SHORT #2
OF 15
95TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 2023 OSCARS CHALLENGE
“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”
FEBRUARY 11, 2023
APPLE TV+
DAY 19
OF 48
Best Animated Short Film
Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud
With sweet messages and a breathtakingly beautiful animation style, “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” is based on the 2019 children’s novel of the same name. A tale of motivation and belonging, the short story follows a young boy in the snow looking for a home when he comes across a talking mole. As they search for the boy’s home, they come across a fox and a horse, and this unlikely group finds common ground as they ask each other questions about themselves. Rounded out with a voice cast of Gabriel Byrne, Idris Elba, and Tom Hollander, this has to be the favorite in the category.
PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS
Charlie Mackesy
| First-time nominee |
Matthew Freud
| First-time nominee |
Follows a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse, as they create an unexpected friendship and travel together in the boy’s search for home.
Directed by Peter Baynton & Charlie Mackesy
Apple TV+ | BBC
December 25, 2022
32 minutes
ACCOLADES
BAFTA Awards — Best British Short Animation (Nominee)
Annie Awards — Best Animated Special Production (Nominee)
Annie Awards — Achievement for Animated Effects in a TV/Media Production (Nominee)
Annie Awards — Achievement for Character Animated in a TV/Media Production (Nominee)
Annie Awards — Achievement for Directing in Animated TV/Media Production (Nominee)
Annie Awards — Achievement for Music in an Animated TV/Media Production (Nominee)
Annie Awards — Achievement for Production Design in Animated TV/Media Production (Nominee)
Annie Awards — Achievement for Editing in a Television/Media Production (Nominee)
NAACP Image Awards — Outstanding Short Form (Animated) (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”
