The Animation Show of Shows is a traveling selection of the year's best animated short films. It is curated and presented by Acme Filmworks founder Ron Diamond. The show began in 1998 with the aim of showing the most original, funny, and intelligent short animated films from all over the world by presenting them to major animation studios, in hope of inspiring their influential animators and directors. Since 2007, a number of the films have been released as DVDs.

Films included in the Shows

Notes

≈ Oscar nominee

± Oscar winner

1st Annual Animation Show of Shows • 1999

Village of Idiots by Eugene Fedorenka and Rose Newlove

My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts≈ by Torill Kove

3 Misses≈ by Paul Driessen

When the Day Breaks≈ by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis

2nd Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2000

Father and Daughter± by Michael Dudok de Wit

La Pista by Gianluigi Toccafondo

Run of the Mill by Borge Ring

Crime and Punishment by Piotr Dumała

3rd Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2001

Radio Umanak by Marie José van der Linden

A Hunting Lesson by Jacques Drouin

Black Soul by Martine Chartrand

Aria by Pjotr Sapegin

4th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2002

Flux by Chris Hinton

From the 104th Floor by Serguei Bassine

Hasta Los Huesos by René Castillo

Mt. Head≈ by Kōji Yamamura

The Rise & Fall of the Legendary Anglobilly Feverson by Rosto

Aunt Luisa by Tim Miller

5th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2003

Fast Film by Virgil Widrich

Cameras Take Five by Steven Woloshen

Falling in Love Again by Munro Ferguson

Car Craze by Evert de Beijer

Nibbles≈ by Christopher Hinton

The Toll Collector by Rachel Johnson

Harvie Krumpet± by Adam Elliot

Destino≈ by Dominique Monféry

2D or Not 2D by Paul Driessen

6th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2004

Get in the Car by Greg Holfeld

Lorenzo≈ by Mike Gabriel

Suite for Freedom by Aleksandra Korejwo, Caroline Leaf, Luc Perez

The Man Without a Shadow by Georges Schwizgebel

The Revolution of the Crabs by Arthur de Pins

Ryan± by Chris Landreth

7th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2005

At The Quinte Hotel by Bruce Alcock

City Paradise by Gaëlle Denis

Fallen by Peter Kaboth

The Fan and the Flower by Bill Plympton

Jona/Tomberry by Rosto

Life in Transition by John Dilworth

Morir de Amor by Gil Alkabetz

One Man Band≈ by Andrew Jimenez, Mark Andrews

Overtime by Oury Atlan, Thibaut Berland and Damien Ferrie

8th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2006

Quien Engana No Gana by Rajiv Eipe, Kaustubh Ray

The Danish Poet± by Torill Kove

A Gentlemen’s Duel by Francisco Ruiz and Sean McNally

My Love by Alexandr Petrov

Shipwrecked by Frodo Kuipers

No Time for Nuts≈ by Chris Renaud, Michael Thurmeier

Tragic Story with Happy Ending by Regina Pessoa

Lifted≈ by Gary Rydstrom

9th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2007

John and Karen by Matthew Walker

Forgetfulness by Julian Grey

I Met The Walrus≈ by Josh Raskin

Madame Tutli-Putli≈ by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski

Some Friends He Made: Molotov Alva Meets the Hobo King by Douglas Gayeton

Ujbaz Izbeniki Has Lost His Soul by Neil Jack

La Memoria Dei Cani by Simone Massi

The Pearce Sisters by Luis Cook

How to Hook Up Your Home Theater by Kevin Deters, Stevie Wermers-Skelton

En Tus Brazos by Fx Goby, Edouard Jouret and Matthieu Landour

The Irresistible Smile by Ami Lindholm

Beton by Ariel Belinco and Michael Faust

Administrators by Roman Klochkov

t.o.m. by Dan Gray and Tom Brown

Életvonal by Tomek Ducki

Camera Obscura by Matthieu Buchalski, Jean-Michel Drechsler and Thierry Onillon

10th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2008

Keith Reynolds Can’t Make It Tonight by Felix Massie

La Maison en Petits Cubes± by Kunio Katō

Kudan by Taku Kimura

A Mouse's Tale by Benjamin Renner

I Slept with Cookie Monster by Kara Nasdor-Jones

Glago's Guest by Chris Williams

Hot Seat by Janet Perlman

Presto≈ by Doug Sweetland

Skhizein by Jeremy Clapin

KJFG No.5 by Alexey Alexeev

11th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2009

Photograph of Jesus by Laurie Hill

The Da Vinci Time Code by Gil Alkabetz

Volgens de Vogels by Linde Faas

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