This was a strong year for short films. I can tell by the divided results from our Oscar poll that had close battles in both the animated and live action categories.
In a bleak future, a lost soul seeks desperate measures to escape his luck. The punishment if caught? Years spent locked up in his own personal nightmare.
A lone photographer plays witness to a murder and a chase ensues down a dark urban landscape in this stylized and fast-paced game of cat and mouse.
TropFest! 'Tis truly excellent to have Australian short film goodness back in one's life. I post the winners every year, so I don't want to repeat myself too much, but TropFest is a unique short film festival, birthed in Australia.
Simple, fresh animation about the complex relationship between a cat and mouse.
I just wrote up an, unfortunately, negative review of Luke Doolan's Oscar-nominated Miracle Fish, which gave me a chance to remark on the fantastic Blue-Tongue Film collective. NyTimes have gotten in on the act, writing a nice informative piece on Australia's favorite group of indie filmmmakers.
Telling tale of the dangers of human invention and the destruction it can wreak on the environment and others in this well-executed stop-motion film.
A short film about Anya, a female sex trafficker who faces a moral dilemma when she discovers that the young girl that she is trafficking from Lithuania to London is pregnant.
In a rare turn of events, a cursory web search has revealed that at least one of the Oscar live-action short films is online, Luke Doolan's Miracle Fish. The animated shorts often are online, but for various reasons the live action ones don't make it.
Oscar season is upon us, and we have 10 strong short films nominated this year. Who do you think deserves the "little man"?
