Wednesday, February 06, 2008

2008 Oscar Nominated Short Films

The nominees for Best Animated Short Film of 2006 are:
I MET THE WALRUS (Canada), MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI (Canada), MEME LES PIGEONS VONT AU PARADIS, (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven) (France), MOYA LYUBOV (Russia), and PETER AND THE WOLF (United Kingdom and Poland).

The nominees for Best Live-Action Short Film of 2006 are:
AT NIGHT (Denmark), IL SUPPLENTE (Italy), LE MOZART DES PICKPOCKETS (France), TANGHI ARGENTINI (Belgium) and THE TONTO WOMAN (United Kingdom).

It was fun seeing most of these films with an audience at the Loft's screening. Couldn't quite make it through the whole three and a half hours. ZZZZZ Though I did make it through all the wonderful animated films. It was so much easier to see the humor in John Lennon's stream of consciousness ramblings in I MET WALRUS with a good audience. Also, Peter and the Wolf got some laughs. I thought the funniest was the French film, Even Pigeons Go to Heaven.

OSCAR UPDATE:
'Peter & the Wolf' won Best Animated Short Film.

Like I said, I didn't get through all the very looooooooong live action films. But one I saw and very much enjoyed was the very sweet Belgium Tango comedy, TANGHI ARGENTINI. It was a nice change to have the humor come from a kind place. According one LA Weekly reviewer (see link below) this film, along with the French short, LE MOZART DES PICKPOCKETS, were favorites with festival judges.

OSCAR UPDATE:
'Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)' won Best Live Action Short.

I hope that is some help with your Oscar polls. I plan to stay awake for most of the Oscar presentations! You?

Movie Blessings,
Jana Segal
Reel Inspiration

For a good article on the shorts, go to:
http://www.laweekly.com/film+tv/short-run/2007-academy-award-nominated-shorts/18346/

Check out the official website for full descriptions of shorts:
http://www.magpictures.com/profile.aspx?id=5c159792-0633-45c1-86f1-262e040173ef

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