''Prologue'' is a 2015 British animated short film directed by Richard Williams and produced by

Imogen Sutton Imogen Sutton is a Canadian–British producer and director and widow of animator Richard Williams. She is best known for producing the animated short film ''Prologue'', that earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short F ...

. It was the final film directed by Williams before his death in August 2019.

Summary

It was to be the first part of a planned feature film based on the play ''

Lysistrata ''Lysistrata'' ( or ; Attic Greek: , ''Lysistrátē'', ) is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC. It is a comic account of a woman's mission to end the Peloponnesian War between Greek city ...

'' by

Aristophanes Aristophanes (; ; ) was an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek Ancient Greek comedy, comic playwright from Classical Athens, Athens. He wrote in total forty plays, of which eleven survive virtually complete today. The majority of his surviving play ...

, in which Greek women withhold sexual privilege from their husbands and lovers in order to end a war. The short film depicts the gruesome combat between ancient Greek soldiers, resulting in the death of every combatant and the reveal that the entire skirmish was witnessed by a little girl, who runs off to the comfort of an older woman.

Reception

The film was a critical success and gained many awards and nominations, including an Oscar nomination for

Best Animated Short Film The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year 1 ...

Awards

* 2016:

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year ...

Nominated (lost to '' Bear Story'')"Bear Story" winning Best Animated Short Film -Oscars on YouTube
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BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation The BAFTA Award for Best British Short Animation is a film award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) at the annual British Academy Film Awards. BAFTA is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for fil ...

Nominated

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{{Lysistrata 2015 animated short films British animated short films Films based on Lysistrata Animated films without speech Films directed by Richard Williams Films produced by Imogen Sutton Animated films set in ancient Greece 2010s English-language films 2010s British films English-language short films