Once again, these will be narrowed down to five. A Pixar entry here, along with a legendary animator Richard Williams.
“Bear Story (Historia De Un Oso),” Gabriel Osorio, director, and Pato Escala, producer (Punkrobot Animation Studio)
“Carface (Autos Portraits),” Claude Cloutier, director (National Film Board of Canada)
“If I Was God…,” Cordell Barker, director (National Film Board of Canada)
“Love in the Time of March Madness,” Melissa Johnson and Robertino Zambrano, directors (High Hip Productions and KAPWA Studioworks)
“My Home,” Phuong Mai Nguyen, director (Papy3D Productions)
“An Object at Rest,” Seth Boyden, director (California Institute of the Arts)
“Prologue,” Richard Williams, director, and Imogen Sutton, producer (Animation Masterclass)
“Sanjay’s Super Team,” Sanjay Patel, director, and Nicole Grindle, producer (Pixar Animation Studios)
“We Can’t Live without Cosmos,” Konstantin Bronzit, director (Melnitsa Animation Studio)
“World of Tomorrow,” Don Hertzfeldt, director (Bitter Films)
Trailers after the jump.
Trailer HISTORIA DE UN OSO from Punkrobot Studio on Vimeo.
Love in the Time of March Madness – TRAILER from KAPWA Studioworks on Vimeo.
Chez moi – Trailer from Phuong Mai Nguyen on Vimeo.
An Object at Rest from Seth Boyden on Vimeo.
We can't live without cosmos Trailer from Bronzit on Vimeo.
WORLD OF TOMORROW from don hertzfeldt on Vimeo.
I loved Sanjay’s Super Team and think it will win on popular vote but I think Bear Story and World of Tomorrow are better achievements. Cosmos and Prologue are excellent too.