Pixar’s ‘Day & Night’ animation qualifies for Academy Awards

Pixar’s ‘Day & Night’ animation qualifies for Academy Awards

Great news for Disney Pixar! According to Hollywood News Pixar’s Day and Night short film is being nominated for an Academy Award!

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 83rd Academy Awards®. Thirty-three pictures had originally qualified in the category.

The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company:


  • “The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger,” Bill Plympton, director (Bill Plympton Studio)
  • “Coyote Falls,” Matthew O’Callaghan, director and Sam Register, executive producer (Warner Bros. Animation Inc.)
  • “Day & Night,” Teddy Newton, director (Pixar Animation Studios)
  • “The Gruffalo,” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang, directors (Magic Light Pictures)
  • “Let’s Pollute,” Geefwee Boedoe, story-design-animation (Geefwee Boedoe)
  • “The Lost Thing,” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann, directors (Passion Pictures Australia)
  • “Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary),” Bastien Dubois, director (Sacrebleu Productions)
  • “Sensology,” Michel Gagne, director-producer (GAGNE International LLC)
  • “The Silence beneath the Bark,” Joanna Lurie, director (Lardux Films)
  • “Urs,” Moritz Mayerhofer, director (Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg)

Great job guys and gals at Pixar! I loved the Day & Night Short. Let us know what you thought in the comment section below or in our all new Forums (see link at the top of this page)

Pixar’s ‘Day & Night’ animation qualifies for Academy Awards
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