While the shortlists receive a good amount of coverage after their announcement, there are three categories that don’t get as much coverage. The short film categories (Animated, Documentary, and Live Action, respectively) are some of the biggest prognosticator blind spots since these films don’t get talked about as much year-round, but you can find articles and pieces about them if you do a little digging. One of the most knowledgable people in the game is Brandon MacMurray, founder and editor of ShortStick Films, and he joins me for a special shorts reaction edition of the Water Cooler Podcast.
Brandon and I talk about what films we feel should’ve made the cut, what sure-things we are shocked missed out, and, at the end of the pod, we discuss some potential early winners. Now that the shortlists are out, these films are now going to be thrust into the spotlight. I have listed the finalists below–do any seem like they are going to make the final five?
Check it out!
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Make sure you follow Brandon and his team through ShortStick’s socials (you can find the site’s Instagram here), but, most importantly, make sure you find short films before the shortlists are announced.
Documentary Short Film
“Chasing Roo”
“Death by Numbers”
“Eternal Father”
“I Am Ready, Warden”
“Incident”
“Instruments of a Beating Heart”
“Keeper”
“Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World”
“Once upon a Time in Ukraine”
“The Only Girl in the Orchestra”
“Planetwalker”
“The Quilters”
“Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr”
“A Swim Lesson”
“Until He’s Back”
Animated Short Film
“Au Revoir Mon Monde”
“A Bear Named Wojtek”
“Beautiful Men”
“Bottle George”
“A Crab in the Pool”
“In the Shadow of the Cypress”
“Magic Candies”
“Maybe Elephants”
“Me”
“Origami”
“Percebes”
“The 21”
“Wander to Wonder”
“The Wild-Tempered Clavier”
“Yuck!”
Live Action Short Film
“Anuja”
“Clodagh”
“The Compatriot”
“Crust”
“Dovecote”
“Edge of Space”
“The Ice Cream Man”
“I’m Not a Robot”
“The Last Ranger”
“A Lien”
“The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent”
“The Masterpiece”
“An Orange from Jaffa”
“Paris 70”
“Room Taken”
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