These are all of the animated shorts I managed to see before the ceremony. They were all pretty good but I didn't get to see the winner so I don't know how they actually stack up.Butterfly (Papillon) - A man recounts a lifetime through swimming, from growing up in North Africa, competing for France in the 1936 Olympics, being detained in a concentration camp, marriage, death, liberation, and always, the water.
This was based on the life of Alfred Nakache, a French-Algerian Olympian swimmer. It's inspiring, sure, but also depressing as fuck. The animation looks like a series of oil paintings. It's available on YouTube.
Forevergreen - An abandoned bear cub is taken in by a sentient pine tree. The cub grows into an adolescent bear and is happy for a while until it sees a crow eating a bag of chips. It follows the crow to an abandoned campsite over the wishes of the tree and gorges itself on trash, accidentally starting a forest fire.
This was pretty but it did feel a little like a rejected Pixar idea. Like it needed to be fleshed out to feature-length, because otherwise the bear comes off as kind of a dick. Also available on YouTube.
Retirement Plan - A man (Domhnall Gleeson) recounts all the things he's going to do when he retires that he never had time for when he was working.
This was very cute and genuinely funny but also seriously depressing when you think about how much time you waste while you tell yourself you'll do it in the future. Available on YouTube.
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