List of Oscar® 2013 qualifying Live Action Short Films
This is the list of the short film that have had the qualification to compete for the Best Live Action Short Film at the 85th Academy Awards.
This year I disapprove some choices of the Academy in this category, being short-listed two short films, which I think should not have to compete. One of these has a million dollar budget and the producer is well known.
I believe that the Academy should support more small productions and young filmmakers who often make their films with little money, efforts in production, but big passion.
Therefore I believe that the great snubbed is
"LIMERENCE", directed by Giuseppe Rossi,
which really represents what is a great indie film.
A film made with love.
So it remains at the top of this list.
However, the most original and creative short still in race is "Death Of A Shadow".
1) *Curfew* (winner)
2) Don van een schaduw - Death of a Shadow*
3) Asad
4) Buzkashi Boys
5) Henry
Note: This list was filled out with the films that have won an award for qualification in the festival circuit of the Oscars or that are commercially released in theaters.
This year I disapprove some choices of the Academy in this category, being short-listed two short films, which I think should not have to compete. One of these has a million dollar budget and the producer is well known.
I believe that the Academy should support more small productions and young filmmakers who often make their films with little money, efforts in production, but big passion.
Therefore I believe that the great snubbed is
"LIMERENCE", directed by Giuseppe Rossi,
which really represents what is a great indie film.
A film made with love.
So it remains at the top of this list.
However, the most original and creative short still in race is "Death Of A Shadow".
1) *Curfew* (winner)
2) Don van een schaduw - Death of a Shadow*
3) Asad
4) Buzkashi Boys
5) Henry
Note: This list was filled out with the films that have won an award for qualification in the festival circuit of the Oscars or that are commercially released in theaters.
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- DirectorTom Van AvermaetStarsMatthias SchoenaertsLaura VerlindenPeter Van den EedeStuck in a dark limbo between life and death, a deceased soldier Nathan Rijckx collects shadows of dying men and women to buy back his own second chance at life. Obsessed by a girl he met the moment before he died, the thought of seeing his beloved again drives the soldier to regain access to the world of the living. But when he discovers that she's already in love with someone else, jealousy clouds his mind and pushes him toward a bitter decision, a decision not without its consequences...
- DirectorBryan BuckleyStarsHarun MohammedIbrahim Moallim HusseinAli MohammedA coming of age fable of a Somali boy as he struggles to survive in his war-torn land.
- DirectorSam FrenchStarsFawad MohammadiJawanmard PaizWali TalashSet against the dramatic landscape of contemporary Afghanistan and the National sport of Buzkashi - a brutal game of horse polo played with a dead goat - Buzkashi Boys tells the coming of age story of two best friends, a charismatic street urchin and a defiant blacksmith's son, who struggle to realize their dreams as they make their way to manhood in one of the most war-torn countries on Earth. Shot on location in Kabul city by an alliance of Afghan and international film makers, Buzkashi Boys is a look at the life that continues beyond the headlines of war in Afghanistan.
- DirectorCollin LevinStarsRobert RicucciArthur David Williams Jr.
- DirectorAly MuritibaStarsAndrew KnollEloina Duvoisin FerreiraLouise ForghieriVisiting day. Lindalva prepares food to take it to her son who is in jail. Metruti, Lindalva's son, shaves and wears the best clothes to welcome his mother. Today is a very special day and he really needs to make a phone call. His mother is taking a risk, she's willing to smuggle a cell phone for him into the penitentiary.
- DirectorNicholas GreeneStarsJuan Carlos AduviriPeter KillySoledad ArdayaTwo lives cross in an isolated Bolivian village: a disgruntled American doctor looking to leave, and a Bolivian salt miner who's just been stabbed in the hand.
- DirectorBryce Dallas HowardStarsLiz BeebeKarley Scott CollinsMichele FischerA young boy asks his pregnant mother if he will like his baby brother, and he asks her if she has a brother. This sends the mother, Lisle, on a reverie of her relationship with her older sister, Aurora, when they were kids and their mother was dying. Flashbacks show the contrasting reactions of the two girls, Aurora's anger and Lisle's innocent determination to find her mother. The boy's questions also prompt Lisle to visit Aurora and to tell her a story.
- DirectorEdoardo PontiStarsNastassja KinskiJulian SandsEnrico Lo VersoThe courage to hope and the life affirming gift of organ donation.
