SHORT #1
OF 15
95TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 2023 OSCARS CHALLENGE
“THE FLYING SAILOR”
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
YOUTUBE
DAY 16
OF 48
Best Animated Short Film
Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
Based on an actual account of a sailor in 1917 being blown over a mile into the sky after two boats exploded, “The Flying Sailor” shows a life flashing in front of a man’s eyes. With a lit cigarette dangling out of his lips and his clothes ripped from his body, the man miraculously survived to tell the tale. How a short can evoke so many emotions and span several different animation styles in only eight minutes is beyond me.
PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS
Amanda Forbis
| 84th Academy Awards (2011) | Best Animated Short Film | “Wild Life” | Nominee |
| 72nd Academy Awards (1999) | Best Animated Short Film | “When the Day Breaks” | Nominee |
Wendy Tilby
| 84th Academy Awards (2011) | Best Animated Short Film | “Wild Life” | Nominee |
| 72nd Academy Awards (1999) | Best Animated Short Film | “When the Day Breaks” | Nominee |
| 64th Academy Awards (1991) | Best Animated Short Film | “Strings” | Nominee |
Inspired by true events, the highly anticipated new film by Oscar-nominated duo Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis is a meditation on a sailor’s unexpected voyage.
Directed by Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby
National Film Board of Canada + The New Yorker
October 20, 2022
8 minutes
ACCOLADES
AFI Fest — Animated Short Film (Nominee)
Annecy International Animated Film Festival — Best Short (Nominee)
Annie Awards — Best Animated Short Subject (Nominee)
Melbourne International Film Festival — Best Animation Short Film (Nominee)
Ottawa International Animation Festival — Best Canadian Film [Winner]
Philadelphia Film Festival — Best Short Film (Nominee)
Sundance Film Festival — Animation Short Film Jury Award [Winner]
Sundance Film Festival — Best Short Film (Nominee)
Toronto International Film Festival — IMDbPro Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Film (Nominee)
Valladolid International Film Festival — Best Short Film (Nominee)
Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival — International Competition (Nominee)
EXPERT PREDICTIONS
1. “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”
2. “My Year of Dicks”
3. “An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It”
4. “The Flying Sailor”
5. “Ice Merchants”
PERSONAL PREDICTIONS
1. “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”
2. “The Flying Sailor”
3. “My Year of Dicks”
4. “An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It”
5. “Ice Merchants”
