This press release announcing the arrival tomorrow of the Oscar nominated short films on cable for the first time just dropped into my inbox. Check out my thoughts on the animated and live-action shorts and then watch them in the comfort of your own home.
“THE OSCAR® NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2010″ ARRIVE ON CABLE
Academy’s picks of [...]
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Ok, you’ve seen how I think the race for the short film Oscars is going to shape up and you’ve maybe even had a chance to see the films yourself. Now head over to Shorts International (the fine folks who’ve brought them to theaters and iTunes for your enjoyment), click on “predict” and vote which [...]
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Overall I liked the animated shorts better than their live-action cousins (reviewed here). As far as Oscar predictions go however, my confidence level is about zero. With my top two picks I fear I’m bending Academy taste to fit my own. Nevertheless, here they are in the order I think they’re most likely to win [...]
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Here’s a look at this year’s crop of Oscar nominated live-action short films. Remember these will be playing in theaters (alongside the animated shorts in a separate program) beginning Friday, February 19th. They will also be available through iTunes and VOD. For more information about the films themselves and where you can see them, check [...]
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A friend of mine, the multi-talented Hilliard Guess, will be showing his new short film Troublesome in Hollywood on February 17, 2010.
Hilliard wrote, produced and directed the film which tells the story of a hip-hop superstar (Kareem Grimes) trapped on a subway car with his celebrity therapist (Dynasty’s Gordon Thomson). As the oxygen level drops, [...]
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Press Release
For Immediate Release
Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures present
“The Oscar® Nominated Short Films 2010″
In theatres February in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom
LONDON, UK, 29th January 2010 – Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures will once again bring the wildly popular Oscar® nominated short film programme (Live-Action and Animation) to theatres in the US, Canada [...]
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From Awards Daily, here’s this year’s list of the 10 films that have been short-listed for the Live Action Short Oscar:
The Door, Juanita Wilson
The Ground Beneath, Rene Hernandez
Hotel, Tim Conrad
Instead of Abracadabra, Patrik Eklund
Kavi, Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish, Luke Doolan
The New Tenants, Joachim Back
The Response, Adam Rodgers, director
Short Term 12, Destin Daniel Cretton
Sidney Turtlebaum, Tristram Shapeero
While [...]
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The short-listed animated short Oscar candidates.
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iTunes has the new Spinal Tap short ‘Stonehenge: Tis a Magic Place’
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Here’s Neill Blomkamp’s impressive short film that first got him the gig directing Peter Jackson’s adaptation of Halo and then formed the basis for District 9 when the Halo project fell through.
This has been floating around on the internet for at least a couple of months, but its new to me now that I’ve emerged [...]
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