Short Film (Animated) — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Oscars Short Film (Animated) category in CineRoll's records: 208 films across 49 years, 49 of them winners.

The most recent winner is The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2023); the earliest on record is Closed Mondays (1975).

The last three winners were The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2023), The Windshield Wiper (2022) and If Anything Happens I Love You (2021).

The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.

Last updated August 12, 2026

2023

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse(2022)
Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud
Winner
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It(2022)
Lachlan Pendragon
Ice Merchants(2023)
João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano
My Year of Dicks(2023)
Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon
The Flying Sailor(2022)
Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

2022

The Windshield Wiper(2021)
Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez
Winner
Affairs of the Art(2021)
Joanna Quinn and Les Mills
Bestia(2021)
Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz
BoxBallet(2020)
Anton Dyakov
Robin Robin(2021)
Dan Ojari and Mikey Please

2021

If Anything Happens I Love You(2020)
Will McCormack and Michael Govier
Winner
Burrow(2020)
Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat
Genius Loci(2020)
Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
Opera(2020)
Erick Oh
Yes-People(2020)
Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson

2020

Hair Love(2019)
Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver
Winner
Daughter(2019)
Daria Kashcheeva
Kitbull(2019)
Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson
Memorable(2019)
Bruno Collet and Jean-François Le Corre
Sister(2019)

2019

Bao(2018)
Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb
Winner
Animal Behaviour(2018)
Alison Snowden and David Fine
Late Afternoon(2019)
Louise Bagnall and Nuria González Blanco
One Small Step(2018)
Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas
Weekends(2017)
Trevor Jimenez

2018

Dear Basketball(2017)
Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant
Winner
Garden Party(2017)
Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon
Lou(2017)
Dave Mullins and Dana Murray
Negative Space(2017)
Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata
Revolting Rhymes(2017)
Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer

2017

Piper(2016)
Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer
Winner
Blind Vaysha(2016)
Theodore Ushev
Borrowed Time(2015)
Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
Pear Cider and Cigarettes(2016)
Robert Valley and Cara Speller
Pearl(2016)
Patrick Osborne

2016

Bear Story(2016)
Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
Winner
Prologue(2015)
Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
Sanjay's Super Team(2015)
Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
We Can't Live Without Cosmos(2014)
Konstantin Bronzit
World of Tomorrow(2015)
Don Hertzfeldt

2015

Feast(2014)
Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
Winner
A Single Life(2014)
Joris Oprins
Me and My Moulton(2014)
Torill Kove
The Bigger Picture(2014)
Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
The Dam Keeper(2014)
Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi

2014

Mr Hublot(2013)
Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
Winner
Feral(2012)
Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
Get a Horse!(2013)
Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
Possessions(2013)
Room on the Broom(2012)
Max Lang and Jan Lachauer

2013

Paperman(2012)
John Kahrs
Winner
Adam and Dog(2013)
Minkyu Lee
Fresh Guacamole(2012)
PES
Head Over Heels(2012)
Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"(2012)
David Silverman

2012

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore(2012)
William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
Winner
A Morning Stroll(2011)
Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
La luna(2012)
Enrico Casarosa
Sunday(2011)
Dimanche/Sunday
Wild Life(2011)
Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

2011

The Lost Thing(2010)
Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
Winner
Day & Night(2010)
Teddy Newton
Let's Pollute(2009)
Geefwee Boedoe
Madagascar, a Journey Diary(2010)
Bastien Dubois
The Gruffalo(2009)
Jakob Schuh and Max Lang

2010

Logorama(2009)
Nicolas Schmerkin
Winner
A Matter of Loaf and Death(2008)
Nick Park
French Roast(2008)
Fabrice O. Joubert
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty(2008)
Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell
The Lady and the Reaper(2009)
Javier Recio Gracia

2009

La Maison en Petits Cubes(2008)
Kunio Kato
Winner
Lavatory Lovestory(2006)
Konstantin Bronzit
Oktapodi(2008)
Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
Presto(2008)
Doug Sweetland
This Way Up(2008)
Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

2008

Peter & the Wolf(2006)
Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
Winner
Even Pigeons Go to Heaven(2007)
Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
I Met the Walrus(2007)
Josh Raskin
Madame Tutli-Putli(2007)
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
My Love(2006)
Alexander Petrov

2007

The Danish Poet(2006)
Torill Kove
Winner
Lifted(2006)
Gary Rydstrom
Maestro(2005)
No Time for Nuts(2006)
Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier
The Little Matchgirl(2006)
Roger Allers and Don Hahn

2006

The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation(2005)
John Canemaker and Peggy Stern
Winner
9(2005)
Badgered(2005)
Sharon Colman
One Man Band(2005)
Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello(2005)
Anthony Lucas

2005

Ryan(2004)
Chris Landreth
Winner
Birthday Boy(2004)
Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory
Gopher Broke(2004)
Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller
Guard Dog(2004)
Bill Plympton
Lorenzo(2004)
Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth

2004

Harvie Krumpet(2003)
Adam Elliot
Winner
Boundin'(2003)
Bud Luckey
Destino(2003)
Dominique Monfery and Roy Edward Disney
Gone Nutty(2004)
Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin
Nibbles(2003)
Chris Hinton

2003

The ChubbChubbs!(2002)
Eric Armstrong
Winner
Das Rad(2001)
Chris Stenner, Heidi Wittlinger
Mike's New Car(2002)
Pete Docter, Roger Gould
Mount Head(2002)
Koji Yamamura
The Cathedral(2002)
Tomek Baginski

2002

For the Birds(2000)
Ralph Eggleston
Winner
Fifty Percent Grey(2001)
Ruairi Robinson, Seamus Byrne
Give Up Yer Aul Sins(2002)
Cathal Gaffney, Darragh O'Connell
Strange Invaders(2001)
Cordell Barker

