Previously
screened only at selected theaters across the country, this special
collection of OSCAR nominated short films celebrating the 2003 75th
Annual ACADEMY AWARDS® is now available to compel and delight the
filmmaker and film lover.
Best Animated Short Film:
The ChubbChubbs! (USA - Columbia - A Sony Pictures Imageworks Production)
On a planet in the far reaches of the imagination, clumsy but well-meaning
Meeper dreams of entertaining people as an R&B vocalist. But
first he must find a way to save the patrons of the Ale-E-Inn nightclub
from the vicious and voracious invaders known as the ChubbChubbs.
(6 minutes)
Other Animated Nominees:
Rocks "Das Rad" (Germany - A Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg
GmbH Production) Observing the passage of centuries with bewildered
fascination, two rock piles comment on the rise and fall of human
history. (8 minues)
Mike's New Car (USA -
Buena Vista - A Pixar Animation Studios Production) One-eyed Mike
from Monster's Inc drives himself nuts trying to take his friend
Sulley for a spin in his new car. (4 minutes)
The Cathedral (Poland
- A Platige Image Production) A man enters a forest-like cathedral
and discovers that the trees are made of people. (6 minutes)
Mt. Head "Atama Yama"
(Japan - A Yamamura Animation Production) An obsessed loner encounters
a hairy problem: the Cherry tree growing out of his head is attracting
crowds. (10 minutes)
Best Live Action Short
Film: This Charming Man "Der Er En Yndig Mand" (Denmark
- An M&M Production for Novellefilm Production) Taking advantage
of a mix-up at the unemployment office, Lars Hansen becomes Pakistani
immigrant El Hassan. Will his masquerade land him a job and the
affection of his politically correct school teacher? (29 minutes)
Other Live Action Nominees:
I'll Wait for the Next One "J'attendrai Le Suivant" (France
- A La Boite Production) A lonely young woman boards the subway
and meets a panhandler who's begging for love rather than money.
(4 minutes) Gridlock"Fait D'Hiver" (Belgium - An Another
Dimension of an Idea Production) Stick in traffic, a harried businessman
calls home on his new cell phone - and dials up a nightmare. (7
minutes) D
og "Inja" (Australia
- An Australian Film & Radio School Production) In South Africa,
a long-brutalized dog comes between a whie landowner and his black
farmhand - with fateful results. (17 minutes)
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