‘We just won an Oscar’: Charlie Mackesy’s much-loved animation shines in Los Angeles

The screen adaptation of Charlie Mackesy’s best-selling book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse has won an Oscar – four weeks after winning a BAFTA.

The heartwarming story, which was released on television at Christmas, won the best animated short film category at the 95th annual Academy Awards, in Los Angeles yesterday (12 March). It beat competition from The Flying Sailor, Ice Merchants, My Year of Dicks, and An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It.

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Article written by: Becky Murray