Fresh Guacamole

Fresh Guacamole is a 2012 American animated short film written and directed by PES (Adam Pesapane). The film was nominated for the Best Animated Short Film award of the 85th Academy Awards,[3] losing to Paperman.[4] At one minute 41 seconds, it is the shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar.[5]

Fresh Guacamole
Directed byPES
Produced byPES
Written byPES
Distributed byShowtime
ShortsHD[1][2]
Release date
2012
Running time
1 minute 40 seconds
CountryUnited States

Distribution

After being nominated for an Academy Award the film was released along with all the other 15 Oscar-nominated short films in theaters by ShortsHD.[1][2]

Overview

The film uses the technique of pixilation and shows a man's hands (the hands are PES's) making guacamole out of familiar objects, which become different items whenever they are cut, often depending on (unspoken) puns. For example, a baseball is cut in half and then becomes a pile of dice while it is being diced. Each of the objects also resembles an ingredient actually used in an authentic guacamole recipe - a grenade with a billiard ball pit resembles an avocado, a baseball resembles an onion, a pincushion resembles a tomato, a green miniature golf ball resembles a lime, a green Christmas light bulb (which is chopped into Monopoly game pieces/houses) resembles a jalapeño pepper, and king and queen chess pieces resemble salt & pepper shakers. The end result is "fresh guacamole" served with a side of "poker chips".

References
  1. "Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013". The New York Times. 2013.
  2. "Fresh Guacamole". The New York Times. 2013.
  3. "Oscars.org".
  4. "Paperman" winning Best Animated Short Film-Oscars on YouTube
  5. Washington Post, Brad Plumer (February 25, 2013). "The shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar". Retrieved March 30, 2015.

See also
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