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The potential for critical comments from Chloe Zhao and others has Beijing opting out of live-streaming the Academy Awards broadcast.
Shorts when longing for theater in Clark County Kiggins, Liberty screen diverse lineup of Oscar nominated films By Scott Hewitt, Columbian Arts & Features Reporter Published: April 1, 2021, 6:02am Share: 5 Photos "The Present" is a terrifying, 25-minute live-action film about trying to buy an anniversary gift in occupied Palestine. Photo Gallery Previewing Academy Award-nominated short films on his home TV makes Richard Beer hungry to get back to the cinema where he can see the same small features on a properly vast screen...
When: April 6-11 How much: $15/single program; $60/Five Program Pass; $150/Full Virtual Pass; $250/VIP Pass; $45/student pass More info: Film programs can be viewed anytime during the festival run Tickets: aspenfilm.org Aspen Shortsfest was the first major Aspen event to go virtual in spring 2020, during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic and the stay-home order in Aspen. A year later, Shortsfest is launch its second virtual iteration with a diverse 80-film lineup of titles vying for awards in he Oscar-qualifying festival as it celebrates its 30th anniversary. A whole digital ecosyste...
Each year, the Oscars’ shorts categories are an opportunity to spotlight a breadth of imagination and emotion across all filmmaking cultures, and for 2021 the sampling reveals a well intentioned tapestry of upheaval’s ripple effects. The live action slate is marked by stories of interactions in which proximity doesn’t always imply easy understanding. For the Palestinian father and young daughter venturing into the West Bank in Farah Nabulsi’s understatedly tense “The Present,” a simple shopping trip to buy mom a gift is a humiliating reminder of institutionalized otherness with ea...
China Orders No Live Oscars After Hong Kong Protest Film Nomination Bloomberg 4 days ago Shirley Zhao (Bloomberg) -- China told local media not to broadcast next month’s Oscars ceremony in real time and to play down coverage of the awards, according to people familiar with the matter, after a documentary on the Hong Kong protests was nominated and amid concern over the political views of Best Director contender Chloe Zhao. The Communist Party’s propaganda department issued the order to all media outlets, said the people, declining to be identified given the sensitivity o...