'' Once Upon a Line '' is a 2016 animated-short film directed , written and produced by Alicja Jasina . It won the Best Animation Gold Award at Student Academy Awards and was shortlisted with ten other short-film from 69 entries submitted to the 89th Academy Awards in Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film category , but did not make the final cut . A man leads a boring life until he falls in love . Things get out of control , but at the end , the protagonist discovers that there are other ways of living and that the world is full of color and hope
89th Academy Awards
89th Academy Awards
Once Upon a Line