When the Oscar race starts to get me down as it does every year when it’s finalized and put to bed — for most it’s just another day, another contest, another Super Bowl. For me, it’s recorded history that I then sift through the following year to try to make sense of it. I always...
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by Marshall Flores I will preface this post by saying that it’s always difficult for me to choose a winner from any of the Oscar-nominated shorts in a given year. Too often are the nominees in a shorts category better than their “big brothers” in the respective feature category – in fact, I prefer this year’s crop of animated shorts over any of the animated...
The five animated shorts are all worth buying a ticket to see. They will be hitting theaters soon. You can find out where and more about all of the shorts on their site. So far, I’ve made it through four of the five animated films and am half-way through the live action. The shorts, like the documentaries, are usually better than the nominated films in the...
Word went out to Academy members today about a big change in ballot procedure for three categories. Until now, members who wanted to vote for Best Documentary Feature, Live Action Short or Animated Short would need to trek to designated screening locations where they got their hands stamped as certified proof that they’d seen all the nominated films before voting....
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 85th Academy Awards®. Fifty-six pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: Adam and Dog,” Minkyu Lee,...
Killing In the Name РTrailer from Carie Lemack РGlobal Survivors on Vimeo. Three to five of these will earn a nomination: “Born Sweet,” Cynthia Wade Productions “Killing in the Name,” Moxie Firecracker Films “Living for 32,” Cuomo Cole Productions “One Thousand Pictures: RFK’s Last Journey,” Lichen Films “Poster...
Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards. Thirty-seven pictures had originally qualified in the category: The Cat Piano, Eddie White and Ari Gibson, directors (The People’s Republic of Animation) French Roast, Fabrice O....
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