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Michael Govier and Will McCormack scored an Oscar nomination with their first animated short, "If Anything Happens I Love You." They spoke to us about their vision for the film.

NEXT WEEK – APRIL 20th – TUESDAY SCREENINGS RETURN Plus, tickets on sale now for next weeks return of Premium Member Tuesday.  Catch Michelle Pfeiffers acclaimed turn in "French Exit" on 4/20.  There will also be a special screening of "Dazed and Confused"—also with a new post-film onscreen cast reunion (FYI: 4/20 is cannabis culture slang for marijuana and also refers to cannabis-oriented celebrations that take place annually on April 20. The 18 Arclight and Pacific theaters represente...

Oscar nominated short films are available through the Fredonia Opera House. The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center has launched its latest round of films that can be streamed online in the Opera House Screening Room, featuring the 2021 Oscar-nominated short films. The Opera House Screening Room provides movies and other digital programming online to its patrons in the wake of the continued COVID restrictions which have restricted the theatre’s opening. The cost of streaming the ...

Oscar-nominated short films available digitally before awards ​ By IANS | ​ 2 Views Oscar-nominated short films available digitally before awards.(photo:Instagram). Image Source: IANS News Mumbai, April 9 : A host of Oscar-nominated short films will get a virtual release for Indian viewers over the coming days, ahead of the Academy Awards on April 25. Films in the Best Animated Short Film category that the audience can catch include Adrien Merigeaus "Genius Loci", "If Anything Happens I L...

“Last year’s Oscar-Nominated Short Films were some of the last great movies many of our audiences saw in theatres before the pandemic. Now, as we emerge from these challenging times, we are thrilled to bring the joy of great cinema to our Indian audiences through the beloved Oscar Nominated Short Films releases, which will be available to audiences through the virtual release,” said ShortsTV CEO and Founder, Carter Pilcher. Added Ashish Saksena, COO, Cinemas, BookMyShow said: “On the b...

Oscar Shorts 2021 run the gamut from maudlin to magnificent The 15 nominated shorts offer everything from vivid cartoons to complex metaphors and shattering stories of lost lives by Norman Wilner on April 7th, 2021 at 8:00 PM 1 of 4 2 of 4 Oscar Shorts 2021 Available to stream at VIFF Connect until April 29 Remember last year, when passing an Oscar pool around the office was a completely normal thing? The 2020 Academy Awards ceremony was one of the very last normal events of the before-ti...

Its a tight race for this years Oscar-nominated short films Camille Vilela-Jones Trying to find a safe bet for this year’s animated shorts category is not easy. Though it may be hard to predict a winner, it is easy to realize how all the animated shorts deal with important social issues — even while telling the story of furry friends. “Burrow,” for example, a Pixar film directed by Madeline Sharafian, tells the story of a rabbit trying to build her burrow only to discover that the dirt...

Print The 15 short-film Oscar nominees — live action, documentaries and animation — show that the format is alive and well, showcasing a wide range of topics, tones and approaches — and highlighting a trend in documentaries toward more daring cinematic style and extreme subjectivity. For information on viewing them, go to shorts.tv/theoscarshorts. Here’s a quick look at each. Animation “Burrow”: A Pixar SparkShort about a rabbit embarrassed by her humble ambitions for her home when ...

More surprises than usual for this category. TWITTER 4/2/2021 Theaters reopened just in time for the annual round-up of Oscar-nominated animated shorts. A couple of truly daring visions spice up the expected fare in this years crop of Academy-honored animated shorts — one of which would be as at home in an art gallery as in the theaters, which, pandemic be damned, will still showcase nominees as a big-screen event. Each candidate has something to offer, including those non-nominees that have ...

Burrow (USA, 6 minutes) Director: Madeline Sharafian.  In perhaps the quaintest of the five animated shorts, a female rabbit digs for new digs only to repeatedly find herself invading the space of other burrowing creatures. This process continues until she learns going it alone isn’t nearly as fun and rewarding as joining together to form a community. What Sharafian, an artist on the Oscar-winning “Coco,” lacks in imagination is handsomely compensated by superior animation techniques and...