was constantly scrubbing scribbles off the walls. "I was drawing on everything," he recalls.

Norman grew up in Santa Barbara, Calif., a place that, he says, sheltered him from much of the racial tension and segregation of the time. He tells NPR's David Greene he experienced no racism - "none whatsoever."

"We lived in a Pacific paradise," he says. "I didn't know it at the time, but my experience as a child was probably a good deal different from many, many people. We had access to everything - good schools, concert, theater."

Thanks to that upbringing, it never occurred to Norman that he couldn't apply for a job as a Disney animator.

"I think the thought just never occurred to a lot of young black talent to apply for a job in the film industry," he says. "And it wasn't just Walt Disney. I'm sure the same thing happened at other film studios as well. There was a perception that opportunities were not available for people of color."

So he applied, and in the mid-1950s he became Disney's first black animator. Many saw that as a big deal - but not Norman.

"There were about half dozen of us came to work at Disney that same week," he says. "We came from different parts of the country. We were all from different backgrounds. ... We were Asian, we were Latino, we were black, we were white. Nobody thought about that because that was not the issue at hand. Nobody thought of themselves as being a trailblazer for their race or their group. We were just a bunch of young kids looking for a job."

Still, many have accused Walt Disney and his studio of making racist films, often lampooning minority groups, including African-Americans. Norman downplays that view.

"There just wasn't the same sensitivity there as we have today," he says. "A lot of this happened, it's unfortunate, but that was just the times in which we lived. I don't think we should go back and try to erase the past. This was part of our history, this is part of what happened, and so we should be able to deal with that."

Norman also worked on the animated series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, which aired in the 1970s and '80s. It was based around Bill Cosby's memories of growing up in Philadelphia and featured a cast of African-American characters.

"Keep in mind that Bill Cosby, who created Fat Albert, was simply reflecting on his childhood ..." Norman says. "It was just making fun of ourselves and there's nothing wrong with that ... I think when others do it, it might be viewed as insensitive, but I see nothing wrong with poking fun at yourself, and as a cartoonist that's what I do every day.

When Norman turned 65, he says Disney tried to force him to retire, but he wouldn't have it. "I wanted to continue to work," he says. "You see, creative people don't hang it up. We don't walk away, we don't want to sit in a lawn chair, we don't want to go out and play golf, we don't want to travel the world. We want to continue to work."

And so he did - given the opportunity to contribute as a freelancer, Norman found his way back into the studio. Most freelancers work at home and only come into the office once the job is complete, but not Norman.

"I decided I didn't want to work at home," he says. "I missed the camaraderie of the big studio. I missed talking to people. I miss being around the action. And so ... I found an empty office and I moved in. I was probably in violation of some rule or law or whatever, but there I was."

He continued to work in the office, and his colleagues affectionately coined the term "Floydering" - it rhymes with loitering - in his honor.

Norman - who has met and worked with Tom Hanks - has been compared to Hanks' famous character, Forrest Gump. Norman says it's not so far off:

"Forrest was the guy who just sort of showed up everywhere," he says. "So a lot of people have looked at me when it came to the animation business where I was the guy ... just popping up all over the place. That's because I love this business, and I never wanted to be apart from it."

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At 81, Disney's First African-American Animator Is Still In The Studio

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If you've seen Sleeping Beauty, The Jungle Book or the Toy Story movies, you've seen the work of animator Floyd Norman; for decades, he has helped bring Disney and Pixar classics to life. Now 81, Norman still works for Disney, where he has plied his trade, on and off, since he became the studio's first African-American animator in the 1950s.

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The Beeb's 1994 documentary on the manga and anime phenomenon that was just starting to hit the UK at the time, and its origins in Japan. Presented by Jonathan Ross.

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Today on Let's Read! We explore the fidelity and realism found within the stunning animation style of Rotoscoping Let's Read! does not own the rights to the film clips used in this video and does not wish to monetize third party content, but only to promote demonstrated content.

