Walt Disney Animation Studios short films (2000–present)

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This is a list of short films created by Walt Disney Animation Studios from the year 2000 onwards.

2000s[edit]

Series Title Director Release Date DVD/Blu-ray Release Notes
— John Henry Mark Henn October 30, 2000 Disney's American Legends
Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection		 Based on African American folk hero John Henry; only shown to the general public six times over three days at Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre[1]
— Destino Academy Award nomination Dominique Monfery October 10, 2003 Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 (two movie collection) Hybrid Animation
Was originally made for a third Fantasia film
— Lorenzo Academy Award nomination Mike Gabriel April 6, 2004 Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection Was originally made for a third Fantasia film
In theaters with Raising Helen
— The Little Matchgirl Academy Award nomination Roger Allers June 6, 2006 The Little Mermaid (Platinum and Diamond Editions)
Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection		 Was originally made for a third Fantasia film
Goofy How to Hook Up Your Home Theater[2] Stevie Wermers
Kevin Deters		 December 21, 2007 Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection In theaters with National Treasure: Book of Secrets
To test Toon Boom Harmony
— Glago's Guest Chris Williams June 10, 2008 — Computer Animation
Pre-screened at Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2008

2010s[edit]

Series Title Director Release date DVD/ Blu-ray Release Notes
— Tick Tock Tale Dean Wellins June 2010 Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection Computer Animation
Pre-screened at Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2010
[3]
— The Ballad of Nessie Stevie Wermers
Kevin Deters		 March 5, 2011 Winnie the Pooh
Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection		 In theaters with Winnie the Pooh
Tangled Tangled Ever After Nathan Greno
Byron Howard		 January 13, 2012 Cinderella (Diamond Edition)
Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection		 Computer Animation
In theaters with Beauty and the Beast 3D
— Paperman Academy Award John Kahrs June 2012
November 2, 2012		 Wreck-It Ralph
Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection		 Hybrid Animation
In theaters with Wreck-It Ralph
First Disney animated short to win the Academy Award in 43 years. Pre-screened at Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2012
[4][5]
Mickey Mouse Get a Horse! Academy Award Lauren MacMullan June 11, 2013
November 27, 2013		 Frozen
Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection		 Combines Hand-drawn & Computer Animation
In theaters with Frozen
Pre-Screened at Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2013
— Feast Academy Award Patrick Osborne June 10, 2014
November 7, 2014		 Big Hero 6
Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection		 Hybrid Animation
In theaters with Big Hero 6
Pre-screened at Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2014
[6]
Frozen Frozen Fever Chris Buck
Jennifer Lee		 March 13, 2015 Cinderella
Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection		 Computer Animation
In theaters with Cinderella
[7]
— Inner Workings Leo Matsuda June 17, 2016
November 23, 2016		 Moana Combines Hand-drawn & Computer Animation
In theaters with Moana
Pre-screened at Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2016
Frozen Olaf's Frozen Adventure Stevie Wermers
Kevin Deters		 November 22, 2017 Olaf's Frozen Adventure Computer Animation
In theaters with Coco

2020s[edit]

Series Title Director Release date DVD / Blu-ray Release Notes
— Us Again Zach Parrish March 5, 2021 Raya and the Last Dragon Computer Animation
In theaters with Raya and the Last Dragon
— Far from The Tree Natalie Nourigat November 24, 2021 Encanto Hybrid Animation
In theaters with Encanto
— Once Upon a Studio Trent Correy and Dan Abraham October 15, 2023 (ABC)

December 15, 2023 (with Wish in Japan)

Wish Combines hand-drawn animation, computer-animation & live-action
Pre-screened at Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2023

In theatres with Wish in Japan and also in theaters with the Disney100 theatrical re-release of Moana.[8]

Non-theatrical shorts[edit]

Non-theatrical shorts include direct-to-video shorts, which have been released as bonus content on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, and HD Digital releases of Disney features, as well as Wartime & industrial shorts, educational shorts, and theme park attractions featuring well known characters. The list also includes TV specials, produced by Disney studio and screened by ABC, and shorts released on Disney+.

