Well dude this is an example than inspiration can be found literally anywhere anytime.
I think people sometimes need a little push to boost their energy and start acting towards their goals, I am glad you were able to find that push :P
I wonder if any of those 10 short films were horror films? I mean, what is your favorite genre? Because I know the prizes like the Oscars are usually to drama movies and they almost never include horror or science fiction... and I also ask you about horror films because I have seen some great shorts about horror in youtube.
It was more about motivation than inspiration but I hear you :>)
As you say, about the push (makes me think of a 90s song called Push by the band Matchbox 20)
At least one of the 10 shorts was a horror film, others were more like drama, some comedies, almost all of them pretty experimental
horror, scifi and drama are among my favorite genres but they often overlap (also with thrillers). Although I have to agree with you that horror movies almost never win Academy Awards, they have to make do with prices on (genre) film festivals. If you ever wanna chat about movies, feel free to reach out to me on discord :>)