Join with a codeGuideBallotsDataToolsBlog

A visual history · Oscars

The winners who defined Animated Short.

93 ceremonies, 1933–2025. 93 different winners.

Who won most recently?
In the Shadow of the Cypress in 2025.
  1. In the Shadow of the CypressBarfak Studio
  2. War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & YokoElectroLeague
  3. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the HorseApple TV+
  4. The Windshield WiperThe Animation Showcase
  5. If Anything Happens I Love YouNetflix
  6. Hair LoveSony Pictures Releasing
Years explored
1933–2025
Different winners
93
Category leader
No leader
About this record

Best Animated Short Film was first awarded in 1933, so it does not run the full 1929–2025 window.

2000–2025

26 ceremonies

19332025

01 / The reigns

26 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2000–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited distributor.

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by distributor; scroll sideways for the full run.
The Old Man and the Sea'00
Father and Daughter'01
For the Birds'02
The ChubbChubbs!'03
Harvie Krumpet'04
Ryan'05
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation'06
The Danish Poet'07
Peter and the Wolf'08
La Maison en Petits Cubes'09
Logorama'10
The Lost Thing'11
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore'12
Paperman'13
Mr Hublot'14
Feast'15
Bear Story'16
Piper'17
Dear Basketball'18
Bao'19
Hair Love'20
If Anything Happens I Love You'21
The Windshield Wiper'22
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse'23
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko'24
In the Shadow of the Cypress'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Disney leads the recorded distributor credits with 5 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Disney5 wins
Sony2 wins
Apple TV+1 win
Barfak Studio1 win
Cinema Public Films1 win
CinéTé Filmproductie1 win
Wins by distributor
  1. Disney524%
  2. Sony210%
  3. Apple TV+15%
  4. Barfak Studio15%
  5. Cinema Public Films15%
  6. CinéTé Filmproductie15%
  7. Other1048%

5 further wins have no distributor on record and are not counted in the 21 above.

5 of these 26 wins have no distributor on record, so the chart covers the other 21.

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerDistributor
2025In the Shadow of the Cypress
beat 4 others
  • Beautiful Men
  • Magic Candies
  • Wander to Wonder
  • Yuck!
Barfak Studio
2024War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
beat 4 others
  • Letter to a Pig
  • Ninety-Five Senses
  • Our Uniform
  • Pachyderme
ElectroLeague
2023The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
beat 4 others
  • The Flying Sailor
  • Ice Merchants
  • My Year of Dicks
  • An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It
Apple TV+
2022The Windshield Wiper
beat 4 others
  • Affairs of the Art
  • Bestia
  • Boxballet
  • Robin Robin
The Animation Showcase
2021If Anything Happens I Love You
beat 4 others
  • Burrow
  • Genius Loci
  • Opera
  • Yes-People
Netflix
2020Hair Love
beat 4 others
  • Daughter
  • Kitbull
  • Mémorable
  • Sister
Sony Pictures Releasing
2019Bao
beat 4 others
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Late Afternoon
  • One Small Step
  • Weekends
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2018Dear Basketball
beat 4 others
  • Garden Party
  • Lou
  • Negative Space
  • Revolting Rhymes
Granity Studios
2017Piper
beat 4 others
  • Blind Vaysha
  • Borrowed Time
  • Pear Cider and Cigarettes
  • Pearl
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2016Bear Story
beat 4 others
  • Prologue
  • Sanjay's Super Team
  • We Can't Live Without Cosmos
  • World of Tomorrow
Punkrobot Studio
2015Feast
beat 4 others
  • The Bigger Picture
  • The Dam Keeper
  • Me and My Moulton
  • A Single Life
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2014Mr Hublot
beat 4 others
  • Feral
  • Get a Horse!
  • Possessions
  • Room on the Broom
No distributor credited
2013Paperman
beat 4 others
  • Adam and Dog
  • Fresh Guacamole
  • Head Over Heels
  • The Longest Daycare
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2012The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
beat 4 others
  • La Luna
  • A Morning Stroll
  • Sunday
  • Wild Life
No distributor credited
2011The Lost Thing
beat 4 others
  • Day and Night
  • The Gruffalo
  • Let's Pollute
  • Madagascar, a Journey Diary
No distributor credited
2010Logorama
beat 4 others
  • French Roast
  • Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
  • The Lady and the Reaper
  • A Matter of Loaf and Death
Cinema Public Films
2009La Maison en Petits Cubes
beat 4 others
  • Lavatory – Lovestory
  • Oktapodi
  • Presto
  • This Way Up
Oh! Production
2008Peter and the Wolf
beat 4 others
  • Even Pigeons Go to Heaven
  • I Met the Walrus
  • Madame Tutli-Putli
  • My Love
No distributor credited
2007The Danish Poet
beat 4 others
  • Lifted
  • The Little Matchgirl
  • Maestro
  • No Time for Nuts
Norwegian Film Institute
2006The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
beat 4 others
  • 9
  • Badgered
  • The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
  • One Man Band
No distributor credited
2005Ryan
beat 4 others
  • Birthday Boy
  • Gopher Broke
  • Guard Dog
  • Lorenzo
National Film Board of Canada
2004Harvie Krumpet
beat 4 others
  • Boundin
  • Destino
  • Gone Nutty
  • Nibbles
Melodrama Pictures
2003The ChubbChubbs!
beat 4 others
  • The Cathedral
  • Das Rad
  • Mike's New Car
  • Mt. Head
Sony Pictures Releasing
2002For the Birds
beat 4 others
  • Fifty Percent Grey
  • Give Up Yer Aul Sins
  • Strange Invaders
  • Stubble Trouble
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
2001Father and Daughter
beat 2 others
  • The Periwig-Maker
  • Rejected
CinéTé Filmproductie
2000The Old Man and the Sea
beat 4 others
  • 3 Misses
  • Humdrum
  • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts
  • When the Day Breaks
Filmoption International