Theme park shorts[edit]

Series Title Director Release date Release format Notes
Winnie the Pooh Pooh's Hunny Hunt September 4, 2000 Theme park attraction Animation produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida
Mickey Mouse Mickey's PhilharMagic George Scribner October 3, 2003 Theme park attraction Computer animation

Direct-to-video shorts[edit]

Series Title Director Release date Release format Notes
— One By One Pixote Hunt August 31, 2004 The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Was originally made for a third Fantasia Film
Home on the Range A Dairy Tale Will Finn
John Sanford		 September 14, 2004 Home on the Range Direct-to-DVD short
Bolt Super Rhino Nathan Greno March 22, 2009 Bolt Computer Animation
Direct-to-DVD short
101 Dalmatians The Further Adventures of Thunderbolt*[9] February 10, 2015 On Blu-ray/DVD with the original One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Moana Gone Fishing John Musker
Ron Clements		 February 21, 2017 Moana Computer Animation
Direct-to-Blu-ray short

TV specials[edit]

Series Title Director Release date Release format Notes
Prep & Landing Prep & Landing Stevie Wermers
Kevin Deters		 December 8, 2009 ABC television special Computer Animation
Operation: Secret Santa December 7, 2010
Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice December 5, 2011

Internet and Disney+ Original shorts[edit]

Series Title Director Release date Release format Notes
Prep & Landing Tiny's Big Adventure December 9, 2009 ABC television special Computer Animation
Goofy Checkin' in with Goofy[10] February 16, 2011 Webtoon Opening titles homage to golden age cartoons of the 1940s
— Electric Holiday[11] November 15, 2012 Webtoon
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Oswald Holiday Greeting Card December 1, 2013 Webtoon Produced by Disney of Japan. Only 34 seconds in length.
Frozen Once Upon a Snowman Dan Abraham
Trent Correy		 October 23, 2020 Disney+
Frozen Myth: A Frozen Tale Jeff Gibson February 26, 2021 Disney+ With two minute behind the scene introduction by director Jeff Gibson.
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Oswald the Lucky Rabbit[12] Eric Goldberg December 1, 2022 Webtoon
— 8-Bit Strange World[13] December 27, 2022 Webtoon


Short series[edit]

Note: Each series was streamed on Disney+

Franchise Title Network Original run
Experimental shorts Short Circuit 2020–2022 20 episodes
Goofy How to Stay at Home 2021 3 episodes
Frozen Olaf Presents 2021 5 episodes
Big Hero 6 Baymax! 2022 6 episodes
Zootopia Zootopia+ 2022 6 episodes

Disney internship program shorts[edit]

The project is under Walt Disney Animation summer internship program (CG & Art intern program), where a group of animation and computer graphics students collaborate and make shorts within two months, under the guidance of Disney animators. The shorts are around 1 minute.

Title Release date Release format
Ventana 2017 Computer Animation
Voilà 2018
Maestro 2019
June Bug 2021

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hill, Jim (February 22, 2001). "A black hero comes up short". Orlando Weekly. Euclid Media Group. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  2. ^ Bill Desowitz. November 16, 2007. "How to Hook Up Your Animated Short at Disney." Animation World Magazine.
  3. ^ Desowitz, Bill (August 20, 2010). "Wellins Talks Tick Tock Tale". Animation World Network. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  4. ^ Connelly, Brendon (February 8, 2012). "What Is Disney's Paperman? And When Will We See It?". Bleeding Cool. Avatar Press. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
  5. ^ Amidi, Amid (April 25, 2012). "The Poster for Disney's "Paperman"". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on April 29, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  6. ^ Amidi, Amid (April 24, 2014). "Disney To Debut 'Feast' At Annecy". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  7. ^ Graser, Marc (September 2, 2014). "'Frozen' Characters to Return in 'Frozen Fever' Animated Short". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  8. ^ "『ウィッシュ』ディズニーのキャラクターたちが夢の共演！『ウィッシュ』と同時上映のオリジナル短編映画『ワンス・アポン・ア・スタジオ -100年の思い出-』劇場でしか観られない特別吹替版の予告解禁！！｜映画｜ディズニー公式". ディズニー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  9. ^ "101 Dalmatians: Diamond Edition Blu-ray and DVD Press Release - DVDizzy.com". DVDizzy.com. November 3, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  10. ^ Beck, Jerry (February 19, 2011). "Checkin' In With Goofy". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on February 15, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  11. ^ Karimzadeh, Marc (August 29, 2012). "Cartoon Capers: Barneys, The Walt Disney Co. Team Up for Holidays". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
  12. ^ Zachary (2022-12-01). "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Stars in a New Walt Disney Animation Studios Short for Disney 100 Years of Wonder". The Walt Disney Company. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  13. ^ Zachary (2022-12-01). "8-bit Strange World". The Walt Disney Company. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
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