Oscar nominated filmmaker Alison McAlpine poses in Montreal on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
CMUSome left-field Montreal directors, a record-breaking animator and a team of veteran horror-film artisans are among the Canadians in the running at tonight鈥檚 Oscars.
Montreal filmmaker Alison McAlpine is nominated for best documentary short for 鈥淧erfectly a Strangeness,鈥 her hypnotic film following three donkeys exploring a semi-abandoned observatory in Chile鈥檚 Atacama Desert.
Meanwhile, fellow Montrealers Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski are up for best animated short film for 鈥淭he Girl Who Cried Pearls.鈥 The duo were previously nominated in the category 鈥 18 years ago 鈥 for their debut short 鈥淢adame Tutli-Putli.鈥
In the best animated feature category, Korean-Canadian filmmaker Maggie Kang is nominated for co-writing and co-directing Netflix鈥檚 鈥淜Pop Demon Hunters,鈥 which is the most-viewed film in the streamer鈥檚 history. She鈥檒l compete against Toronto鈥檚 Domee Shi for co-writing and co-directing Pixar鈥檚 鈥淓lio.鈥
Canadians behind the look of 鈥淔rankenstein鈥 are also up for makeup and hairstyling awards 鈥 Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey. The production design team on the film also received a nomination, including production designer Tamara Deverell and set decorator Shane Vieau.
The film is also nominated for best picture, which includes Canadian producer J. Miles Dale among its nominees.
McAlpine says it's been "a huge honour and a wild adventure" to see "Perfectly a Strangeness" compete for an Academy Award.
"It's wild. It's the out-of-the-box indie film. It comes out of nowhere."
Several members of the film鈥檚 small crew plan to attend the ceremony together, paying their own way.
The donkeys, however, won't be hitting the red carpet.
鈥淚鈥檇 love that,鈥 McAlpine laughs. 鈥淏ut I think a poor donkey in L.A. would be traumatized.鈥
This report by 国产诱惑福利 was first published March 13, 2026.
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