The shortest film nominated for an Oscar is a stop motion short that we can find on YouTube.
When it comes to talking about the Oscars, it is very common to focus on the big stars and the films that win the final award, that long-awaited Oscar for Best Picture.
Sadly, on many occasions all the “secondary” Oscars are relegated to mere lists or to accumulate among the awards obtained by those films that swept away and took a multitude of statuettes, such as Titanic or The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
However, there are very curious cases among these “secondary Oscars”, such as the one we bring today from the category of Best Animated Short Film.
We have to go back to the 85th Oscar ceremony, in 2013, when a nice animated short titled Fresh Guacamole was nominated. Adam Pesapane, whose pseudonym is PES, but not by Pro Evolution Soccer, is responsible for this short.
Made using the technique of Stop motion, Fresh Guacamole see how the iconic sauce is prepared using typical objects, such as a hand grenade, dice, golf and baseball balls, a billiard ball, etc.
At exactly 100 seconds long, Fresh Guacamole is the shortest film (short) to have been nominated for an Oscar. He did not win, the honor took him Paperman, and among the contenders was the short film by The Simpson, Maggie’s longest day.
The good news is that you can enjoy the full Fresh Guacamole short film on YouTube. Its simplicity and its puns make it an interesting, short piece to enjoy.
You can also bet the last croquette with your friends and use this interesting fact to eat that last and delicious bite. Or maybe to play trivia, it never hurts to win a cheese.
This article was published in Hobby Consolas by Javier Cazallas.