- DirectorMark RasoStarsMichael HoganWayne WilcoxZoe WintersA love story about city girl Sydney, a relapsed drug addict, who is convinced to journey to a country cabin by her fiance Tom, in order to clean up.
- DirectorHenrik Martin DahlsbakkenStarsMelinda BokeliBatzorig ChinbayarNarmandakh ErdeneeAlong his strenuous journey to the North Pole, a chance encounter forces a fearless explorer to make an impossible decision.
- DirectorKevin MeulStarsRuth BecquartJosse De PauwJef DemedtsRocky grows up surrounded by death: everyone around him dies in a freak accident and each time he's at the center of it all. A modern tale about a lot of bad luck and a tiny bit of bliss.
- DirectorGrzegorz JaroszukStarsPiotr TrojanAndrzej WaldenJustyna WasilewskaTwo supermarket workers under the pressure of the boss have to mobilize themselves. They have only two days to find a goal in life. They decide to participate in the TV program "The unhappiest person of the month".
- DirectorCutter HodierneStarsAbdikani MuktarAbu Bakr MirreAli Daudi OsmanPirates in Somalia, from the perspective of the pirates.
- DirectorFernando TrullolsStarsAlberto San JuanDylan FigueroaPetra MartínezA child asks as a gift from Kings a pirate ship. His father prepares it as a gift, but then discovers that his son repented and wrote another petition. That night everything is entangled.
- DirectorOlivier TreinerStarsGrégoire Leprince-RinguetDanièle LebrunGrégory GadeboisA pianist finds himself once again facing the performance anxiety demons that he so desperately tries to evade.
- DirectorIan HarnarineStarsErrol SitahalSanjiv BoodhuKen BoodhuDoubles with Slight Pepper is a dramatic film set in Trinidad during Christmas. It's a coming of age story centered around Dhani, a young street food vendor, who must decide if he will help save his estranged Father from dying.
- DirectorDavid WinstoneStarsBlake RitsonOlegar FedoroEline PowellGlenn is about to teach the hardest piano lesson of his life... for his life!
- DirectorJoost ReijmersStarsKees PrinsRonald van ElderenWouter ZweersThree completely unconnected incidents lead to a explosive climax in the heart of the city of Amsterdam.
- DirectorTill NowakStarsLeslie BaranyBased on his childhood fascination for the strange atmosphere of amusement parks Till Nowak created the fictional documentary 'The Centrifuge Brain Project'. He collected footage and used digital animation to create a series of non-existing thrill rides. Dr. Laslowicz is convinced: Making his machines more powerful brings him comes closer to the solution for all our problems. An obvious mistake or just typical human?
- DirectorIsold UggadottirStarsLilja ÞórisdóttirMaría Heba ÞorkelsdóttirDaniel Aron DaviðssonAs the Icelandic economy collapses, Gudfinna (58) struggles to retain her dignity.
- DirectorJustin ReardonStarsVilmos VajdaiAnna PálmaiDénes BernáthA Felliniesque adventure that centers on the Don Juan of a remote Hungarian Village, during his daily quest to satisfy his lust for women.
- DirectorMichael MiceliStarsMichael F. McGuirkShawna KaszerBari HymanA jilted kids' party entertainer, attempts to re-enter the dating scene after suffering a bad breakup and a rare sexual injury.
- DirectorAnna MussoStarsKhadijah DavisNatalie R. DavisBrenda BarrieL TRAIN is the story of Sunny, a teenaged African American girl. Her commute through an inner city Chicago winter reinforces a negativity in her, until one day an encounter with a young woman who is differently-abled forces her to consider replacing her anger with compassion. L TRAIN aspires to be a brief, humble reminder of what we all might miss everyday.
- DirectorTudor GiurgiuStarsAdriana BailescuZsolt BogdánOvidiu CrisanAron, a 5-year-old boy, together with his worried father, sets out on a journey at the end of which he wishes, like the superheroes in the comic books, to save his mother who is suffering from a heart condition.
- DirectorVictor CarreyStarsGuim BadiaErika CollGori de PalmaChewing gum . A dog leash. An Australia shaped stain on the wall. A bent traffic light... Each of these elements has its own story, even though all of them together can create a new plot.
