A huge pine shelters and feeds a bear cub. As the animal grows, it guards sprouting pines, but when a crow brings by some potato chips, the bear decides he likes that more than pine nuts and leaves.

The simplest of the films on offer for the Best Animated Short Oscar is probably the only one that needs to be animated. The artwork is also pretty interesting in a style I find reminiscent of Timbertoes from HIGHLIGHTS magazine. However, I find the story itself a bit juvenile.

Animation is a form of visual storytelling that involves creating visual art and motion through the use of various techniques and technologies. In animation, images are manipulated to create the illusion of movement, bringing characters, objects, and environments to life. Animation can encompass a wide range of styles, themes, and intended audiences, making it a diverse and versatile form of storytelling.

Daveigh Chase, Rumi Hiiragi, and Mari Natsuki in Spirited Away (2001)

The family genre features stories specifically created to be suitable for a wide range of age groups within a family. Family-oriented content is designed to be enjoyed by both children and adults, often providing entertainment that is wholesome, relatable, and appropriate for all members of a family to watch or experience together.

Drew Barrymore and Pat Welsh in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

The short form refers to creative works characterized by their brevity and concise storytelling. Unlike full-length feature films, short films have a running time of less than 45 minutes, while TV shorts have a running time of less than 22 minutes.

Benedict Cumberbatch in The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)

An orphaned bear cub finds a home with a fatherly evergreen tree, until his hunger for trash leads him to danger.

The Biggest Movies and TV Coming in September

See which big screen releases you can watch from the comfort of your couch.

Theatrical Releases Coming to Streaming

Get a closer look at these actors from their many TV and streaming series roles.

Streaming Stars, Then and Now

2026 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation

Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley in Come See Me in the Good Light (2025)

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025)

Steve Bloom, Brad Garrett, Elio, Shirley Henderson, Harley Jessup, Zoe Saldaña, Anna Wolitzky, Yonas Kibreab, Remy Edgerly, Mary Alice Drumm, Rob Simonsen, Adrian Molina, Jameela Jamil, Madeline Sharafian, and Domee Shi in Elio (2025)

Calamity, une enfance de Martha Jane Cannary

Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary (2020)

Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary

Cathy Linh Che, Hue Nguyen Che, Hoa Thi Che, Christopher Radcliff, and Jess X. Snow in We Were the Scenery (2025)

Ji-young Yoo, EJAE, Arden Cho, and May Hong in KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

Forevergreen

Videos1

Photos10

User reviews18

More like this

Related interests

Storyline

Did you know

Top picks

Details

Tech specs

Contribute to this page

More to explore

Recently viewed