Pixar's 'The Blue Umbrella' Doesn't Make the Cut for the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film

On Thursday, the Academy announced the ten selections that made the cut for Best Animated Short Film, narrowing down the field of entries that will compete for an Oscar.

Surprisingly, Pixar's The Blue Umbrella didn't make the cut. The Blue Umbrella ran before Monsters University, and seemed to garner praise when it debuted. If you haven't seen it yet, pick up Monsters University on blu-ray and watch it for yourself. While the short doesn't quite live up to last year's Oscar winner, Disney's Paperman, I'm still shocked that it didn't make this cut. Pixar shorts have been nominated for Best Animated Short Film eight times since 2000.

Here's what did make the cut:

Feral (Daniel Sousa), Get a Horse! (Walt Disney Feature Animation), Gloria Victoria (National Film Board of Canada), Hollow Land (Dansk Tegnefilm, Les Films de l'Arlequin and the National Film Board of Canada), The Missing Scarf (Belly Creative Inc.), Mr. Hublot (Zeilt Productions), Possessions (Sunrise Inc.), Requiem for Romance (Kungfu Romance Productions Inc.), Room on the Broom (Magic Light Pictures), Subconscious Password (National Film Board of Canada with the participation of Seneca College Animation Arts Centre and Copperheart Entertainment)

The 86th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2014.