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Film Review: 2012 Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts

by Nat Almirall, Feb 16 2012 // 2:00 PM

You may not have the chance to see the Oscar-Nominated Live Shorts (or the Animated ones, for that matter), and you probably will not even see who wins at the ceremony.

Hell, you may not even know that there are Academy Awards for shorts. I forget from time to time myself. After all, who goes to see shorts anywhere outside of a film festival? Do they even exist outside of film festivals?

No matter. Honestly, as far as the Academy’s selections, you’re not missing too much this year. I have a bit of a beef with the Academy for overlooking the best short of last year (hell, one of the best movies of last year, Jon Goldman’s fantastic Diplomacy).

There’s some charming films, and the best part is that all five directors look very promising. Only two of the selections (Pentecost and Raju) feel constrained by the running time; the former stretches on too long and the latter needed more. Time Freak andThe Shore are comfortable and left me wanting more, and Tuba Atlantic is a pleasantly self-contained eccentricity that’s totally Norway. Totally.

Anywho, on to the films. I’m going to provide a quick, TV-Guide-style summary and then include my thoughts.

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Posted in: Academy Awards · Action · Drama · Movies · News · Recommendations · Reviews · Shorts
Tagged: Academy Awards, Andrew Bennet, Andrew Bowler, Arindam Sil, Arindham Ghosh, Ciarán Hinds, Conleth Hill, Des Nealon, Diplomacy, Don Wycherly, Eamonn Hunt, Emilea Wilson, Florian Kuhn, Germany, Hallvar Witzo, India, Ingrid Viken, Ireland, John Conor Brooke, Jon Goldman, Julia Richter, Kerry Condon, Krish Gupta, Linn-Jeanethe Kyed. Starring Edvard Haegstad, Maggie Cronin, Max Zahle, Michael McElhatton, Michael Nathanson, Norway, Pentecost, Peter McDonald, Raju, Scott Graham, Shorts, Suroma Nag, Taranjit Kaur, Terje Ranes, Terry George, the Shore, Time Freak, Tuba Atlantic, USA, Valerie Spelman, Wotan Wilke Mohring
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