Top 5 Oscars

Collection of the best short films of the Oscars-2019.

98 min., 12+

Weekends

2017, USA, 16 min.

Past Lives Productions.

A film about a young boy shuffling between the homes of his recently divorced parents. Surreal, dream-like moments mix with the domestic realities of a broken up family in this hand-animated film set in 1980's Toronto.

Director:: Trevor Jimenez

Awards & Festivals

Academy Award nomination – Best Animated Short Film
Annie Award – Best Animated Short Subject
Annecy International Animated Film Festival – Audience Award (Best Short Film), Jury Award (Best Short Film)
BendFilm Festival – Best Animated Short
Chicago International Film Festival – Gold Hugo (Best Animated Short)
Fairhope Film Festival – Jury Award (Best Narrative Short)
Fargo Film Festival – Best Animation - Honorable Mention
Los Angeles Film Festival – Audience Award (Best Short Film)
Nashville Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize (Animation)
Oaxaca FilmFest, MX – Life is Short (Best Animated Short)
RiverRun International Film Festival – Special Jury Prize (Animated Short Film)
Warsaw International Film Festival – Best Animated Short

Sin cielo

2018, USA, 25 min.

In the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, two teenagers pursue young love in a region where violence may be inescapable.

Director:: Jianna Maarten

Cast:: Vanessa Benavente, José Bolaños, Victor Boneva

Awards & Festivals

Palm Springs International ShortFest – Youth Jury Award
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival – CICFF Award (Best Editing), Outstanding Achievement Award (Best Short Film)
Seattle International Film Festival – Short Film Award (Narrative)

Skin

2018, USA, 20 min., 18+

In a small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10-year-old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.

Director:: Guy Nattiv

Cast:: Jonathan Tucker, Jackson Robert Scott, Danielle Macdonald, Lonnie Chavis, Jared Day, Sam Dillon, Michael Villar, David Maloney, Katie Ryan, Ashley Thomas

Awards & Festivals

Academy Award – Best Live Action Short Film
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival – Audience Award (International Competition)
ECU European Independent Film Festival – Special Jury Award
HollyShorts Film Festival – Best Short Film
Lanzarote International Film Festival – Audience Award (Best Short International Film)
San Jose International Short Film Festival – Best Short Film

Fauve

2018, Canada, 17 min.

Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer.

Director:: Jeremy Comte

Cast:: Félix Grenier, Alexandre Perreault, Louise Bombardier

Awards & Festivals

Academy Awards (Oscar) – Best Live Action Short Film
Sundance Film Festival – Short Filmmaking Award, Special Jury Prize
Palm Springs International ShortFest – Best of the Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival – Best Short Fiction
Quebec City International Film Festival – Audience Award (Short Film)
Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival – Octopus d'Or (Best International Short Film)

Wale

2018, UK, 20 min.

An 18 year old youth offender is trying to get his own business going as a mechanic. But enterprise isn't so easy when you're a young, black male with a criminal past. And it doesn't get any easier when you're framed by one of your new clients for a harrowing crime.