Oscar nominated Shorts
 

For many years I've been watching the Oscars and pretty much ignore the awards for short films as I never get a chance to see them. Anyone know where or how these films are distributed? I would love to be able to see at least some of them before the awards.

Here's a list of the nominees for reference

Best documentary short subject
The Blood of Yingzhou District
Recycled Life
Rehearsing a Dream
Two Hands

Best animated short film
The Danish Poet (National Film Board of Canada)
Lifted (Buena Vista)
The Little Matchgirl (Buena Vista)
Maestro (Szimplafilm)
No Time for Nuts (20th Century Fox)

Best live action short film
Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)
Éramos Pocos (One Too Many) (Kimuak)
Helmer & Son
The Saviour (Australian Film Television and Radio School)
West Bank Story

Magnolia released the animated features theatrically and together on home video, I would assume likewise, the animated shorts (sans 'No Time for Nuts' since it's on the Ice Age 2 DVD) will be complied for commercial video release.

It's from last year,

http://www.indiewire.com/biz/2006/02...ia_and_sh.html

but I know that Magnolia is indeed releasing the animated shorts theatrically again for this year.

"After the Oscars, the shorts will be available through HDNet and Magnolia's Home Entertainment division as well as other platforms that include ShortsTV on mobile phones".

hopefully HDNet will air this years noms as well.

the past two years a website (which i have forgotten) has posted the shorts for a short amount of time before oscar time. If you search movie talk, you may find them, or hopefully someone can chime in on it.

The Belcourt here in Nashville, and the Circle in Tulsa have ran the shorts as well, so you may try you local indie/revival theaters for these.

You can see clips of the animated shorts here

The Match Girl short is on the new Little Mermaid DVD.

And "No Time for Nuts" is on the "Ice Age: The Meltdown" disc...

Binta and the Great Idea (30min) is up to watch on iFilm.com.

Little Matchgirl was on Youtube but someone told me it's gone. No Time for Nuts is also on Youtube.

The University of Iowa is playing all 3 groups of Oscar nominated shorts in mid Feb at their Bijou Theatre.

I've tried to search endlessly but only found those three. I thought last years Magnolia dvd was something that needs to be addressed every year, maybe if in or around Oscar time so we can watch them prior to the show. I love shorts. Judging by the 3 I saw, they were average at best. Last years I thought were really good.

I want to say that it was Esquire, or some comparable magazine, that hosted the animated nominees on their site for a few days leading up to the show...but I can't be certain.

-JP

No subtitles, but the Live action short "Eramos Pocos" can be watched at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ9txWq3Ae8

A few more:

Maestro, Eramos Pocos, Little Matchgirl, and No Time For Nuts can all be found at MCN: http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2007/shorts.html

Binta and the Great idea can be found at: http://www.ifilm.com/video/2771644

AFI used to show these before the Oscar ceremony, but it seems that the one here in DC abandoned it this year for their Kubrick-fest. :shrug:

actually no, no it hasn't

all the nominations are being shown this weekend. Some (all nomiations) at Archives (free - but a three ring circus if you ask me) and at Landmark (E Street), the live action and animated shorts for a week.

Thanks Giles! You da man! Landmark it is! Woo-hoo!

here's the DVD release (Available 05/01/2007):

The 2006 Academy Award Nominated Short Films

SYNOPSIS
BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA (BINTA Y LA GRAN IDEA)
SPAIN – 30 Minutes
Oscar Nominees: Javier Fesser & Luis Manso
Binta, a 7-year-old girl, sets out to change the life of her young cousin


ERAMOS POCOS (ONE TOO MANY)
Kimuak/SPAIN – 16 Minutes
Oscar Nominee: Borja Cobeaga
When his wife leaves him, Joaquin asks his son to help him persuade his mother-in-law to do the housework.

HELMER & SON
DENMARK – 12 Minutes
Oscar Nominees: Soren Pilmark & Kim Magnusson
A son is called to the rest home, where his father has recently been admitted.

THE SAVIOUR
Australian Film Television & Radio School/AUSTRALIA –19 Minutes
Oscar Nominees: Peter Templeman & Stuart Parkyn
Malcolm, a door-to-door Mormon evangelist is in love with a married woman.

WEST BANK STORY
UNITED STATES – 21 Minutes
Oscar Nominee: Ari Sandel
A musical comedy set in the fast-paced, fast-food world of competing falafel stands on the West Bank.

ANIMATED SHORT FILMS


THE DANISH POET (Den Danske Dikteren)
National Film Board of Canada / NORWAY & CANADA – 15 Minutes
Oscar Nominee: Torill Kove
Kasper, a poet whose creative well has run dry, takes a holiday in Norway to meet the famous writer Sigrid Undset.

LIFTED
Buena Vista/UNITED STATES – 5 Minutes
Oscar Nominee: Gary Rydstrom
A young alien student from a distant world tests the patience of an increasingly weary instructor in a first-time abduction attempt.

THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL
Buena Vista/UNITED STATES – 7 Minutes
Oscar Nominees: Roger Allers & Don Hahn
A tale about a poor young girl who finds visions of happiness in the fiery flames of the matches that she lights to keep warm. Based on the Hans Christian Andersen story.

MAESTRO
Szimplafilm/HUNGARY – 5 Minutes
Oscar Nominee: Geza M. Toth
Maestro sits in front of a dressing room mirror, and carefully prepares for his grand show.

NO TIME FOR NUTS
20th Century Fox/UNITED STATES – 7 Minutes
Oscar Nominees: Chris Renaud & Michael Thurmeier
While trying to bury a nut during the Ice Age, Scrat uncovers a frozen time machine.

ADDITIONAL ANIMATION SHORTS

A GENTLEMAN’S DUEL
Blur Studio/ UNITED STATES – 7:45 minutes
Director: Francisco Ruiz Velasco and Scott McNally
A seemingly innocent tea party takes a turn for the dramatic when two imperious aristocrats suddenly find themselves competing for the affections of the same fair lady.

GUIDE DOG
Branscome International/UNITED STATES – 5:45 minutes
Director: Bill Plympton
GUIDE DOG is a sequel to the Oscar nominated short GUARD DOG. This time our hero dog helps blind people with typical disastrous results.

ONE RAT SHORT
Charlex Films / UNITED STATES – 10:18 minutes
Director: Alex Weil
The mesmerizing ballet of a discarded food wrapper leads to a New York subway rat into an adventure of love and loss.

THE PASSENGER
AUSTRALIA – 7 MINUTES
Director: Chris Jones
Storm clouds gather as a timid bookworm braves his daily walk to the bus stop. When he discovers what awaits him on board, he realizes he’d have been better off outside in the storm.

WRAITH OF COBBLE HILL
UNITED STATES – 15:33 MINUTES
Director: Adam Parrish King
When teenage Felix, from a deadbeat Brooklyn home, is asked by Mr. H, the kindly corner store owner, to mind his dog while he's away, it's up to Felix either to reciprocate the benevolence Mr. H has always shown him, or perpetuate the neglect handed down as a family legacy.

~

A GENTLEMAN’S DUEL is a riot.

Just the other day I was thinking it would make sense if someone could package these all together and release them for better exposure. I'm glad someone did.