We Can't Live Without Cosmos

"We Can't Live Without Cosmos" (2014) is a Russian animated short you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Konstantin Bronzit at Melnitsa Animation Studio and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 88th Oscars.

Two best friends share one dream from childhood: space. The film runs nearly wordless through fifteen minutes of training routines, physical gags, and quiet camaraderie — then uses that groundwork to make the ending count. Bronzit gives the cosmonaut premise almost nothing extra, and it turns out that's all it needs.