
What's fascinating about the clips is how incredibly diverse they are: while Pixar's entry (One Man Band) is visually what we'd expect from them, several of the other nominees feature hand-drawn, 2D animation with amazing personality. My personal favorite, Badgered, is only seven minutes long, and was created with a series of drawings that are almost childlike in their simplicity. In a period when everyone and their brother spends a lot of time talking about the lack of creativity in Hollywood, it's just really refreshing to see the magic that animators are coming up with while we're all looking the other way.
[via Luxo]