This year's lineup includes brief looks at a digger of art caves, a meeting between a Neo-Nazi and the gay he once went after, an attempt at peaceful regime change in Yemen, a terminally ill prisoner and the volunteers at his hospice, and tips on living a long and happy …
Another Oscar season, another opportunity to wonder aloud why it is that, in this age of supposedly dwindling attention spans, there has not been an explosion of interest in the short-film form. The live-action slate features a trio of heartrending horrors: It Wasn’t Me (child soldiers in Africa), Helium (terminally …
A lightweight slate: nine films, but only two that marry really engaging visuals with narrative heft. Those two are Me and My Moulton, a middle sister's memoir of her family life in sixties Norway, and The Dam Keeper, a gorgeous fable about an orphaned pig who has to navigate the …
A solid collection of five films that make the most of the short form and the simplicity it permits. Boogaloo and Graham tells the story of a pair of Belfast boys and their pet chickens (and also their Mum and Dad). The Phone Call lets us watch a woman working …
Conservative thinking-type person Dinesh D'Souza tries to unravel the mystery of Obama the President by investigating Obama the man — or rather, Obama the son of his anticolonial father. The film gets off to an interesting start: D'Souza is an ingratiating investigator, and he pays a fair amount of attention …
Hang it all, the short film form is supposed to give the little guy a chance to shine. Sure, I may not have the budget for a feature, but then, not having the expectations brought on by a budget gives me room to play. But this year, only the Pixar …
Judging by the title, one guesses this is a collection of short films that played the Sundance Film Festival.
Matthew A. Cherry's Hair Love, USA, 7 min. Daria Kashcheeva' s Dcera (Daughter), Czech Republic, 15 min. Bruno Collet'a Memorable, France, 12 min. Siqi Song's Sister, China/USA, 8 min. Rosana Sullivan's Kitbull, USA, 9 min. PLUS A SELECTION OF ADDITIONAL ANIMATED SHORTS: Henrietta Bulkowski, USA, 16 min. (featuring the voices …
Delphine Girard's A Sister, Belgium, 16 min. Meryan Joobeur's Brotherhood, Tunisia, 25 min. Marshall Curry's The Neighbors’ Window, USA, 20 min. Bryan Buckley's Saria, USA, 23 min. Yves Piat's Nefta Football Club, Tunisia/France, 17 min.
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The NY Cat Film Festival embraces films that honor these mysterious creatures, who have fascinated mankind for centuries, especially since the invention of the internet, which seems to have been the best PR ploy ever launched by cat lovers.
The NY Dog Film Festival is an annual philanthropic celebration of the love between dogs and their people.
This year's 5 nominated animated shorts include Russia's Boxballet, Canada's Affairs of Art, Chile's Bestia, Britain's Robin Robin, and the Spanish/American collaboration, The Windshield Wiper.