The Academy Award for Animated Short Film is an award which has been given by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as part of the
Academy Awards every year since the
5th Academy Awards, covering the year 1931-32, to the present. This category was known as "Short Subjects, Cartoons" from 1932 until 1970, and as "Short Subjects, Animated Films" from 1971 to 1973. The present title began with the 1974 awards. In the listings below, the title shown in boldface was the winner of the award, followed by the other nominees for that year. This category is notable for giving
Walt Disney 12 of his 22 Academy Awards, including his posthumous 1968 award, and also 10 of the first 12 awards awarded in the category.
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