Director Sanjay Patel is one of ten finalists eligible to be nominated for an Academy Award in the category of best animated short film, reports American Bazaar.
His film Sanjay’s Super Team will be released concurrently with Pixar’s A Good Dinosaur in theaters Wednesday in the United States.
The seven minute film is inspired by Sanjay’s own childhood growing up as an Indian American. It will be shown before A Good Dinosaur and continues Pixar’s tradition of showing an original short prior to a featured release.
Sanjay’s Super Team centers around the conflicts of a modern world with Hindu traditions.
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Of the 10 finalists, five will receive Oscar nominations. The winner will be announced January 14 at the 88th Academy Awards.
Other films eligible for a nomination are Bear Story, Carface, If I Was God, Love in the time of March Madness, My Home, An Object at Rest, Prologue, We Can’t Live Without Cosmos, and World of Tomorrow.