Yes-People (2021) Director: Gísli Darri Halldórsson Screenwriter: Gísli Darri Halldórsson A short animation that captures the idiosyncrasies of ordinary people like few others, Yes-People is probably the most quirky of all the Animation Short Subjects nominated at the 2021 Oscars, and a very timely exploration of the testing nature of living with and around one […]
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Feeling Through (2020) Director: Doug Roland Screenwriter: Doug Roland Starring: Steven Prescod, Robert Tarango What would you do if you came across a DeafBlind man on the street in the middle of the night? Would you help him, or tell yourself that he’s not your problem and move on? These are the questions at the
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If Anything Happens I Love You (2020) Directors: Michael Govier, Will McCormack Screenwriters: Michael Govier, Will McCormack It is often the case that the Oscars’ Animation Short Subject category throws up unique and interesting films, and in 2021 the standout is If Anything Happens I Love You from screenwriter-director duo Michael Govier and Will McCormack. Distributed
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Do Not Split (2021) Director: Anders Hammer A nominee for Documentary Short Subject at the 2021 Oscars, Do Not Split from Norwegian born journalist and documentarian Anders Hammer takes place across one of year of violent and impassioned protests in Hong Kong between 2019 and 2020, illustrating the efforts of the Hong Kong people attempting to rebel
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Hunger Ward (2021) Director: Skye Fitzgerald Imagine losing a child. It is the most unfathomable pain, the most incomprehensible of injustices. The guttural wailing of mothers who have just seen their children die is a sound you can never unhear, an explicit experience of grief that is unforgettable. In Yemen, a country torn to pieces
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Alive (2020) Director: Jimmy Olsson Screenwriters: Jimmy Olsson Starring: Eva Johansson, Madeleine Martin, Joel Ödmann Swedish filmmaker Jimmy Olsson’s follow-up to successful shorts 2nd Class and Whatever Happened to Ms Longstocking is the tender and heart-warming Alive, a film eligible for the Best Foreign Short at this year’s Oscars. Blending humour and sadness to profound effect, the Swedish-language film tells the story
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Walk, Run, Cha-Cha (2019/2020) Director: Laura Nix “Before I learned dancing, I could only use my body to walk, to swim, to run. Today I can use my body to reach another level of freedom.” 2020 Oscar-nominated documentary short subject Walk, Run Cha-Cha is a personal and personable film that feels as much as if it is
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In the Absence (2018/2020) Director: Yi Seung-Jun 2020 Oscar-nominated documentary short In the Absence, from South Korean director Yi Seung-Jun, is a moving portrait of the human condition amidst one of the most devastating human tragedies outside of wartime in recent years. Documenting the sinking of the MV Sewol ferry between Incheon and Jeju in South
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Weekends (2017) Director: Trevor Jimenez Screenwriter: Trevor Jimenez Trevor Jimenez’s Oscar-nominated animated short film, brought to the screen by Past Lives Productions, is an inventive piece of cinema that speaks in metaphor to the parts of us that grow and adapt to periods of profound change while honouring the parts of us that never want
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Blue (2017) Director: Maryam Farahzadi Screenwriter: Maryam Farahzadi Maryam Farahzadi’s thought provoking 2D animated short film Blue is a wordless journey of finding acceptance from others and within yourself, the title of the film being the colour of the 4-minute short’s protagonist in her isolated black and white paper-style world. Seen through the universe of a minimalist
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