{"id":4040,"date":"2019-02-08T18:04:28","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T18:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/?p=4040"},"modified":"2019-02-08T18:05:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T18:05:18","slug":"oscar-nominated-shorts-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/oscar-nominated-shorts-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Nominated Short Films – 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our take on the Animated and Live Action Short Films nominated for 2019 Oscars. They are in theaters now! This year there are some that are uplifting, but more that are disturbing, especially with regards to children\u2019s safety, emotionally as well as physically. How these stories are portrayed is what makes the difference. Many times, shorts are the first step to being developed into future feature length films. Watch for that.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4046″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4049″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4047″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Animated Shorts<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Animal Behavior\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b> –\u00a0 <\/span>Al\u2019s favorite. Alison Snowden and David Fine\u2019s Fun and funny therapy session playing with recognizable traits,\u00a0 <\/span>habits and personalities of creatures big and small.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bao <\/i><\/b>– Domee Sci and Becky Neiman-Cobb\u2019s created Pixar\u2019s touching and sweet story of a mother who births a dumpling that surprisingly turns into a baby boy and follows all the growing pains developing the mother son relationship. Mother is the central figure in this Asian family while the father\u00a0 <\/span>is not present for most of the short. Beautifully morphing animation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Late Afternoon<\/i><\/b> – Louise Bagnall and Nuria Gonz\u00e1lex Blanco\u2019s short film of a woman with altzheimers\/dimentia whose caregiver turns out to be her daughter. Dream sequences of the old woman\u2019s youth as she ages, fading in and out of memory when she suddenly and joyously realizes that her caregiver is her daughter. Emotional testament to what can happen in the late afternoon of many lives. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One Small Step<\/i><\/b>– Linda\u2019s favorite. Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas\u2019s short film of a girl who dreams of being an astronaut and the father who inspires her to follow her dreams to be a pioneer woman in space. Inspiring story for girls and boys, very well depicted. Good flow and pacing with satisfying payoff. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Weekends<\/i><\/b> – Trevor Jimenez\u2019s realistic portrayal of a family broken by divorce where the child is passed back and forth between very different households on weekends. Sad situation showing the child is the one who suffers having to fend for himself emotionally. Very stylized animation.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4041″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4044″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4045″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Live Action Shorts\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Four of the five nominees seeing children in dire danger will make you cringe. So hard to watch. Marguerite<\/i> provides relief from the others nominated shorts and leave you on a more positive note.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Detainment <\/i><\/b>– Vincent Lambe and Darren Mahon\u2019s depiction of the1993 true crime story in 1993 of the murder of 2-tear-old James Bulger in England.\u00a0 <\/span>Painfully disturbing short about 2 boys who walk off with a toddler who turns up dead, then follows authorities questioning the boys to get to the truth. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fauve <\/i><\/b>-Jeremy Comte and Maria Garcia\u00a0 <\/span>Turgeon\u2019s story of best friends recklessly playing in a vast, industrial, dangerous setting with a gruesome outcome. Compelling story of intense friendship and grief.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Marguerite <\/i><\/b>– Marianne Farley\u2019s sweet film is about an attentive visiting nurse who is so patient with her elderly sick patient. When the old woman discovers her nurse has a loving relationship with her female partner, it brings back fond memories of a special love for a woman in the old woman\u2019s past. Beautifully done.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Madre<\/i><\/b> – Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Mar\u00eda del Puy Alvarado\u2019s excellently staged and shot short showcases incredible acting in this Spanish language film. Only 2 people on camera, but the Madre does all the talking during the highly emotional cell phone call with her 6-year-old son. He is lost on vacation with his father as she desperately tries to get help to find and save him. Will she succeed?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Skin <\/i><\/b>– Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman\u2019s race themed story or 2 boys one black, one white. Angry father with violent and racist tendencies turns an innocent misunderstanding with an African American man in a store into brutal rage against an African American father in front of both men\u2019s young sons. Revenge puts the offender in the other man\u2019s skin with a shocking\u00a0 <\/span>and disturbing final outcome.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/SvQjIyHmoBs” el_width=”80″ align=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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