I made only one nomination for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) for the 1941 Retro Hugos. It was: Weltraumschiff 1 startet
Despite what it says on YouTube, this was apparently made in 1940, not 1937. I doubt that many others nominated it though.
I also nominated Pinocchio in Long Form. It's 88 minutes long, which is just under the cutoff, but I (and several other voters whose votes were posted on File 770) felt that it belonged in the Long Form category. The Hugo administrators took a different view, so it's my one nominee on the Short Form final ballot.
My nominations for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) for the 2016 Hugos were unashamedly one-sided. They were:
Doctor Who: Face The Raven Doctor Who: The Girl Who Died Doctor Who: Heaven Sent Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song Doctor Who: The Zygon Invasion / The Zygon Inversion
One of these made the final ballot, which is about my average.
I've tallied results from the File 770 straw poll, which showed the following as favoured nominations in this category by those who contributed:
Doctor Who: Heaven Sent (8) Jessica Jones: AKA Smile (8) Person of Interest: If-Then-Else (8) The Expanse: CQB (8) Kung Fury (5) Uncanny Valley (5) Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (4) Game of Thrones: Hardhome (4) Marvel's Agent Carter: Snafu (4) Sense8: What's Going On (4) Welcome to Night Vale: Triptych (4) Archer: Drastic Voyage 1+2 (3) Rick and Monty: Total Rickall (3) Welcome to Night Vale: The Librarians (3) ( Collapse )
Two of the top four in the File 770 list did indeed make it to the final ballot. The other three finalists are slate nominations, none of which got a single nomination from the File 770 readers who responded to the straw poll. I think it's pretty likely that both Person of Interest: If-Then-Else and The Expanse: CQB, as well as some other worthy candidate, were pushed off the ballot by slating.
