This is one of the better crop of animated shorts the Animation Branch has rewarded this decade.  “Animal Behavior” is quite funny, “Late Afternoon” is beautifully animated with a universal story, “One Small Step” is imaginative and “Weekends” is wonderfully impressionistic and haunting, but it’s hard to see any of them overcoming “Bao.” Pixar has an impressive history in this category and, moreover, it’s one of the most original and surprising of the bunch.

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