La Maison En Petits Cubes from Japan, directed by Kunio Kato, was the winner of the 2009 Best Animated Short Oscar at the 81st Academy Awards. The ceremony took place on February 22, 2009 in Hollywood, California at the Kodak Theatre.

The other nominees for the 2009 Best Animated Short films were Lavatory Lovestory from Russia by directed by Konstantin Bronzit, Oktapodi from France, This Way Up by Adam Foulkes and Alan Smith from the United Kingdom, and the United States Pixar animation film Presto directed by Doug Sweetland.

• La Maison En Petits Cubes - Winner
• Lavatory - Lovestory
• Oktapodi
• Presto
• This Way Up

• Date reflects year of the ceremony
• (2009): La Maison en Petits Cubes
• (2008): Peter and the Wolf
• (2007): The Danish Poet - Torii Kove
• (2006): The Moon and the Son
• (2005): Ryan by Chris Landreth
• (2004): Harvie Krumpet by Adam Elliot
• (2003): The ChubbChubbs - Sony Pictures Animation
• (2002): For the Birds - Ralph Eggleston
• (2001): Father and Daughter - Michael Dudok De Wit
• (2000): The Old Man and the Sea - Alexander Petrov
• (1999): Bunny - Chris Wedge
• (1998): Geri's Game- Jan Pinkava
• (1997): Quest - Tyron Montgomery, Thomas Stellmach
• (1996): A Close Shave - Nick Park
• (1995): Bob's Birthday - Alison Snowden, David Fine
• (1994): The Wrong Trousers - Nick Park
• (1993): Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase
• (1992): Manipulation - Daniel Greaves
• (1991): Creature Comforts- Nick Park
• (1990): Balance- Wolfgand and Christoph Lauenstein

• Oscars.org: Oscar Acceptance Speeches - Short Animated Film

• La Maison En Petits Cubes - Winner

• IMDb: La Maison en petits cubes

• YouTube Video: La Maison en Petits Cubes- clip (Time: 0:28)

• Oktapodi

• Official Site: Oktapodi

• YouTube Video: Oktapodi (Time: 2:25)

• Presto

• Pixar.com: Presto

• Trailer Addict: Presto full short film (Time: 5:16)

• This Way Up

• Official Site: This Way Up

• YouTube Video: This Way Up trailer (Time: 0:54)