New York Times film critic A. O. Scott takes a look at the animated short films that are currently nominated for Academy Awards. As examples of the nominees roll, Scott discusses Me and My Moulton by Torill Kove, Feast by Disney Animation Studios, A Single Life by Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins and Marieke Blaauw, The Bigger Picture by Daisy Jacobs and The Dam Keeper by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi, covering what makes their styles unique. It's enough to get excited about seeing each of the shorts, clips of which are shown below. -Via Laughing Squid
Trailer for Me and My Moulton
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Clip of Disney's Feast
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Trailer for A Single Life
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Trailer for The Bigger Picture
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Trailer for The Dam Keeper
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