We invited the filmmakers behind each of this year’s 15 Oscar-shortlisted animated shorts to share their favorite shot from their film and explain why it’s special to them. Today, we’re featuring Anastasiia Falileieva’s autobiographic short ‘I Died in Irpin,’ about her disorienting escape with her at-the-time boyfriend from Kyiv to Irpin after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, only to find themselves trapped as conditions rapidly deteriorated. A story of collective human trauma and a more personal abusive relationship, the short captures how one can physically escape a place yet remain emotionally bound to it.
Author: Jamie Lang
Published at: 2026-01-06 22:15:56
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