Featuring nudity, sexuality and even more shocking content, this year’s Academy Award-nominated animated short films are definitely not for kids. But they will enchant and mesmerize everyone else.

According to the Oscar voting rules, nominees for Best Animated Short Film are judged on the basis of “originality, entertainment, and production quality without regard to . . . subject matter.” In ...

Two decades ago, in 2006, the team at ShortsTV transformed one of the key Oscar races, securing the rights to release all five finalists in the Academy Awards' animated short category on the big ...

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Here are the Best Animated Short nominees: As Haim (Alexander Peleg) tells his ...

The best animated space movies for kids will introduce your little ones to the concept of intergalactic travel while allowing you to kick back and enjoy some entertainment, too. There are few media ...

"It took 7 days to create the world, it only took one to disrupt its balance." And let's be honest – it's all our fault. This mesmerizing animated short film is entirely worth a watch, especially if ...

The Academy's disdain for animation is a matter of record, sniffily referred to as "kids' stuff" by Oscar hosts who would run screaming if presented with the scatological eschatology of a Mad God. But ...

From a swoony French short about kids grossed out by kissing to an ultra-dark look behind the scenes of a canceled children's TV show, this year's noms run the gamut of styles and ideas. Two decades ...

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Below are the Best Animated Short nominees: Three brothers. One appointment. A ...