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Here is this year’s lineup for Animated Shorts Oscar nominees, which will be presented sequentially with a total running time of approximately 80 minutes, rating equivalent of  PG-13 for adult themes. Here’s a more detailed guide to these films courtesy of the Los Angeles Times . 

Butterfly (Dir. Florence Miailhe, France): A 15-minute film about Olympic swimmer Alfred Nakache, focusing on his life from fame to surviving Auschwitz.

Forevergreen (Dirs. Nathan Engelhardt & Jeremy Spears, US): A 13-minute story of an orphaned bear cub and a tree.

The Girl Who Cried Pearls (Dirs. Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski, Canada): A 17-minute stop-motion fable about a girl who sheds pearls.

Retirement Plan (Dir. John Kelly, Ireland): A 7-minute, humorous film about a man, voiced by Domhnall Gleeson, planning his post-work life.

The Three Sisters (Dir. Konstantin Bronzit, Russia) 14-minutes. Three sisters living on an isolated island must rent out one of their houses. Based on the play by Anton Chekhov.

Éiru (Dir. Giovanni Ferrari, Ireland) When the water mysteriously disappears from the well in a warrior clan’s village, an intrepid child descends into the belly of the earth to retrieve it. Éiru is the story of a child in search of a challenge, and a goddess in search of a champion. 13 minutes.

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