Nominated for Best Animated Feature 
Amélie (Loïse Charpentier) is a Belgian toddler living in Japan with her diplomat family. She spends the first two years of her life in a vegetative state, believing that she is a god. An earthquake "awakens" her and allows her to finally begin interacting, but being limited to a squishy human form is very frustrating, so her family hires a nanny, Nishio (Victoria Grosbois), based on the recommendation of their austere landlady (Yumi Fujimori). Amélie and Nishio bond, which angers the landlady, who still blames all foreigners for the war that killed her husband and son. Geopolitical resentments are tough to navigate when you are only three-years-old.
This was a little jarring at first because the animation is like MS Paint-style pixelation. It wasn't what I was expecting but it was certainly eye-catching. I don't think it will win but it's still absolutely worth supporting independent animation.
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