Thursday, January 22, 2026

Best Animated Short - 2025: The Nominees


A few years ago the Baseball Hall of Fame moved their announcements from the first week of January to around the third week of January. I have no idea why they did it and it kinda annoyed me. However, I had noticed that the Hall of Fame announcement is now just a day or two before the Oscar nominations announcement, and I suppose it's nice to not have to wait long before the end of the Hall of Fame season and the Oscar season. Well two days ago the Hall of Fame announced that Carlos Beltran and Andruw Jones are the two newest Baseball Hall of Famers, and today we have our newest batch of Oscar nominees.

And thanks to a couple of loyal readers (with a special shoutout to Sean Ramsdelk and Fernando Lemon), I was motivated to watch more shortlisted films prior to the unveiling of the nominees than ever before, with a whopping 13 of the 15 nominees checked off. So obviously, it means that one of the nominees would be the two that I'm missing. Which is just as well, because with how long it takes for me to write each review it'll give me a little bit more time to write the review for the four that I have seen. Anyways, your newest nominees are

Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Papillon (Butterfly)
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters