IfAnything Happens I Love You is an American 2D animated short film written and directed by Will McCormack and Michael Govier. Its story follows two grieving parents as they struggle to confront the death of their daughter, who was killed in a school shooting.
Synopsis After mustering up the courage to propose to a girl in an online game, naive otaku Hideki "Rusian" Nishimura is devastated when she flat-out rejects him. To make matters worse, the girl reveals that she is actually an older man in real life. With his dreams crushed and his heart broken, Rusian comes to an abrupt decision in the midst
ReeseWitherspoon presents Will McCormack and Michael Govier with the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film for "If Anything Happens I Love You" at the 93rd Osc
Theanimated short film If Anything Happens I Love You is a raw and powerful depiction of one family's grief at the loss of their child in a school shooting. Last night, it won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. "We dedicate this film to all those who've lost loved ones to gun violence," said Will McCormack, one of the film's writers and directors, in his acceptance speech.
TheIf Anything Happens I Love You cast does not include any narration and the film is completely filmed in a monochromatic, hand-drawn illustrations format.Netflix had recently acquired its first animated shorts for Oscar consideration with three animated films. One being If Anything Happens I Love You, a film called Canvas, which is about a painter who thinks of rekindling his passion for Thepast year has in no way fallen short of division in politics or challenges to health and safety, and Netflix reiterates that in its newest animated short film. "If Anything Happens I Love You" achieves what many two-hour-long films strive to do, in just 12 minutes and without a single word being spoken. Released Nov. 20, the short film drives home the prominent social issue of gun .