2025 Oscar Contenders: Yuck! Director Loc Espuche [Video]

Welcome to Cartoon Brew’s series of spotlights focusing on the animated shorts that have qualified for the 2025 Oscars. The films in this series have qualified through one of multiple routes: by winning an Oscar-qualifying award at a film festival, by exhibiting theatrically, or by a Student Academy Award.

Today’s film is Yuck! (or Beurk! in its original title) from French filmmaker Loïc Espuche and production company Ikki Films, in co-production with Iliade et Films. The short earned its Oscars qualification through theatrical exhibition.

In Yuck!,a group of kids witness young and old adults kissing in public during their campsite holidays. For Léo and his friends, there’s nothing more disgusting. And the worst thing is, you can’t miss it: when people are about to kiss, their lips turn a glossy pink. That’s when things start to get complicated for Léo. Because even if he laughs at those ugly kissers, Léo secretly wants to give …