This year’s Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films are:
“Borrowed Time” – a non-Pixar short from two Pixar animators about a cowboy and time
“Blind Vaysha” – an innovative look at paint and a young woman
“Pear Cider and Cigarettes” – an electric, deep insight into friendship
“Pearl” – the meaning of a car to a father and daughter
“Piper” – the Pixar nominee about a baby bird
The Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films are presented each year in select theaters around the country thanks to The Academy and Shorts International. To find out if they’re playing at a theater near you, go to Shorts.TV. This is a great way to see the nominees and help fill out your Oscar Ballots to win your family and friends Oscar Pools! Some shorts are more mature in subject matter than others.
Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic in 2006 at the age of 7. To date, Jackson has written nearly 1,000 reviews of new releases and, in total, has seen more than 1,500 films. In 2010, Jackson became the youngest person to win a NY Emmy Award, for his on-air movie reviews on Time Warner TV station, Capital News 9. And in 2011, Jackson was inducted into the Broadcast Film Critics Association as their youngest member. The BFCA’s annual Critics Choice Awards is one of the industry’s most recognized and prestigious awards shows. Jackson is also a member of SAG-AFTRA and votes annually for the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Currently, Jackson can be heard every Friday morning on WGNA-FM and his reviews are also posted on his website, YouTube channel and Cultjer.com. He is also a contributor to AnimationScoop.com, run by animation historian Jerry Beck. And Jackson hosts the weekly internet pop culture news show “LCJ LIVE”, along with “The LCJ Q&A Podcast”, on which he interviews celebrities and filmmakers.