- DirectorMagnus von HornStarsErik LennbladLouise WehlinIvar SvenssonA brutal and naked portrait of a group of youngsters in a small Swedish village, where bullying leads to fatal consequences. 16-year-old Linus and his best friend are systematically harassing a boy in their school.
- DirectorRonnie B. GoodwinStarsJohn McDonoughKieran McDonoughMost people have a memory of a first time catching a fish, and 'FLY a Legacy' reflects my memories, and the vivid moments that I experience as a young man with my grandfather. An evolution, from the float, to the fly.
- DirectorJohn MacleanStarsMichael FassbenderLiam CunninghamAlex MacqueenLiam (Liam Cunningham) and Michael (Michael Fassbender) are professional safe crackers who meet on a simple job to relieve an office safe from its contents. The catch is a light activated alarm system impelling the men to embark on a pitch black heist
- DirectorL. Rezan YesilbasStarsBelçim BilginCem BenderThe prison of Diyarbakir, the setting of the story, is like the symbol of the torture experienced in the prisons in Turkey after the coup d'etat of 1980. However, in this story, I did not choose to tell the things that took place in the prison, or the political prisoners or the torture, or the political fight. Instead, I turned my camera to the little stories of the "silent" women outside the prison, who could not speak another language than Kurdish, which was forbidden in the prisons of that era.
- DirectorSteffan StrandbergStarsLisa Loven KongsliErlend RopstadKurt Baatz StrandbergJon's mom is dead, yet she still comes every night before he falls asleep to wish him a good night. But one night she does not, and Jon can't sleep. His dad comes up with an idea: he ties a long red thread around his big toe and leaves Jon the other end to hold onto while he sleeps. Now Jon can tug on the thread if he becomes frightened. Late in the night, Jon wakes with a start; following the thread, he finds that it doesn't lead to his father's bedroom, but down the hall, out the front door, and into what he fears the most: the darkness in the never-ending forest behind the house.
- DirectorBrian LanninStarsTyler HollingerRobin MadelAmanda R. PhillipsSet on a remote frozen lake in the Adirondack Mountains, And Winter Slow, is the story of a woman trying to escape a burdened life of caring for her ailing husband.
- DirectorVincent MacaigneStarsThibault LacroixAnthony PaliottiLaure CalamyThe tragic story of two brothers grappling with the death of their father. One was loved and the other unfairly neglected by a father who left him nothing. The entire inheritance goes to the favorite son, who needs it less and cares little about money.
- DirectorAdrian SitaruStarsAdrian TitieniClara VodaVlad VodaParents squabbling over a sick bird that was brought in by their son Alex.
- DirectorV.W. ScheichStarsEd BrigadierEd CassSylvianne ChebanceThe famous high-wire patriarch Karl Wallenda and how he gets his first circus job in 1920's Germany performing handstands on the high-wire with the Louis Weitzmann Troupe.
- DirectorSantiago EstevesStarsOscar BejaranoEsteban LamotheAgustina LiendoA policeman recounts an old case. A young widow, an insomniac businessman, a forgotten horse in a stable, and the city as the setting for a trap.
- DirectorLaurie ThomasStarsRonald GrahamEdward JenkinsSabri MorganMay is a 13 year-old girl who hopes to win a singing competition but a dreaded pit stop on the road turns into an endless detour, when her father, a gambler decides he has other plans.
- DirectorLiam O MochainStarsDonncha CrowleyLiam O MochainLynette CallaghanPaudge, a cranky Irish pub owner keeps redecorating his bar hoping to attract customers, but no matter how many grand openings he has the locals stay away. Maybe Paudge needs to change more than his bar.
- DirectorOscar PlewesStarsDavid de KeyserJune WatsonJonathan SlingerA booze heist in an old people's home.
- DirectorMike HayesStarsRobert DonnellyUna KavanaghAaron LockhartSixteen year-old Shane finds himself in the reluctant position of baby-sitter to his kid brother Charlie while his mother is at work. Along with Shane's best mates - Bean and Hally - their small rural town is the jungle gym where they spend most of their days. When Shane makes a seemingly innocuous discovery one day, he's and Charlie's lives are changed forever.
- DirectorAndrew KavanaghStarsAlison AdrianoAriel Aginis-PutchinSam AlbertModern and ancient rituals collide in this macabre depiction of a high school formal.
