This might be the time for Wes Anderson to finally win his long overdue Oscar with his short movie, The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar. Finger cross he wins that trophy 🤞

I maintain the Academy has so much to properly restore short films and give them cinema distribution and exhibition. The amount of them unavailable is shocking.

I know it has little to no chance but I love Robot Dreams for Animated Feature. I haven't seen all of them but the Wes Anderson short I really enjoyed.

The biggest roadblock to The Boy and the Heron's success is that it's a PG-13 anime. The Oscars always tends to go with more family-friendly affair, the greatest advantage that spider verse has. They could actually pull a Toy Story 4 and give it to spider verse. The boy and heron is a film like princess mononoke, a PG-13 film that herron is being compared to alongside Spirited Away. It's going to be difficult for herron to win considering it wasn't nominated for an ACE Eddie award, which is crucial to the Oscar win. On top of that, they have their own awards.

“Nai Nai and Wai Po” is pronounced as “Why Po”. It was directed by Sean Wang who just released a movie on Sundance “Didi” that got a lot of buzz! Hope that one wins!

So Brian loves Across the Spider-Verse, and Cody loves The Boy and the Heron -- and I love both. The problem with choosing them that they are so completely, utterly different in intention and experience, and I love each movie for what it is -- one a non-stop actioner with both a heart and a brain, the other a bittersweet coming-of-age tone poem with the most gorgeous musical score I've heard all year. Whichever one ends up winning, a part of me will feel a little sad that the other one had to lose.

I don't think Spidey is going to win the Oscar since the Academy already gave the first one the win and they traditionally don't reward animated sequels: Think of Shrek 2, Kung Fu Panda 2, Despicable Me 2, How to Train Your Dragon 2 and 3, Cars 2 and 3 (not even nominated), The Incredibles 2, Frozen 2 (not even nominated), Finding Dory (not even nominated), Puss In Boots The Last Wish, Ralph Breaks The Internet. Despite all the glitz and glam and whiz-bang colors of Spidey, The Boy And The Heron was much more substantial.

2013　”Brave”：Golden Globe, BAFTA ”Wreck-It Ralph”：Critics Choice, Annie, PGA → OSCAR WENT TO ”BRAVE" 2024　”The Boy and the Heron”：Golden Globe, BAFTA　”Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse”：Critics Choice, Annie, PGA This is why "The boy and the Heron" will win

I’ve seen all the live action short films so far. As much as I’m predicting The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar to win. The most impactful and best one I’ve seen of the 5 short films is Red White and Blue. That one for me was the more relevant and emotionally effective of the five.

i also don't get the excitement around the boy and the heron…it was kind of messy and even with its subject matter, i don't think it came together all that well

Thank you Brian & Cody!!! I really needed this video. I am leaning heavily on critics for help with my predictions for the short categories as none are really available in my country. I greatly appreciated Cody explaining what some of them are about & why he liked them for specific reasons.

Really enjoy your videos. Particularly enjoy when you and Cody discuss things.

will you do a recap video of all of your predictions?

Robot Dreams is wonderful.

When it comes to Animated Feature I'm in the exact same boat as Cody. I want Boy and the Heron to win SO MUCH but I don't dare risk predicting it only to be disappointed like I was when it didn't get a score nomination.

My current GoldDerby predictions (as of 9.3): *Best Animated Feature:* 5. Robot Dreams 4. Elemental 3. Nimona 2. The Boy and the Heron 1. Spiderman: Across the Spider Verse *Best Documentary Feature:* (SUPERBET) 5. To Kill a Tiger 4. The Eternal Memory 3. Bobi Wine: The People's President 2. Four Daughters 1. 20 Weeks in Mariupol *Best International Film:* 5. Io Capitano (Italy) 4. The Teachers' Lounge (Germany) 3. Perfect Days (Japan) 2. Society of the Snow (Spain) 1. The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom) *Best Animated Short:* 5. Pachyderme 4. Our Uniform 3. Ninety-Five Senses 2. WAR IS OVER! Inspired By the Music of John and Yoko 1. Letter to a Pig [love for my people Tal Kantor and Amit Gicelter! 💙🤍] *Best Documentary Short:* 5. Island in Between 4. The Barber of Little Rock 3. The ABCs of Book Banning 2. The Last Repair Shop 1. Năi Nai and Wài Pó *Best Live Action Short:* 5. Invincible 4. Knight of Fortune 3. The After 2. Red, White and Blue 1. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

I'm rooting for Ninety Five Senses to win so that we can say the creators of Napoleon Dynamite won lol Wes Anderson's biggest challenge was getting the nomination considering they're very gatekeepy, so now the short is nominated I think there's no one stopping him to win

The shorts and Documentaries were nowhere to be found for me. Not even on theaters

I love these videos! Please team up every year. I’m not a big fan of animated movies in general, but this discussion is getting me really excited about the Animated Feature category. I love an unpredictable race.

