2004 Academy Award Nominees (Short Films)

Short Film (Animated)

Boundin'
Bud Luckey
A woolly lamb is sheared and falls into a deep funk, until the mythical Jackalope sets him straight.

Destino
Dominique Monfery and Roy Edward Disney
Shifting dream-like images convey Salvador Dali's surreal story of love and destiny.

Gone Nutty
Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin
Scrat crams one final nut into the center of his gigantic stash...and the result is cataclysmic.

Harvie Krumpet
Adam Elliot
Harvie Krumpet is an ordinary man whose lifelong string of bad luck is offset by occasional episodes of joy.

Nibbles
Chris Hinton
A father takes his sons fishing in the forests of Canada...with a few stops along the way. This is Hinton's second nomination.

Short Film (Live Action)

Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket)
Florian Baxmeyer
A jacket thrown in the trash by a grieving German father makes its way into the hands of a boy in war-torn Sarajevo.

Most (The Bridge)
Bobby Garabedian and William Zabka
When a drawbridge worker takes his son to work with him, the decision will alter both his life and that of the troubled young woman who sees them.

Squash
Lionel Bailliu
Alexandre's boss belittles him as they play squash, and then challenges him to either win the game or lose his job.

(A ) Torzija (Torsion)
Stefan Arsenijevic
The members of a choir in Sarajevo are awaiting safe passage through a tunnel when a farmer begs them to help his injured cow.

Two Soldiers
Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks
A little boy is determined to enlist in the army along with his adored older brother in this adaptation of William Faulkner's short story.

Documentary Short Subject

Asylum
Sandy McLeod and Gini Retickerr
A Ghanian woman recounts her story of mistreatment at her father's hands.

Chernobyl Heart
Maryann DeLeo
The terrible effects of radiation contamination are examined in Belarus.

Ferry Tales
Katja Esson
A a group of women gather each day on the Staten Island Ferry to put on make-up and share their thoughts and problems.

Winners will be announced February 29 on ABC.