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Academy Awards, Animation Short, Awards Season, Film Business, Film Review, Films, Oscars, Short Film

Oscar Nominated: Tears That Turn to Treasure The Dark Fairytale Beauty of The Girl Who Cried Pearls

The Girl Who Cried Pearls is a darkly lyrical animated short that unfolds like a cautionary fairy tale passed down through generations, its beauty inseparable from its cruelty. Directed by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, the film tells a haunting story of grief and devotion, centred on a young girl whose overwhelming sorrow manifests in an extraordinary and unsettling way. Each tear she sheds becomes … Continue reading Oscar Nominated: Tears That Turn to Treasure The Dark Fairytale Beauty of The Girl Who Cried Pearls

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Academy Awards, Animation Short, Director Spotlight, Film Business, Films, Oscars, Short Film

Awards Spotlight: The Animated Shorts Igniting This Year’s Awards Season

By Colin Harding This awards season is shaping up to be an especially rich moment for animated short filmmaking. Five standout contenders have emerged as festival darlings and awards favorites, each staking a claim with distinctive vision, emotional punch, and technical bravado. Together they map a thrilling range of animated storytelling, from surreal body comedy to hand drawn Arctic elegy, and from contemporary burnout to … Continue reading Awards Spotlight: The Animated Shorts Igniting This Year’s Awards Season

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Awards Spotlight: The Four Oscar-Qualified Shorts Redefining Awards Season Storytelling

by Laura Smith As the race for Best Live Action Short Film intensifies, a powerful cohort of Oscar-qualified contenders is making waves with bold visions, urgent themes, and new cinematic voices commanding attention. From psychological thrillers to socially resonant dramas, these films demonstrate that short-form storytelling can strike just as deep as any feature, sometimes deeper. Here are Four standouts shaping the awards conversation this season: There … Continue reading Awards Spotlight: The Four Oscar-Qualified Shorts Redefining Awards Season Storytelling

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OSCAR CONTENDING SERIES – Filmmaker Liz Rao on Power, Adolescence, and Post-Roe America, An Exclusive Interview on The Truck with Spike Lee & Joan Chen Joining as Executive Producers

Liz Rao’s debut live-action short film The Truck, already Oscar-qualified and honored across the festival circuit, has now gained the backing of two cinematic titans. Academy Award® winner Spike Lee and acclaimed actor-director Joan Chen have boarded the film as executive producers, providing significant creative momentum as the project enters post-production. Set against the tense landscape of post-Roe America, The Truck follows Jo, a Chinese American teenager, and … Continue reading OSCAR CONTENDING SERIES – Filmmaker Liz Rao on Power, Adolescence, and Post-Roe America, An Exclusive Interview on The Truck with Spike Lee & Joan Chen Joining as Executive Producers

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OSCAR CONTENDING SERIES: Ross Syner’s BROTHERS grips with moral ferocity and emotional precision

By Sally Green Few short films possess the narrative control and moral weight of BROTHERS. Ross Syner’s latest work unfolds with the taut precision of a stage play and the emotional intimacy of a confession. A grandfather, two grandsons, and an unspoken secret, that is all the film needs to interrogate the meaning of loyalty and the price of conscience. From the first frame, Syner’s direction … Continue reading OSCAR CONTENDING SERIES: Ross Syner’s BROTHERS grips with moral ferocity and emotional precision

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