Animated shorts make Oscar spotlight

Original article in The Daily Cardinal by Mike Kujak, published: Friday, February 18, 2011.  Image courtesy Pixar.

Here is the list of five animated shorts included in this year’s "Best Animated Short" category at the Oscars.  Shining out among them is Pixar’s “Day & Night,” which is earmarked as the people’s choice.

·         “Day & Night" (directed byTeddy Newton; 6 minutes)

·         "Let's Pollute" (directed by Geefwee Boedoe; 6 minutes)

·         "Madagascar, a Journey Diary" (directed by Bastien Dubois, 11 minutes)

·         "The Gruffalo" (directed by Jakob Schuh, Max Lange; 30 minutes)

·         "The Lost Thing" (direceted by Andrew Ruhemann, Shaun Tan; 15 minutes)