Acclaimed web portal The Animation Showcase has revealed its lineup of top short films included in this year’s Best Animated Short Film Collection. The showcase launches on the platform today and will also tour major animation studios in Europe and North America in upcoming weeks.
Among the festival favorites and critically acclaimed award-season featured are 27 by Flóra Anna Buda, which received both the Palme d’Or at the Festival de Cannes and the top Cristal prize at Annecy Festival, as well as the powerful Electra, which is the latest work by Oscar-Nominated director Daria Kashcheeva, and The Day I Became a Bird, the directorial return of Oscar-Winner Andrew Ruhemann (helmer of The Lost Thing and co-founder of U.K.’s Passion Pictures).
“We are extremely proud to announce the worldwide release of this year’s Best Animated Short Film Collection, featuring beautifully crafted and poignant award-winning shorts,” says Benoit Berthe Siward, the founder and curator of The Animation Showcase. “These shorts showcase an incredible array of talent, and we are very pleased to notice that two-thirds of the films have been directed or co-directed by women.”
The 2023 shorts lineup includes:
- 27 by Flóra Anna Buda (2023)
- Armat by Élodie Dermange (2022)
- Electra by Daria Kashcheeva (2023)
- Letter to a Pig by Tal Kantor (2022)
- Rosemary A.D. (After Dad) by Ethan Barrett (2022)
- Scale by Joseph Pierce (2022)
- Starling by Mitra Shahidi (2023)
- The Day I Became a Bird by Andrew Ruhemann (2023)
- The Smeds and The Smoos by Samantha Cutler & Daniel Snaddon (2022)
- Wild Summon by Karni Arieli & Saul Freed (2023)
The 2023 edition of The Animation Showcase includes (From top, left) The Day I Became a Bird, Starling, 27, Scale, Letter to a Pig, Wild Summon, Arnat, Electra, and Rosemary A.D.
The Animation Showcase’s selection of top-quality animated projects has foreseen multiple animated shorts & features that became Oscar-nominated in previous Academy Awards seasons, including last year’s nominees Ice Merchants by Portuguese prodigy João Gonzalez and My Year of Dicks by Sara Gunnarsdóttir & Pamela Ribon, as well as Alberto Mielgo’s Oscar-winning short The Windshield Wiper. The platform also featured the three-time Oscar-nominated feature Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen (Neon) and last year’s Oscar-nominated feature Marcel The Shell With Shoes On by Dean Fleisher-Camp (A24).
All those shorts and features were included in The Animation Showcase collections and screened on their industry-exclusive online streaming platform.
The launch of The Animation Showcase streaming platform in 2020, during the Covid Pandemic, created a new opportunity to reach wider industry audiences and to offer them behind-the-scenes featurettes, exclusive filmmaker interviews and other bonus materials to accompany the films showcased on the platform. The platform has a global reach of 50’000 industry members and around 20’000 regular users.
How to Watch the Collection
Most of the professionals working at big animation companies will be able to watch the collection by attending the touring screening in studios during the upcoming months. The collection will also be widely available via the secured industry-exclusive platform, for all the animation and motion pictures professionals eligible to access the platform.
Instructions:
1 – Click on the Animation Magazine SIGN-UP PORTAL to request a membership to the streaming platform.
2- Add your email address and work proof (IMDb, Linked-in, Vimeo or other)
3- After the information verification you will receive an email with the instructions to connect to the streaming platform and begin watching.
For further information, please contact: benoit@animationshowcase.com
