Cartoon Brew invited the filmmakers behind each of this year’s 15 Oscar-shortlisted animated shorts to share their favorite shot from their film and explain why it’s special to them. The pieces are being published in the order that materials were received.
In this piece, we’re looking at Bottle George from Japanese director and Tonko House founder Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi.
A stop motion animated short film about the darkness of addiction and the strength of family, Bottle George depicts a father’s alcohol addiction seen through the eyes of his child.
Below, Tsutsumi shares his favorite shot from the short and why it’s significant to him:
The story of Bottle George touches the sensitive topic of addiction problems, something both Akihiro Nishino (my co-writer) and I both respectively experienced with people who were very close to us in our lives. That’s why if I’m asked to pick one shot from the film, this is the shot.
The girl character Chaco carries a lot on her shoulders. …