LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 87th Academy Awards®. Fifty-eight pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
“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)