2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: Tomorrow Director Aryasb Feiz [Video]

Cartoon Brew is 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 winning a Student Academy Award.

Today’s film is Tomorrow from Iranian filmmaker Aryasb Feiz. The short earned its Oscars qualification by winning best animated short film at the Foyle Film Festival in Ireland.

In 1970s Shiraz, Iran, a scrappy 10-year-old street urchin struggles to survive the day-to-day hardships of life. His encounter with a stray dog will change both of their lives. Tomorrow, which this website covered during its early development stages, is a universal tale of friendship brought to life beautifully in cg animation by Feiz’s studio Badstache, which he founded a decade ago in Tehran.

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