I had the pleasurable opportunity to view the nominations for Best Short Film - Live Action and Animated. I viewed the nominees in just one of these categories last year during the cinematic feature, and this year I decided to extend my enjoyment. Normally these categories would fall under my category of Best Guesses, however I feel I am now able to make an educated guess on each group.
There are five animated short films nominated this year, and they range in subject matter and content from Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare: to the very short "Fresh Guacamole,"which was only two minutes long. I have two favorites in this category. I thoroughly enjoyed "Head Over Heels" for its innovative, gravity defying concept. I also enjoyed the whimsical "Paperman" short, which featured paper airplanes turning into birds and propelling two individuals together. I believe "Paperman" will win this category due to the amount of buzz surrounding storyline and the enjoyability of the plot. I hope the short "Adam and Dog" is rejected by the Academy because it was long, slightly confusing and had plenty of extraneous and tangent ideas muddying the intent.
There are also five films nominated for the Best Short - Live Action category. They range from telling the story of an Alzheimer's patient in "Henry" to a fictional account of death by shadows in "Death of a Shadow" to a suicidal man who is given a renewed purpose in life in "Curfew." My favorite in this category is "Asad," a movie about a boy in Somalia who is trying evade pirates. I feel the short "Buzkashi Boys" has the most artistic appeal and therefore it is my favorite to win.
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