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Awards Season

‘A Friend of Dorothy’ Could Climb to the Top of the Oscar Short Race After Shortlist Breakthrough

In a Live Action Short race that often hinges on emotional immediacy and impeccable craft, A Friend of Dorothy is emerging as a serious contender, and potentially a frontrunner, following its official placement on the Academy’s Oscar shortlist. The quintessentially British short, starring BAFTA winner Miriam Margolyes alongside national treasure Sir Stephen Fry, has advanced to the final 15 films competing for a nomination in the Live Action Short category, … Continue reading ‘A Friend of Dorothy’ Could Climb to the Top of the Oscar Short Race After Shortlist Breakthrough

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Truth, Neurodiversity and Awards Momentum – Why Trevor Morris’ Butterfly on a Wheel Is Striking a Chord on the Oscar Trail

In an awards season where authenticity continues to separate the memorable from the merely accomplished, Butterfly on a Wheel is emerging as a powerful example of how truth-driven storytelling, particularly stories centered on neurodiversity, can resonate deeply with audiences and Academy voters alike. The Oscar-qualifying short, marking the narrative directorial debut of two-time Emmy-winning composer Trevor Morris, has officially landed on the Academy’s Live Action Short shortlist, placing … Continue reading Truth, Neurodiversity and Awards Momentum – Why Trevor Morris’ Butterfly on a Wheel Is Striking a Chord on the Oscar Trail

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OSCAR CONTENDING DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT – Lauren Melinda on Transforming Personal Grief Into BEFORE YOU

Before You has emerged as one of the most emotionally arresting contenders of the season — an intimate, devastating portrait of a couple navigating the end of a planned pregnancy. The film arrives without spectacle or political framing, instead carrying the soft, unspoken weight of lived experience. It is a work built from silence, color, memory, and the kind of grief that resists public language. In … Continue reading OSCAR CONTENDING DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT – Lauren Melinda on Transforming Personal Grief Into BEFORE YOU

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OSCAR CONTENDING DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT – Pier-Philippe Chevigny on Violence, Redemption, and the Ethics of Labour in MERCENAIRE

Pier-Philippe Chevigny on slaughterhouses, ex-convicts, capitalism, and the humanity trapped in between Mercenaire has been quietly but steadily shaking the festival circuit, a film that leaves audiences hushed, unsettled, and morally implicated. With its suffocating realism, its claustrophobic 1:1 framing, and a hauntingly restrained performance by Marc-André Grondin, the film has positioned itself not only as a standout during Awards season, but also as one … Continue reading OSCAR CONTENDING DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT – Pier-Philippe Chevigny on Violence, Redemption, and the Ethics of Labour in MERCENAIRE

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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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