“Seven of this year's Oscar-nominated short subjects and the 2004 Oscar-winning student animated films have been gathered into a two-hour package …. Every year readers ask me where and how they can see the shorts nominated for Oscars, and every year until now I've had to reply that, well, they can't. The distribution of short subjects is a notoriously difficult challenge, but a package like this, timed for release at Oscar time, is the perfect solution.  Only one of the animated films and none of the live-action shorts are by American directors. The finalists come from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Spain, India and Britain. (The Student Oscar winner saves the day; it's from filmmakers at the New York University film school.)  Also a trend: One of the animated nominees and three of the four live-action films are about children who are neglected or in danger.  And the nominees are: …”