OSCAR ANIMATED SHORTS PROGRAM 2015
The Oscar-nominated Animated Shorts Program will include:
• A Single Life (The Netherlands) - When playing a mysterious vinyl single, Pia is suddenly able to travel through her life.
• Feast (USA) - “Feast”, a new short from first-time director Patrick Osborne and Walt Disney Animation Studios, is the story of one man’s love life as seen through the eyes of his best friend and dog, Winston, and revealed bite by bite through the meals they share.
• Me and My Moulton (Canada/Norway) - One summer in mid-’60s Norway, a seven-year-old girl asks her parents if she and her sisters can have a bicycle. “Me and My Moulton” provides a glimpse of its young protagonist’s thoughts as she struggles with her sense that her family is a little out of sync with what she perceives as “normal”.
• The Bigger Picture (United Kingdom) - 'You want to put her in a home; you tell her; tell her now!' hisses one brother to the other. But Mother won't go, and their own lives unravel as she clings on. Innovative life-size animated characters tell the stark and darkly humorous tale of caring for an elderly parent.
• The Dam Keeper (USA) – Set in a desolate future, one small town's survival is solely due to a large windmill dam that acts as a fan to keep out poisonous clouds. Despite bullying from classmates and an indifferent public, the dam's operator, Pig, works tirelessly to keep the sails spinning in order to protect the town. When a new student, Fox, joins Pig's class, everything begins to change.