description Yes-People Overview
Yes-People is a 2020 Icelandic animated short film written and directed by Gísli Darri Halldórsson. Set within an apartment building, it observes several residents as they encounter ordinary frustrations involving work, relationships, weather, and domestic life, often responding with the same affirmative expression. Its compressed dialogue and character animation create an ensemble comedy, and the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
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What is Yes-People about?
It follows several residents of an Icelandic apartment block through one winter day as work, school, housework, relationships, and small frustrations reveal their habits. Gísli Darri Halldórsson wrote and directed the 2020 animated short, which runs about 8 minutes 35 seconds ([film listing](https://vimeo.com/ondemand/yespeople)).
Does Yes-People follow one main character?
Yes-People is an ensemble piece rather than a story built around one hero. The shared apartment building links separate moments about work, domestic life, lovemaking, and awkward silences.
What kind of storytelling does Yes-People use?
Its humor comes from visual behavior, routine, timing, and repeated reactions to ordinary problems. That makes the short feel observational, even though its 2020 setting is presented through animation rather than live action.
Was Yes-People nominated for an Oscar?
Yes. The film was nominated for Short Film (Animated) at the 93rd Academy Awards, whose nominations list includes Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson ([Academy listing](https://www.oscars.org/news/93rd-oscarsr-nominations-announced)).
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