- DirectorJan RoosensRaf RoosensStarsSara De BosschereEnrique De RoeckZino MoonsOlli (15) is a lonely skunk who makes trouble whenever he can. He spends his days by riding his motorcycle and hanging around in the park. He lives with his grandmother because his mum was diagnosed with cancer and therefore has to stay in the hospital. Insecure about her future she suggests to throw a party in the hospital for Olli's upcoming birthday. But since Olli has no friends to invite, he first tries to find excuses to cancel this party. However, he doesn't want to let his mother down so he starts a search for people which he can invite to his sixteenth birthday party...
- DirectorChristopher RadcliffLauren WolksteinStarsDavid CallTobias CampbellMerritt WeverA man and a boy, traveling to an unknown destination, find respite in a motel swimming pool. On the surface all seems normal, but nothing is quite what it seems to be.
- DirectorNash EdgertonStarsNash EdgertonTeresa PalmerWarwick ThorntonFollows the continuing adventures of Jack, who always takes things too far. This time he is organizing a surprise for his girlfriend, with unintended consequences.
- DirectorGrainger DavidStarsKing HoeyKhari LucasTHE CHAIR is the story of one boy's reaction to a mysterious outbreak of poisonous mold in his small, rural town.
- DirectorLars KornhoffStarsNeil BelakhdarLudwig HilzLeopold HilzSixteen-year-old Leon seeks his place between social responsibility and youthful levity.
- DirectorMich'ael Zupraner
- DirectorJulio O. RamosStarsCarlos Cano de la FuenteSusan LeónMayella LlocllaThe death of a woman complicates the underground business of a sleazy motel's janitor.
- DirectorAnke BlondéStarsWine DierickxWim WillaertNico SturmKristi, a single mother, has to prove her innocence in a human trafficking case, since it appears that her illegal cleaning lady is not who she claims to be. Kristi is confronted with an impossible choice.
- DirectorNicolangelo GelorminiStarsGiovanni Ludeno
- DirectorArnaud des PallièresDiane Wellington disappeared in South Dakota in 1938 at the age of 15. She has just be found.
- DirectorSergio OliveiraRenata PinheiroA quasi-musical approach on contemporary urban life that reflects Brazilian society and many others throughout the world, this documentary describes at the same time a place, a city and a country. The real place, a neighborhood in Recife, encompasses all of the Brazilian way of life, highlighting a reality that is before us but often goes unnoticed.
- DirectorDaniel MulloyStarsArta DobroshiDaniel KaluuyaEtela PardoA young woman is followed home by a stranger.
- DirectorMollie JonesStarsSelma BlairJeremy DaviesIn a near future of environmental degradation, a couple meets for an internet hook-up in an animal lover's apartment.
- DirectorYan GirouxStarsManuel Aubé-PerronMartin DubreuilClaudia LaureauIts another quiet summer day in Park Dufresne. The neighborhood youth loiter around the park until a new park monitor appears for his first day of work. Two universes clash and a territorial struggle begins.
- DirectorSezen KayhanStarsYasemin ErtenOrhan KaradagliEce UsluIt's the time of the plums and 10-year-old Yasemin lives in her own world of fantasy. On a day her fantasy world hinders her first encounter with death.
- DirectorChristina ChoeStarsAlthea AlexisJames BecaJamir DaaliyaA lyrical portrait of 'Taco', a young urban cowboy struggling with the death of his best friend.
- DirectorMichael SpicciaStarsMitzi RuhlmannWade BriggsLuke ElliotA young girl who lives in a remote wrecking yard takes on the local bullies when they travel out to torment her father.
- DirectorPaula KorvaStarsIngvar PalménStig Palmén
- DirectorElina TalvensaariVisitors from a distant place appear in the misty swamps of Northern Finland. The locals grow restless - things are changing, secret berry spots are revealed and everything is getting uncomfortable. Who is to blame and who is profiting from all this? How to Pick Berries is an exploration of Finnish mind and the absurdities of global economy.
- DirectorMariken HalleStarsJan CosterLeif EdlundYlva GallonA theater group celebrates the last performance at a bar. They take up too much space and the regulars feel pushed aside.
- DirectorIliana SosaStarsDale DickeyVictor BonevaJaime MoraA military mother, who has just suffered the loss of her son, meets an undocumented immigrant in the West Texas desert and befriends him.