The 4 Other Contenders for Animated Shorts

Affairs of the Art

Director Joanna Quinn and writer Les Mills’ hand-drawn short revolves around a workingclass character, Beryl, and her family’s many eccentric ways.

Bestia

Inspired by real events, this stop-motion short, from director and cowriter Hugo Covarrubias, follows a secret police agent in Chile’s military dictatorship.

Boxballet

An unlikely friendship develops between Olya, a ballerina, and Evgeny, a brutish boxer, in this short from Russia that was directed and co-written by Anton Dyakov.

Robin Robin

Netflix’s stop-motion animated musical from Aardman Animations and writer-directors Dan Ojari and Mikey Please is a story about a robin who is raised by a family of mice.