One of the films nominated for this year’s Best Animated Short Film at the Oscars is Disney’s Paperman.

It has been released online, and you can view it below. It has clocked up more than 3,2 million views since being loaded onto YouTube earlier this week.

The story starts off with a chance encounter at a New York train station, followed by one of the most charming and beautiful tales we’ve seen in a long time.

Directer John Kahrs uses a hybrid of traditional animation, as well as computer animation. Also impressive is the fact that he tells his story without a single line of dialogue in the script.

We brought together as best we could the expressiveness of 2D drawing immersed with the stability and dimensionality of CG. There is such a power and expressiveness in the drawn line. It’s such an old method for human beings to create art, to express themselves. I thought, isn’t there a way we can bring that expressive line back into animation again?

https://youtu.be/aTLySbGoMX0

To see the director speak about what inspired him to create this story, check out this interview below:

[Source: Telegraph]