2001

Father and Daughter(2001)
Michael Dudok de Wit
Winner
Rejected(2000)
Don Hertzfeldt
The Periwig-Maker(1999)
Steffen Schäffler, Annette Schäffler

2000

The Old Man and the Sea(1999)
Alexander Petrov
Winner
3 Misses(1998)
Paul Driessen
Humdrum(1999)
Peter Peake
My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts(1999)
Torill Kove
When the Day Breaks(1999)
Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis

1999

Bunny(1998)
Chris Wedge
Winner
Jolly Roger(1999)
Mark Baker
More(1998)
Mark Osborne, Steve Kalafer
The Canterbury Tales(1998)
Christopher Grace, Jonathan Myerson
When Life Departs(1997)
Karsten Kiilerich, Stefan Fjeldmark

1998

Geri's Game(1997)
Jan Pinkava
Winner
Famous Fred(1996)
Joanna Quinn
Mermaid(1997)
The Mermaid
Redux Riding Hood(1997)
Steve Moore, Dan O'Shannon
The Old Lady and the Pigeons(1997)
Sylvain Chomet

1997

Quest(1997)
Tyron Montgomery, Thomas Stellmach
Winner
Canhead(1996)
Timothy Hittle, Chris Peterson
La Salla(1996)
Richard Condie
Wat's Pig(1996)
Peter Lord

1996

A Close Shave(1996)
Nick Park
Winner
Gagarin(1994)
Alexij Kharitidi
Runaway Brain(1995)
Chris Bailey
The Chicken from Outer Space(1996)
John R. Dilworth
The End.(1995)
Chris Landreth, Robin Bargar

1995

Bob's Birthday(1994)
Alison Snowden, David Fine
Winner
The Big Story(1995)
Tim Watts, David Stoten
The Janitor(1994)
Vanessa Schwartz
The Monk and the Fish(1994)
Michael Dudok de Wit
Triangle(1994)
Erica Russell

1994

The Wrong Trousers(1993)
Nick Park
Winner
Blindscape(1993)
Stephen Palmer
Small Talk(1994)
Bob Godfrey, Kevin Baldwin
The Mighty River(1993)
Frédéric Back, Hubert Tison
The Village(1993)
Mark Baker

1993

Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase(1992)
Joan C. Gratz
Winner
Adam(1992)
Peter Lord
Screen Play(1993)
Barry J.C. Purves
The Sandman(1991)
Paul Berry
Words, Words, Words(1993)
Reci, Reci, Reci... (Words, Words, Words)

1992

Manipulation(1991)
Daniel Greaves
Winner
Blackfly(1991)
Christopher Hinton
Strings(1991)
Wendy Tilby

1991

Creature Comforts(1989)
Nick Park
Winner
A Grand Day Out(1989)
Nick Park
Grasshoppers(1990)
Bruno Bozzetto

1990

Balance(1989)
Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein
Winner
The Cow(1989)
Alexander Petrov
The Hill Farm(1989)
Mark Baker

1989

Tin Toy(1988)
John Lasseter, William Reeves
Winner
Technological Threat(1988)
Bill Kroyer, Brian Jennings
The Cat Came Back(1988)
Cordell Barker

1988

The Man Who Planted Trees(1987)
Winner
George and Rosemary(1987)
Eunice Macaulay, Producer
Your Face(1987)
Bill Plympton, Producer

1987

A Greek Tragedy(1985)
Linda Van Tulden and Willem Thijssen, Producers
Winner
Luxo Jr.(1986)
John Lasseter and William Reeves, Producers
The Frog, the Dog, and the Devil(1986)
Bob Stenhouse, Producer

1986

Anna & Bella(1984)
Cilia Van Dijk, Producer
Winner
Second Class Mail(1985)
Alison Snowden, Producer
The Big Snit(1985)
Richard Condie and Michael Scott, Producers

1985

Charade(1984)
Jon Minnis, Producer
Winner
Doctor De Soto(1984)
Morton Schindel and Michael Sporn, Producers

1984

Sundae in New York(1983)
Jimmy Picker, Producer
Winner
Mickey's Christmas Carol(1983)
Burny Mattinson, Producer
Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain(1983)
Eda Godel Hallinan, Producer

1983

Tango(1982)
Winner
The Great Cognito(1982)
Will Vinton, Producer
The Snowman(1982)
John Coates, Producer

1982

Crac!(1980)
Producer
Winner
The Creation(1981)
Will Vinton, Producer
The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin(1981)
Janet Perlman, Producer

1981

The Fly(1980)
Ferenc Rofusz, Producer
Winner
All Nothing(1978)
Frédéric Back, Producer
History of the World in Three Minutes Flat(1980)
Michael Mills, Producer

1980

Every Child(1979)
Derek Lamb, Producer
Winner
Dream Doll(1979)
Bob Godfrey and Zlatko Grgic, Producers
It's So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House(1979)
Paul Fierlinger, Producer

1979

Special Delivery(1978)
Eunice Macaulay and John Weldon, Producers
Winner
Oh My Darling...(1978)
Nico Crama, Producer
Rip Van Winkle(1978)
Will Vinton, Producer

1978

The Sand Castle(1977)
Co Hoedeman, Producer
Winner
A Doonesbury Special (The Doonesbury Special)(1977)
John Hubley, Faith Hubley and Garry Trudeau, Producers
A Doonesbury Special (The Doonesbury Special)(1977)
The Doonesbury Special
Jimmy the C(1977)
James Picker, Robert Grossman and Craig Whitaker, Producers
The Bead Game(1977)
Ishu Patel, Producer