OSCAR HISTORY: Best Animated Short Film
Often referred to as "cartoons", the animated short film has been around since the beginning of the movies. Often, these shorts would play before a feature film, and sometimes still do! Regardless of where they play, animated shorts have run the gamut from some of the most beloved cartoon characters of all time to some of the most interesting animation experiments we've ever seen.
2023: WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
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2022: THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE
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2021: THE WINDSHIELD WIPER
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2020: IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU
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2019: HAIR LOVE
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2018: BAO
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2017: DEAR BASKETBALL
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2016: PIPER
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2015: BEAR STORY
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2014: FEAST
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2013: MR HUBLOT
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2012: PAPERMAN
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2011: THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE
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2010: THE LOST THING
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2009: LOGORAMA
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2008: LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES
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2007: PETER & THE WOLF
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2006: THE DANISH POET
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2005: THE MOON AND THE SUN: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION
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2004: RYAN
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2003: HARVIE KRUMPET
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2002: THE CHUBBCHUBBS!
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2001: FOR THE BIRDS
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2000: FATHER AND DAUGHTER
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1999: THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
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1998: BUNNY
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1997: GERI'S GAME
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1996: QUEST
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1995: A CLOSE SHAVE
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1994: BOB'S BIRTHDAY
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1993: THE WRONG TROUSERS
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1992: MONA LISA DESCENDING A STAIRCASE
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1991: MANIPULATION
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1990: CREATURE COMFORTS
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1989: BALANCE
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1988: TIN TOY
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1987: THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES
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1986: A GREEK TRAGEDY
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1985: ANNA & BELLA
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1984: CHARADE
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1983: SUNDAE IN NEW YORK
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1982: TANGO
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1981: CRAC
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1980: THE FLY
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1979: EVERY CHILD
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1978: SPECIAL DELIVERY
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1977: THE SAND CASTLE
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1976: LEISURE
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1975: GREAT
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1974: CLOSED MONDAYS
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1973: FRANK FILM
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1972: A CHRISTMAS CAROL
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1971: THE CRUNCH BIRD
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1970: IS IT ALWAYS RIGHT TO BE RIGHT?
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1969: IT'S TOUGH TO BE A BIRD
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1968: WINNIE THE POOH AND THE BLUSTERY DAY
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1967: THE BOX
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1966: A HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS DOUBLE FEATURE
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1965: THE DOT AND THE LINE: A ROMANCE IN LOWER MATHEMATICS
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1964: THE PINK PHINK
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1963: THE CRITIC
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1962: THE HOLE
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1961: ERSATZ (THE SUBSTITUTE)
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1960: MUNRO
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1959: MOONBIRD
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1958: KNIGHTY KNIGHT BUGS
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1957: BIRDS ANONYMOUS
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1956: MAGOOS PUDDLE JUMPER
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1955: SPEEDY GONZALES
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1954: WHEN MAGOO FLEW
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1953: TOOT, WHISTLE, PLUNK, AND BOOM
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1952: JOHANN MOUSE
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1951: THE TWO MOUSEKETEERS
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1950: GERALD MCBOING-BOING
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1949: FOR SCENT-IMENTAL REASONS
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1948: THE LITTLE ORPHAN
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1947: TWEETIE PIE
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1946: THE CAT CONCERTO
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1945: QUIET PLEASE!
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1944: MOUSE TROUBLE
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1943: THE YANKEE DOODLE MOUSE
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1942: DER FUEHRER'S FACE
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1941: LEND A PAW
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1940: THE MILKY WAY
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1939: THE UGLY DUCKLING
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1938: FERDINAND THE BULL
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1937: THE OLD MILL
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1936: THE COUNTRY COUSIN
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1935: THREE ORPHAN KITTENS
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1934: THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE
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1933: THREE LITTLE PIGS
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1932: FLOWERS AND TREES
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