Today, the 10 titles for Best Animated Short Film are officially announced, and they will compete for the final 5 nominations. Directed by Chinese director Xie Chenglin, "Life with Your Head Down" was successfully shortlisted, and Pixar's latest animated short film "Lost and Found" also made the list. The nominations for this year's Oscars will be announced on January 23, and the awards ceremony will be held on March 5 next year.
"Life with a Head Down" won the gold medal in the student Academy Award animation unit in September, and is a work completed by director Xie Chenglin during his studies at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. In his acceptance speech, Xie Chenglin especially thanked his father for supporting him in learning painting since he was a child, and the long-term support of his family. He said, "It is an honor to be the first person to be shortlisted for the Central Academy of Fine Arts in China and receive a student Oscar, and I am grateful for the new rules of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that give me the opportunity to participate." The work focuses on the current phenomenon of "mobile phone bowing down", telling the story of urban people who have become captives of mobile phones and the strange phenomena caused by it. The film tells the story of people of various professions holding mobile phones, and when the "low-headed people" meet each other, they have various ironic scenes.
Netizens have expressed their happiness and pride for Xie Chenglin, and they are also very much looking forward to seeing "Life with Heads Down" nominated.