Right now I’m thinking Spider-Man. I think it’s very close, but I feel like Spider Man is more beloved and more accessible to watch than the Boy and the Heron

Red White and Blue and War Is Over deserve to win.

Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse has Critics Choice, Annie, PGA, and was included in the AFIs Top Ten Movies of the Year (not an easy list to crack especially for animated films). The Boy and the Heron has Golden Globes and BAFTA...and is not a sequel (which seems to be frowned upon). I may be missing another award here. 🤔 I think I'm going with Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse. But, I'm not confident 😕

I do think that Nai Nai and Wai Po short directed by Sean Wang will win I hope especially since he has his upcoming film Didi hitting theaters july which could help build momentum

Great video Brian---I made a 40-question trivia quiz which is pinned to my Trivia channel if anyone wants to test their knowledge before the Oscars. Thanks.

Wait , I did see Society of the Snow. But can’t find any of the others 🙁

I can’t find any of these on any streaming services. Where did you see them? Please?

I agree that 95 Senses is the best of the animated shorts. But I agree that unfortunately War is Over will win.

could someone technically beat The Zone of Interest? it wouldn’t make sense because it’s nominated for best picture and if another film wins it wouldn’t make any fricking sense

As a high schooler I'm so sorry Brian, also I havent seen the shorts or documentary nominees but International Feature Will and should win: The Zone of Interest- UK Animated Feature Will and should win: Spider Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Let's also not forget Toy Story 4 only won Best Animated Feature at the Oscars while Klaus swept the Annie and won The Bafta and Missing Link won the Golden Globes. So, this category is unpredictable

I just don't understand the cynicism of this dude. War is Over is a uplifting film with a great message of Peace. Just stop being too cool for school dude.

Such an underrated channel!

Audience friendly is the key word.

I don't know how much it matters but The After has beaten Henry Sugar in one award at least. Maybe is nothing, but who knows

Another fantastic video! Take a shot anyone they say "harrowing " ❤

I definitely think Anderson should win for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. In my opinion he should’ve won about 9 years ago for The Grand Budapest Hotel (suck it Iñárritu! I’m sorry that was mean), and Asteroid City should’ve been nominated for something this year, but meh. I also don’t think it was the best of those shorts but I can see why it got the nomination over my favourite (The Swan) because it kind of seems to represent all four of them, and it’s the longest.

I really want Studio Gibli to win another Best Animated Featurw Oscar. They've been overdue another win in my eyes.

Pulling for Letter to a Pig for animated short…95 Senses was truly one of my least favorite, did not buy the “cuteness” of the story at all. Could’ve been way better with some simple script changes. War is over would be okay, but pachyderme and our uniform are better imo

I’m not a Wes Anderson fan, but I actually liked Henry Sugar.

I aven't seen the other 3 nominees in the Best Documentary feature, but Four Daughters is one of the best films of the year, and so, so much better than 20 Days in Mariupol. I don't think the format of the latter with the voicever works that well. But it will win anyway over the superior movie because it's about the war in Ukraine. There's just no way that the Academy will instead give the Oscar to a movie about the experience of Muslim women.

You should watch Io capitano

Spiderverse has Annie, Critics Choice and PGA. Its safe to say that is getting the Editors guild too.

War is over was so bad. It was the worst of all of the shorts i watched. It is the dictionary definition of oscar bait

I saw the shorts documentaries.....I am betting on The ABCs of Book Banning.

Engelbert:s The Shadow of Your Smile This song is from The Sandpiper in 1065 starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Immediately after that year in 1966, Elizabeth went on to win the Oscars for Who is Afraid of Virginia Wolf? some say the greatest Best Actress won ever even better than Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qeB-gZiY0JfUdqM.htmlsi=PIvFnjPDL24c-fcd I know you think Meryl Streep is the best. If I remember correctly, this view is from the American Film Instituted or someone affiliated with that organisation and I agree. With the current Oscar race, looking back at the past winners, I think Lily Gladstone is nowhere as compared to Emma Stone in terms of gargantuan of effort but her performance is somewhat similar to Olivia Coleman in The Favourite in terms of mannerisms. Plus Emma was also in that show plus she has won an Oscar before. If I am the voter I would pick Sandra Huller for something fiery like Elizabeth Taylor and something bottled emotions burst out like Meryl Streep and Sandra speaks foreign languages on the show Meryl Streep in Sophi's Choice. Dandra',s character also has many layers like Meryl and Elizabeth and it slowly gets peeled as the show progresses.