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How To Make A Simple Animation in Photoshop CC

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Easy Method of Creating Animation Scene in PowerPoint 2016 / 2019 Tutorial

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Working with Green Screen in Premiere Pro CC

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Green Screen in Premiere Pro - How to make an Animation

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So you want to work in animation - but what should your next steps be? Do you need to have studied animation? What should you put in your showreel? And how can you find paid work?

Watch the video to see Britain's leading animators, including Aardman co-founder Peter Lord (Chicken Run, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!), Oscar-nominated animator Joanna Quinn and BAFTA nominee Marcus Armitage offer their tips, and take a look at some of the resources to find out what you need to do to enter a career in animation.

The BFI Film Academy - specialist residential programme focuses on the complete craft and workflow of different specialisms - including animation - with leading industry professionals delivering masterclasses and practical skills training. Participants will also receive bespoke careers advice. Applications will re-open in 2016.

Useful resources
bfi.org.uk/filmacademyspecialist animateprojects.org britishanimationawards.com encounters-festival.org.uk creativeskillset.org

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BFI Film Academy: How do I become an animator?

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So you want to work in animation - but what should your next steps be? Do you need to have studied animation? What should you put in your showreel? And how can you find paid work? Watch the video to see Britain's leading animators, including Aardman co-founder Peter Lord (Chicken Run, The Pirates!

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I AM SO PROUD OF YOU [opening] - by DON HERTZFELDT

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2010 Oscar winning animation made from Logos

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Logorama - Oscar Winning Animation by H5 - Alaux, de Crécy, Houplain - France

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The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year 1931-32, to the present.

From 1932 until 1970, the category was known as Short Subjects, Cartoons; and from 1971 to 1973 as Short Subjects, Animated Films. The present title began with the 46th Awards in 1974. During the first 5 decades of the award's existence, awards were presented to the producers of the shorts. Current Academy rules, however, call for the award to be presented to "the individual person most directly responsible for the concept and the creative execution of the film." Moreover, "[i]n the event that more than one individual has been directly and importantly involved in creative decisions, a second statuette may be awarded."

Only American films were nominated for the award until the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) won with The Romance of Transportation in Canada in 1952. (The first non-English-language international short to win was Zagreb Film's Ersatz (The Substitute) in 1961.)

The first film to win in this category was Flowers and Trees by Walt Disney, who has since held the category's record for most nominations (39) and most wins (12). MGM's Tom and Jerry (1940-67) is the category's most lauded animated series over all, being nominated for a total of 13 Oscars and winning 7. Warner Bros.'s Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series also had a big amount of 16 Oscar nominations and winning 5. Among international studios, the NFB has the most wins in this category, with 6 Oscars. The biggest showing from Britain in this category is Nick Park, with three wins: 1 for Creature Comforts and 2 for the Wallace and Gromit series.

The Academy defines as being "not more than 40 minutes, including all credits." Ten films are shortlisted before nominations are announced. In the listings below, the title shown in boldface was the winner of the award in that given year, followed by the other nominees for that year.

All bars that are highlighted yellow were winners-with the title and name shown in boldface.

For this Academy Award category, the following superlatives emerge:

The following is a list of animation studios or animators that earned multiple nominations and awards in this category.

Animation historian Jerry Beck posted, on Cartoon Research, lists of animated shorts from various studios considered for nomination beginning with 1948-as documents prior could not be located-and ending so far with 1986.

Between the years 1948 to 1986, the following documentions were also missing: 1949, 1950, 1976, 1981, 1982 and 1985.

2009-present

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Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film - Wikipedia

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The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year 1931-32, to the present.

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The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year 1931-32, to the present.

From 1932 until 1970, the category was known as Short Subjects, Cartoons; and from 1971 to 1973 as Short Subjects, Animated Films. The present title began with the 46th Awards in 1974. During the first 5 decades of the award's existence, awards were presented to the producers of the shorts. Current Academy rules, however, call for the award to be presented to "the individual person most directly responsible for the concept and the creative execution of the film." Moreover, "[i]n the event that more than one individual has been directly and importantly involved in creative decisions, a second statuette may be awarded."

