8 Doc Shorts Shortlisted for 2008 Oscars®

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Eight Short Documentaries Get AMPAS Shortlist Treatment
Published 10/9/2008 by Nick Plowman at Fataculture
[image]“Tongzhi in Love” As per this time every year, a bunch of shortlists are announced mostly highlighting a whole bunch of films most of us have never heard of, and this especially pertains to the “short” categories. I completely suck in terms of seeing the live action/animated/documentary shorts each year, but I think in 2008 I want to change that. AMPAS released the following shortlist highlighting eight potential candidates for the five Best Documentary Short nominations, to be announced on the 22nd of January next year. “The Conscience of Nhem En,” by Steven Okazaki ...

Eight Short Documentaries Make The AMPAS Shortlist
Published 10/9/2008 by Nick Plowman at Fataculture
[image]“Tongzhi in Love” Every year around this time, a whole bunch of Academy shortlists are announced pertaining to a whole bunch of films most of us have never heard of mainly of the “short” filmmaking variety, mostly because the “short” categories receive far less attention than the feature length categories. I barely ever pay much attention to these categories myself but, in 2008, I plan to change that. AMPAS released the shortlist below, highlight eight potential candidates of which only five will be nominated for Best Documentary Short come the 22nd of January. “The ...

IN DEPTH: Oscar Vets & HBO Films Highlight the Short List for Short Docs
Published 10/10/2008 by AJ Schnack at All these wonderful things
Greetings from Moscow, Russia and the American Film Festival, where my comrade Irene Taylor Brodsky was awakened at 5 AM local time yesterday with the news that her new, soon-to-be-unveiled short film about the eradication of polio, was shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film. Her film, THE FINAL INCH , was one of eight to make the Academy's shortlist from a reported 32 that had qualified. (Taylor Brodsky is in Moscow screening her excellent feature HEAR AND NOW - more on AmFest in a later post.) THE FINAL INCH is one of several films on the shortlist ...