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Oscar® Shorts 2025: Animation

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Magic Candies, Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio, Japan, 21 min: A young boy named Dong-Dong discovers of bag of magical candies

In the Shadow of the Cypress, Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi, Iran, 20 min: A former captain suffering from PTSD tries to be a caring father.

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, Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet, France, 13 min: Léo, a young boy, finds kissing both repulsive and intriguing in this coming of age story.

The following films include nudity, and may not be appropriate for audiences under 14 years old:

Wander to Wonder, Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper, Netherlands/Belgium/France/UK, 14 min: Actors Mary, Billybud, and Fumbleton star in an eighties kids’ TV series, but when the creator of the show dies, they are left alone in the studio and start creating increasingly strange episodes.

Beautiful Men, Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande, Belgium/France/Netherlands, 18 min: Three brothers travel to Istanbul, Turkey for hair transplants.

Director

Various

Country of Origin

Various

Year

2024

Language

Various

19+
90 min
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