Academy Award Winner Best Animated Short Film

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"Heavy pain exquisitely rendered."
—Kirkus Starred Review

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A moving experience for all those lost
and those left behind.

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2026 Full | Midas Gen

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Exploring Grief and Loss Through Animation in ‘If Anything Happens I Love You’ —Awards Daily

The sketch-style of Netflix's 'If Anything Happens I Love You' is rapturous —Mashable

Netflix delivers 2020's most devastating, heartwrenching 12-minutes of drama

This minor masterpiece is up there with the best of Pixar when it comes to eliciting emotion and delivering devastating drama.

A Couple Faces the Pain of Unspoken Grief in ‘If Anything Happens I Love You’ —Animation World Network

Laura Dern on Gun Safety and How Netflix’s Animated ‘If Anything Happens I Love You’ Addresses Grief —Variety

Netflix’s ‘If Anything Happens, I Love You’ Is a Powerful Short That Feels Like a True Story, Even If It’s Not

It is easily one of the most powerful short films of the year

If Anything Happens I Love You is a perfect weaving together of artistry and purpose, meaning and mission. It's an animated masterpiece, so wondrously constructed that I dare not mention a flaw and it's a film that I want to watch again and again and again.

Laura Dern, Rashida Jones Join Forces for Powerful Gun Control Short

Could If Anything Happens I Love You provide similar hope to a nation torn apart by gun violence? If the attitude that night was any indication, McCormack and Govier earned a few new fighters.

Laura Dern Voices Support for Gun Violence Victims at If Anything Happens I Love You Screening

If Anything Happens I Love You came from McCormack's and Govier's desire to not only raise awareness for the fatal consequences of gun violence but also to shine a spotlight on the grief that victims' loved ones experience

Q&A with filmmaker Michael Govier

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