The International Animated Film Society announced on Monday that both “Toy Story 3″ and the animated short “Day and Night” had been nominated for Annie Awards. While “Day and Night” was nominated in one category, for Best Animated Short Subject, “Toy Story 3″ was nominated for three awards: Best Animated Feature; Directing in a Feature Production (for Lee Unkrich); and Writing in a Feature Production (for Michael Arndt.)

We’ve been following the development of Pixar’s Night and Day for a while now, and we’re excited to announce that the short film is now available for purchase on iTunes!

The film, directed by Pixarian Teddy Newton, will be attached to Toy Story 3 when it arrives in theaters June 18th. The film features two characters, one filled with day, the other filled with night. While the “inside” of the characters is computer animated, the Day & Night characters themselves are 2D, hand drawn. In Digital Disney 3D, the characters act as a window into a 3D world.

After weeks of speculation, rumour, and hearsay, Pixar at last made public details of the short film the will accompany Toy Story 3 in theatres, and it's probably not what you thought.