The film was also nominated for Best Animated Short at the 89th Academy Awards . Ushev stated that with 16 films to his credit to date , he had given up hope of ever being nominated for an Oscar because he worried that his films might be " too abstract , too avant garde , too elitist , too dark " for the Academy . He stated that upon hearing the news of his Oscar nomination , he had a strong emotional reaction : " When I heard the name of my film , I just stopped watching , because I fainted ... I cried . At first I laughed and then I cried again . It 's out of control ... . It 's all strange and exciting . " His keen interest for the new visual forms led him to experiments with installations , interactive works on public spaces and virtual reality . His last works are " Diagonales " on the facade of Montreal Public Library , the installation Third page from the Sun and the film-action 100 prints of Norman . Erased . in which he erases prints of the animation legend Norman McLaren during 10 days in an aquarium at the Museum of Civilisation in Quebec
89th Academy Awards
89th Academy Awards
Theodore Ushev