Film Festival was put on hiatus. Previous award winners Academy Awards Oscars qualifications, nominations and wins Up until the 2012 film festival season, and the 2013 hiatus, the Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival offered two Academy-accredited awards. Winners of the Best Animated Short award and the Deluxe Award for Best Live-Action Short qualify to be nominated for an Oscar. From 2001-to-2012, the following short films were screened at the Worldwide Short Film Festival, and were later nominated for an Oscar. 2003 - Best Animated Short: Harvie Krumpet, directed by Adam Elliot. WINNER at the 76th Academy Awards (2004 ceremony for motion picture productions released in 2003) 2003 - Best Live Action Short: Squash, directed by Lionel Bailliu. Nominated for the 76th Academy Awards (2004 ceremony for motion picture productions released in 2003) 2004 - Best Animated Short: Ryan, directed by Chris Landreth. WINNER at the 77th Academy Awards (2005 ceremony for motion picture productions released in 2004) 2004 - Best Documentary Short: Hardwood, by Hubert Davis and Erin Faith Young. Nominated for the 77th Academy Awards (2005 ceremony for motion picture productions released in 2004) 2004 - Best Live Action Short: Wasp, directed by Andrea Arnold. WINNER at the 77th Academy Awards (2005 ceremony for motion picture productions released in 2004) 2005 - Best Animated Short: The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello, by Anthony Lucas. Nominated for the 78th Academy Awards (2006 ceremony for motion picture productions released in 2005) 2006 - Best Animated Short: The Danish Poet, by Torill Kove. WINNER at the 79th Academy Awards (2007 ceremony for motion picture productions released in 2006) 2007 - Best Animated Short: Madame Tutli-Putli, by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski. Nominated for the 80th Academy Awards (2008 ceremony for motion picture productions released in 2007) 2010 - Best Animated Short: The Gruffalo, by Jacob Schuh and Max Lang. Nominated for the 83rd Academy Awards (2011 ceremony for motion picture productions released in 2010) Audience Choice 2001 – Dual Citizen, directed by Christy Garland, Canada 2002 – Three Sisters on Moon Lake, directed by Julie Kwan, Canada 2003 – The School, directed by Jonathan Hayes, Ontario 2004 – Creature Comforts, Cats or Dogs?, animated by Richard Goleszowski, UK 2005 – Invulnerable, directed by Alvaro Pastor, Spain 2006 – The Legend of the Scarecrow, directed by Marco Bezas, Spain 2007 – It's My Turn Now, directed by Jorgen Hjerdt, Sweden