Our favourite to win a 2018 Oscar for Live Action Short Film – Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton’s ‘The Silent Child’

If you read our predictions then you will know that we are backing this important and poignant film to win this year. Rachel Shenton’s heartfelt tale of a deaf child who is struggling to communicate was brought to life by Director Chris Overton. Writer and Actress Shenton (Switched at Birth) stars in the film, alongside, newcomer Maisie Sly and Rachel Fielding (Secret Diary of a … Continue reading Our favourite to win a 2018 Oscar for Live Action Short Film – Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton’s ‘The Silent Child’

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Awards Season, Films

On the road to an Oscar nomination Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen’s Watu Wote

Another fantastic film we think will join the 2018 Oscar nominees is Watu Wote and is the only live action short film this year with a female director. Director Katja Benrath and Producer Tobias Rosen’s award winning film Watu Wote (All of us) is based on a true story and has just been selected to join the race for a 2018 Academy Award for Live … Continue reading On the road to an Oscar nomination Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen’s Watu Wote

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Awards Season

Uncovering the secret world of Academy Voting

by Michael Miller, People Handing out Oscars isn’t always easy — as evidenced by tonight’s Best Picture mixup— but voting for them is even more complicated. Millions tune in every year for Hollywood’s biggest night, but even the diehard Oscar fans (and probably many industry players) have no idea how the award show‘s selection process works. That’s at least in part because the voting system that determines who … Continue reading Uncovering the secret world of Academy Voting

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