Only American films were nominated for the award until the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) won with The Romance of Transportation in Canada in 1952. (The first non-English-language international short to win was Zagreb Film's Ersatz (The Substitute) in 1961.)

The first film to win in this category was Flowers and Trees by Walt Disney, who has since held the category's record for most nominations (39) and most wins (12). MGM's Tom and Jerry (1940-67) is the category's most lauded animated series over all, being nominated for a total of 13 Oscars and winning 7. Warner Bros.'s Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series also had a big amount of 16 Oscar nominations and winning 5. Among international studios, the NFB has the most wins in this category, with 6 Oscars. The biggest showing from Britain in this category is Nick Park, with three wins: 1 for Creature Comforts and 2 for the Wallace and Gromit series.

The Academy defines as being "not more than 40 minutes, including all credits." Ten films are shortlisted before nominations are announced. In the listings below, the title shown in boldface was the winner of the award in that given year, followed by the other nominees for that year.

All bars that are highlighted yellow were winners-with the title and name shown in boldface.

For this Academy Award category, the following superlatives emerge:

The following is a list of animation studios or animators that earned multiple nominations and awards in this category.

Animation historian Jerry Beck posted, on Cartoon Research, lists of animated shorts from various studios considered for nomination beginning with 1948-as documents prior could not be located-and ending so far with 1986.

Between the years 1948 to 1986, the following documentions were also missing: 1949, 1950, 1976, 1981, 1982 and 1985.

2009-present

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I recently heard someone quip that proposals to cut the Academy Awards are tantamount to suggesting that the NFL trim down the Super Bowl. Certainly for many who would rather watch the former any day of the week, even the play-by-play of technical categories repay attention. Yet people who think of the Oscars like a major sporting event, with big stars and blockbusters going head-to-head, can still value the show as more than pure spectacle. How else, for example, would most of us learn about brilliant animated short films like the National Film Board of Canada's Animal Behaviour, made by husband and wife team Alison Snowden and David Fine and nominated in this year's Oscars? (See the trailer above.)

Snowden and Fine previously won an Oscar in 1995 for Bob's Birthday, a hilarious short about an unhappy British dentist. Their latest film takes a charming, anthropomorphic route to the question Fine poses as, "Should what comes naturally to you be something that you seek to change to please others, or should others accept you as you are?"

Group therapy participants seeking acceptance include Lorraine, a leech with separation anxiety, Victor, an ape with anger issues, and Cheryl, a praying mantis, writes the National Film Board, "who can't seem to keep a man."

The NFB informs us that Animal Behaviour is their 75th Oscar-nomination in the category of Animated Short Film, and whether you're inclined to watch this part of the awards or not, you can get caught up with their extensive playlist of 66 Oscar-winning and nominated films on YouTube. ( Bob's Birthday is not available, at least in the U.S., but you can watch it here.) See Snowden and Fine's first film, George and Rosemary, a story in which "two golden agers prove that passion isn't reserved for the very young."

Watch the very impressive stop-motion animation of 2007's Madame Tutli-Putli, an "exhilarating existential journey" directed by Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski. See Chris Landreth's 2013 Oscar-winning computer-animated short, about a character "living every artist's worst nightmare."

And see the 2007 Oscar-winning existential animated short The Danish Poet, directed by Torill Kove and featuring narration by Liv Ullmann. The offerings are vast and varied, displaying the very best of Canadian animation, a national art that usually goes unseen and unacknowledged by audiences outside its borders. But after watching several of these films you might agree that NFB animation deserves its long history of recognition at the Oscars. See the complete playlist of films here.

Many of these films can be found in our collection, 1,150 Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns, etc..
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Watch 66 Oscar-Nominated-and-Award-Winning Animated Shorts Online, Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada

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The Simpsons Travel Into The Future Couch Gag | Season 26 Ep. 1 | THE SIMPSONS