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...
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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....
Best Animated ShortMarket Research Check out these preview clips for the 5 Oscar nominees for Best Animated Shorts after the cut. Vote for your favorite above. Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures are releasing the three categories theatrically on Feb 11. (Separate admissions.) They’ll all be available Feb 22 on iTunes and VOD. ...
From 33 titles, AMPAS has narrowed the list down to 10 films that will advance in the voting process for Best Animated Short. (thanks Kevin K.) “The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger,” Bill Plympton, director (Bill Plympton Studio) “Coyote Falls,” Matthew O’Callaghan, director and Sam Register, executive producer (Warner Bros. Animation Inc.) “Day...
Via press release: SHORTS INTERNATIONAL AND MAGNOLIA PICTURES PRESENT “THE OSCAR¬Æ NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2010″ LONDON, UK, 29th January 2010 ‚Äì Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures will once again bring the wildly popular Oscar¬Æ nominated short film programme (Live-Action and Animation) to theatres in the US, Canada and the United Kingdom. The...
Chunky slabs of brute beauty in a heroic style and earthy palette that must surely have been influenced by the paintings of Thomas Hart Benton. Many years Urs looked after his aging mother. But now he sets out for a dangerous journey: He carries her up a mountain to find a better place for both of them. But his mother doesnt want to leave her home… “Urs”...
Nominated for an Annie this year in the Best Short category, Sebastian’s Voodoo might serve as animated allegory for how many of us feel in these last remaining hours before the the final pins are poked into some of our favorite films this year. This is also an segue into asking what other animated shorts any reader has seen this year that might be Oscar-nommed...