Oscar Spotlight: LAST MINUTE – Michael Cusumano and Charity Schubert on Parenthood and Life Before Google
Set in 1989, LAST MINUTE takes the predicament of a homework assignment left until the eleventh hour and turns it into a funny and heartfelt exploration of community, memory and the unexpected value of everyday challenges. Through the story of a single mother navigating her son’s homework crisis, writer-director Michael Cusumano and actor-producer Charity Schubert revisit a world on the brink of technological change, asking … Continue reading Oscar Spotlight: LAST MINUTE – Michael Cusumano and Charity Schubert on Parenthood and Life Before Google
Oscar Spotlight: I AM THE PRIZE – Sai Karan Talwar on Masculinity, Manipulation and the Performance of Success
From the seductive promises of online self-help culture to the increasingly complicated expectations surrounding contemporary masculinity, writer-director Sai Karan Talwar explores the fragile relationship between identity, influence and control in I AM THE PRIZE, an Oscar-qualified short film starring Russell Tovey. Examining the psychological contradictions of a charismatic self-help figure, I AM THE PRIZE, from writer-director Sai Karan Talwar, asks uncomfortable questions about the people … Continue reading Oscar Spotlight: I AM THE PRIZE – Sai Karan Talwar on Masculinity, Manipulation and the Performance of Success
Oscar Spotlight: Dana Nachman Finds Hope at the Prison Gates in ‘The Second Life of Freddie Nole’
In her documentary short, the filmmaker follows a man who spent 50 years behind bars and now helps others take their first steps towards freedom. When Freddie Nole arrives outside a prison, he brings more than a ride home. He offers understanding, practical support and the reassurance of meeting someone who knows what it means to walk through those gates after decades inside. For director … Continue reading Oscar Spotlight: Dana Nachman Finds Hope at the Prison Gates in ‘The Second Life of Freddie Nole’
Oscar Spotlight: ODESSA shows how appearances can deceive
WARNING: this interview contains spoilers! The audience is initially encouraged to see Josef, Irene and Rolf as a vulnerable family simply trying to survive. How important was it to you that viewers form that emotional connection before the story begins to challenge their perception of who these people really are? It was essential. The connection is not the start of the film; it is what … Continue reading Oscar Spotlight: ODESSA shows how appearances can deceive
Oscar Spotlight: Daniel Audritt and Kat Butterfield on bringing joy and reality to end of life
The time-loop has become a familiar cinematic device, from Groundhog Day to more existential variations on the form. What made you feel it was the right structure for a story about a man in a hospice, and how did you set about making repetition feel like a revelation rather than a gimmick? Well at first we were drawn to it because the concept felt quite … Continue reading Oscar Spotlight: Daniel Audritt and Kat Butterfield on bringing joy and reality to end of life
