10 curtas foram pré nomeadas para a categoria de Melhor Curta Metragem de Animação.
- THE CAT PIANO, Eddie White and Ari Gibson, directors (The People’s Republic of Animation)
- FRENCH ROAST, Fabrice O. Joubert, director (Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films)
- GRANNY O' GRIMM'S SLEEPING BEAUTY, Nicky Phelan, director, and Darragh O’Connell, producer (Brown Bag Films)
- THE KINEMATOGRAPH, Tomek Baginski, director-producer (Platige Image)
- THE LADY AND THE REAPER (La Dama y la Muerte), Javier Recio Gracia, director (Kandor Graphics and Green Moon)
- LOGORAMA, Nicolas Schmerkin, producer (Autour de Minuit)
- A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH, Nick Park, director (Aardman Animations Ltd.)
- PARTLY CLOUDY, Peter Sohn, director (Pixar Animation Studios)
- RUNAWAY, Cordell Barker, director (National Film Board of Canada)
- VARIETE, Roelof van den Bergh, director (il Luster Prods.)