Toronto – Ouat Media Inc. (Ouat) announced today that two of their short films have been nominated for the 83rd Academy Awards.
MADAGASCARis a 12-minute animation by Sacrebleu Productions, that brings to life a travelers journey diary of his travels in Madagascar. The stellar animation technique acquaints the viewer with the Malagasy culture and Famadihana customs.
THE LOST THING is a 15-minute animation by first-time directors Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan. It is a modern fable where a boy discovers a bizarre looking creature and tries to find out who owns it or where it belongs, and then sets out to find a place for it.
Both films have been nominated under the Best Short Animation category.
The Academy Awards will take place on February 27, 2011.
Ouat Media continues to represent the best short films from the worlds top filmmakers in both the short and feature film programs.
About Ouat Media Inc.
Created in 2006, Ouat Media [pronounced "what"] is a global media distribution specialist. Ouat Medias mandate is to be the premier multiplatform content aggregator and provider of short film content for broadcast, Internet, mobile devices, and all other newly-developed media.
Ouat Media is based in Toronto, Canada and is part of the Channel Zero Inc. family of companies which also includes Silver Screen Classics, and Movieola- the Short Film Channel.
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