There is no doubt that last year Manzana hit the target, taking the highest possible award in the Oscar. We refer to the best film with CODE, A great surprise within the platform that was also awarded two more statuettes. This year those from Cupertino did not compete in this category but that is why they have not been absent from the biggest film awards, with two nominations, one of which has been awarded.
“And the Best Animated Short Film goes to…»
Apple TV +, the content platform of the house of the apple, competed in this 2023 in two prizes of the great Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from United States. The first category in which he aspired to the award is that of Best Supporting Actor, in which Brian Tyree Henry had options to win the statuette thanks to his work in Causeway.
This film, which has the seal Apple Original Film, has Jennifer Lawrence as the protagonist and tells us the story of an American soldier, after being wounded in Afghanistan, returns home to recover. Brian Tyree Henry has been nominated for numerous awards, including these Oscars, although as you already know, the recognition finally went to Ke Huy Quan and his role in Everything at once everywhere.
Where the company is going to be able to show off and show off its chest is with the award for Best Animated Short Film. And it is that his moving short The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse has bagged the Oscar, having previously picked up a BAFTA, several Annie’s and receiving an NAACP Image Award nomination.
Apple TV+ short
The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse (The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse in English) is based on a book of the same name created by British author Charlie Mackesy and has come to be regarded by many critics as “the little prince of the 21st century«.
History tells us of the improbable friendship emerged between four very different characters while they discover the meaning of values as important as kindness or hope. A very tender fable about the meaning of friendship that children will love (as well as any lover of animated shorts) and that of course you can enjoy on the Apple TV+ platform -it has been available among the movies and series in the Manzanero catalog from Christmas.
In case you didn’t know it (it hasn’t been a very popular short despite its numerous awards), we leave you below the trailer To give you a better idea of what it looks like: