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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 she sees other subterranean animals’ elaborate ones. It conveys a nice message about cooperation. ...

Fearful of political criticism, China won’t show the Oscars live Sun Online Desk 5th April, 2021 11:07:12 With a Mandarin-language movie nominated for best international feature and a Chinese-born woman the front-runner for best director, this year’s Oscars should have been an opportunity for China to take a victory lap. Instead, the annual ceremony is becoming something else in one of the world’s largest film markets: a thorn in its side. The developments are turning a potential moment of easy Hollywood harmony into a political flash point and underlining the growing complexity of the ...

Advertisement With a Mandarin-language movie nominated for best international feature and a Chinese-born woman the front-runner for best director, this year’s Oscars should have been an opportunity for China to take a victory lap. Instead, the annual ceremony is becoming something else in one of the world’s largest film markets: a thorn in its side. The developments are turning a potential moment of easy Hollywood harmony into a political flash point and underlining the growing complexity of the industry’s relationship with China. The Beijing-backed Hong Kong broadcaster TVB sa...

The potential for critical comments from Chloe Zhao and others has Beijing opting out of live-streaming the Academy Awards broadcast.

Review: 'Two Distant Strangers' highlights stellar class of Oscar shorts Oscar-Nominated Short Films program, a favorite on the Detroit Film Theater's annual calendar, unfolds virtually beginning Friday Adam Graham A White cop and a young Black man are caught in an endless cycle of violence in "Two Distant Strangers," an invigorating "Groundhog Day"-style tale with a social justice twist, and one of the highlights of the 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films program.  Even in an off year for the Oscars (and for Hollywood in general), the Oscar Shorts program — which presents the Academy Award-...