2026 Oscar Best Animated Short Predictions

Tracking my evolving predictions for Animated Short throughout Awards Season.

👑 Winner Locked 🔒 Nomination Locked 🆕 New ▲ Rise ▼ Fall — No Change 🪦 Out of Contention (RIP)

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Animated Short

*Updated 01.16.2025

	In the Spotlight
1	Snow Bear	— 🔒
2	The Retirement Plan	▲ 5
3	Butterfly (Papillon)	▲ 1
4	Hurikán	▲ 11
5	Forevergreen	▲ 3
	On the Fringe
6	Eiru	▼ 3
7	Playing God	▲ 3
	In the Mix
8	I Died in Irpin	▲ 5
9	The Girl Who Cried Pearls	▼ 3
10	Autokar	▼ 8
	Long Shots
11	The Night Boots	▲ 1
12	The Quinta’s Ghost	▼ 1
13	The Three Sisters	▲ 1
14	Cardboard	▼ 9
15	The Shyness of Trees	▼ 6
15	The Wolf My Brother, My Brother Black Man, Black Man Alone Trash Wednesdays with Gramps On Weary Wings Go By Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Chroma Alone 2: Lost in New Jersey	🪦

Shortlist scorecard showing 7 out of 15 correct predictions and 47 percent accuracy for Animated Short

The table updates as the awards season shifts – my ADHD and OCD won’t let it sit still. The leaderboard below stays put; it’s the Top 7 I locked in at the start of the month.