The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is offered by the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the Oscars or the annual Academy Awards since
the 5th Academy Awards. The award has been covered since 1931-32 until the present. From
1932-1971, the category was referred to as Short Subjects, Cartoons; and from 1971-1973 as
Short Subjects, Animated Films.

The current title started with the 46th award in 1974. In the first five decades, the awards were
given to producers of the shorts. The present Academy rules now present the award to the
individual most directly responsible for the film’s concept and creative execution.
In addition, if over one person has been directly involved in the creative decisions, a second
statuette could be awarded. Initially, only American films were nominated until the National
Film Board of Canada won: The Academy defines short as less than 40 minutes, including all the
credits.

The list below shows all the animated short films that have been nominated and won since
inception to date. The highlighted film is the winner.

1931/32 – Flowers and Trees

Nominees

• Flowers and Trees Walt Disney
• It’s Got Me Again!

1932/33 – Three Little Pigs

Nominees

• Building a Building
• The Merry Old Soul

1934 – The Tortoise and the Hare

Nominees

• Holiday Land
• Jolly Little Elves

1935 – Three Orphan Kittens

Nominees

• The Old Mill Pond
•  Little Match Girl

1938 – Ferdinand the Bull

Nominees

• Brave Little Tailor
• Good Scouts
• Hunky and Spunky
• Mother Goose Goes Hollywood

1939 – The Ugly Duckling

Nominees

• Detouring America
• Peace on Earth
• The Pointer

The 1940s

1940 – The Milky Way

Nominees

• Puss Gets the Boot
• A Wild Hare

1941 – Lend a Paw

Nominees

• Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B
• Hiawatha’s Rabbit Hunt
• How War Came
• The Night Before Christmas
• Rhapsody in Rivets
• Rhythm in the Ranks
• The Rookie Bear
• Superman
• Truant Officer Donald

1942 – Der Fuehrer’s Face

Nominees

• All Out for ‘V’
• Blitz Wolf
• Juke Box Jamboree
• Pigs in a Polka
• Tulips Shall Grow

1943 – The Yankee Doodle Mouse

Nominees

• The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
• The Dizzy Acrobat
• Greetings Bait!
• Imagination
• Reason and Emotion

1944 – Mouse Trouble

Nominees

• And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
• Dog, Cat and Canary
• Fish Fry
• How to Play Football
• My Boy, Johnny
• Swooner Crooner

1945 – Quiet Please!

Nominees

• Donald’s Crime
• Jasper and the Beanstalk
• Life with Feathers
• Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life
• The Poet and Peasant
• Rippling Romance

1946 – The Cat Concerto

Nominees

• John Henry and the Inky-Poo
• Musical Moments from Chopin
• Squatter’s Rights
• Walky Talky Hawky

1947 – Tweetie Pie

Nominees

• Chip an’ Dale
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
• Pluto’s Blue Note
• Tubby the Tuba

Nominees

• Mickey and the Seal
• Mouse Wreckers
• Robin Hoodlum
• Tea for Two Hundred

1949 – For Scent-imental Reasons

Nominees

• Canary Row
• Hatch Up Your Troubles
• Magic Fluke
• Toy Tinkers

The 1950s

1950 – Gerald McBoing-Boing

Nominees

• Jerry’s Cousin
• Trouble Indemnity

1951 – The Two Mouseketeers

Nominees

• Lambert the Sheepish Lion
• Rooty Toot Toot

1952 – Johann Mouse

Nominees

• Little Johnny Jet
• Madeline
• Pink and Blue Blues
• Romance of Transportation

1953 – Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom

Nominees

• Christopher Crumpet
• From A to Z-Z-Z-Z
• Rugged Bear
• The Tell-Tale Heart

1954 – When Magoo Flew

Nominees

• Crazy Mixed Up Pup
• Pigs Is Pigs
• Sandy Claws
• Touché, Pussy Cat!

1955 – Speedy Gonzales

Nominees

• Good Will to Men
• The Legend of Rockabye Point
• No Hunting

1956 – Magoo’s Puddle Jumper

Nominees

• Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo
• The Jaywalker

1957 – Birds Anonymous

Nominees

• One Droopy Knight
• Tabasco Road
• Trees and Jamaica Daddy
• The Truth About Mother Goose

1958 – Knighty Knight Bugs

Nominees

• Paul Bunyan
• Sidney’s Family Tree

1959 – Moonbird

Nominees

• Mexicali Shmoes
• Noah’s Ark
• The Violinist

The 1960s

1960 – Munro

Nominees

• Goliath II
• High Note
• Mouse and Garden
• A Place in the Sun

1961 – Ersatz

Nominees

• Aquamania
• Beep Prepared
• Nelly’s Folly
• The Pied Piper of Guadalupe

1962 – The Hole

Nominees

• Icarus Montgolfier Wright
• Now Hear This
• Self Defense—For Cowards
• A Symposium on Popular Songs

1963 – The Critic

Nominees

• Automania 2000
• The Game (Igra)
• My Financial Career
• Pianissimo

1964 – The Pink Phink

Nominees

• Christmas Cracker
• Here’s Nudnik
• How to Avoid Friendship

1965 – The Dot and the Line

Nominees

• Clay or The Origin of Species
• The Thieving Magpie

1966 – A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature

Nominees

• The Drag
• The Pink Blueprint

1967 – The Box

Nominees

• Hypothese Beta
• What on Earth!

1968 – Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day

Nominees

• The House That Jack Built
• The Magic Pear Tree
• Windy Day

1969 – It’s Tough to Be a Bird

Nominees

• Of Men and Demons
• Walking

The 1970s

1970 – Is It Always Right to Be Right?

