Academy Award-nominated short films: Want to win your Oscar pool?

So you want to win your Oscar pool?

Then you have to know your shorts.

The Academy Awards short film categories are notoriously difficult to predict.

There are no precursor awards (i.e.

Golden Globes or SAG Awards) to help us gauge whether a film is clicking with Academy members.

For example, the last four Pixar shorts all lost the Best Animated Short Oscar.

But if neither of those options works for you, EW is here to help.

The Academy screened all the animated and live-action shorts at its annual Shorts!

Best Animated Short FilmTo me, its a battle between three shorts.

Good luck, PopWatchers!