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Each November, a committee of Short Films and Features Animation Branch Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences convenes in Los Angeles and in New York to review the qualified short animated films submitted for Academy Award consideration. The daylong voting screenings results are tabulated into a “short list” of up to ten films from which a larger representation of the Branch membership vote for the films that will become the Oscar Nominees for Best Animated Short Film.

Ron Diamond, Acme Filmworks’ Founder and Executive Producer and member of the Academy Award, has toured annual collections of animated shorts at the major animation studios, top universities and festivals to inspire and share the wealth of animated shorts being created around the world.

In addition to the five Oscar nominees Ron Diamond has selected a most impressive film from the shortlist for his presentation in Stuttgart: “Subconcious Password“ by Chris Landreth.

This year the Animated Oscar are presented by Dan Sarto, the COO of AWN - Animation World Network, the largest animation-related publishing group on the Internet.