Nominees

• The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam
• The Shepherd

1971 – The Crunch Bird

Nominees

• Evolution
• The Selfish Giant

1972 – A Christmas Carol

Nominees

• Kama Sutra Rides Again
• Tup Tup

1973 – Frank Film

Nominees

• The Legend of John Henry
• Pulcinella

1974 – Closed Mondays

Nominees

• The Family That Dwelt Apart
• Hunger
• Voyage to Next
• Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too

1975 – Great

Nominees

• Kick Me
• Monsieur Pointu
• Sisyphus

1976 – Leisure

Nominees

• Dedalo
• The Street

1977 – The Sand Castle

Nominees

• The Bead Game
• The Doonesbury Special
• Jimmy The C

1978 – Special Delivery

Nominees

• Oh My Darling
• Rip Van Winkle

1979 – Every Child

Nominees

• Dream Doll
• It’s So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House

The 1980s

1980 – The Fly

Nominees

• All Nothing
• History of the World in Three Minutes Flat

1981 – Crac

Nominees

• The Creation
• The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin

1982 – Tango

Nominees

• The Great Cognito
• The Snowman

1983 – Sundae in New York

Nominees

• Mickey’s Christmas Carol
• Sound of Sunshine – Sound of Rain

1984 – Charade

Nominees

• Doctor DeSoto
• Paradise

1985 – Anna & Bella

Nominees

• The Big Snit
• Second Class Mail

1986 – A Greek Tragedy

Nominees

• The Frog, the Dog, and the Devil
• Luxo Jr.

1987 – The Man Who Planted Trees

Nominees

• George and Rosemary
• Your Face

1988 – Tin Toy

Nominees

• The Cat Came Back
• Technological Threat

1989 – Balance

Nominees

• The Cow
• The Hill Farm

The 1990s

1990 – Creature Comforts

Nominees

• A Grand Day Out
• Grasshoppers

1991 – Manipulation

Nominees

• Blackfly
• Strings

1992 – Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase

Nominees

• Adam
• Reci, Reci, Reci…
• The Sandman
• Screen Play

1993 – The Wrong Trousers

Nominees

• Blindscape
• The Mighty River
• Small Talk
• The Village

1994 – Bob’s Birthday

Nominees

• The Big Story
• The Janitor
• The Monk and the Fish
• Triangle

1995 – A Close Shave

Nominees

• The Chicken from Outer Space
• The End
• Gagarin
• Runaway Brain

1996 – Quest

Nominees

• Canhead
• La Salla
• Wat’s Pig

1997 – Geri’s Game

Nominees

• Famous Fred
• The Mermaid
• The Old Lady and the Pigeons
• Redux Riding Hood

1998 – Bunny

Nominees

• The Canterbury Tales
• Jolly Roger
• More
• When Life Departs

1999 – The Old Man and the Sea

Nominees

• 3 Misses
• Humdrum
• My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts
• When the Day Breaks

The 2000s

2000 – Father and Daughter

Nominees

• The Periwig-Maker
• Rejected

2001 – For the Birds

Nominees

• Fifty Percent Grey
• Give Up Yer Aul Sins
• Strange Invaders
• Stubble Trouble

2002 – The ChubbChubbs!

Nominees

• The Cathedral
• Das Rad
• Mike’s New Car
• Mt. Head

2003 – Harvie Krumpet

Nominees

• Boundin’
• Destino
• Gone Nutty
• Nibbles

2004 – Ryan

Nominees

• Birthday Boy
• Gopher Broke
• Guard Dog
• Lorenzo

2005 – The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

Nominees

• 9
• Badgered
• The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
• One Man Band

2006 – The Danish Poet

Nominees

• Lifted
• The Little Matchgirl
• Maestro
• No Time for Nuts

2007 – Peter & the Wolf

Nominees

• Even Pigeons Go to Heaven
• I Met the Walrus
• Madame Tutli-Putli
• My Love

2008 – La Maison en Petits Cubes

Nominees

• Lavatory – Lovestory
• Oktapodi
• Presto
• This Way Up

2009 – Logorama

Nominees

• French Roast
• Granny O’s Sleeping Beauty
• The Lady and the Reaper
• A Matter of Loaf and Death

The 2010s

2010 – The Lost Thing

Nominees

• Day & Night
• The Gruffalo
• Let’s Pollute
• Madagascar, a Journey Diary

2011 – The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

Nominees

• La Luna
• A Morning Stroll
• Sunday
• Wild Life

2012 – Paperman

Nominees

• Adam and Dog
• Fresh Guacamole
• Head Over Heels
• The Longest Daycare

2013 – Mr Hublot

Nominees

• Feral
• Get a Horse!
• Possessions
• Room on the Broom

2014 – Feast

Nominees

• The Bigger Picture
• The Dam Keeper
• Me and My Moulton
• A Single Life

2015 – Bear Story

Nominees

• Prologue
• Sanjay’s Super Team
• We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
• World of Tomorrow

2016 – Piper

Nominees

• Blind Vaysha
• Borrowed Time
• Pear Cider and Cigarettes
• Pearl

2017 – Dear Basketball

Nominees

• Garden Party
• Lou
• Negative Space
• Revolting Rhymes

2018 – Bao

Nominees

• Animal Behaviour
• Late Afternoon
• One Small Step
• Weekends

2019 – Hair Love

Nominees

• Daughter
• Kitbull
• Mémorable
• Sister

The 2020s

2020/21 – If Anything Happens I Love You

Nominees

• Burrow
• Genius Loci
• Opera
• Yes-People

2021 – Affairs of the Art

Nominees

• Bestia
• BoxBallet
• Robin Robin
• The Windshield Wiper