Shorts TV annually released oscar nominated short films. This year’s nominations are:
On My Mind (Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson / Denmark)
Please Hold ( K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse / USA)
The Dress (Tadeusz Łysiak and Maciej Ślesicki / Poland)
The Long Goodbye (Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed / UK/Netherlands)
Ala Kachuu – Take and Run (Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger/ Kyrgyzstan/Switzerland)
Ranging from 12-38 minutes, they all seem to tell strong stories within a short time span. Click here for trailers.
Among the movies, the synopsis of ‘Please Hold’ was especially interesting. It’s based in the future in a mysterious jail controlled by the ‘computed bureaucracy of the privatized American justice system‘. The trailer of ‘The Long Goodbye’ also intrigued my interest as well – the irony between bright, cheerful rap music as the background and something serious and dangerous seems to be happening to the characters made me wonder what’s going on.
Again, U of M students can get a ticket to the Oscar-nominated shorts series free if they use the Passport to the Arts before March 22th. The movie is playing on the 19th and 22nd at the Michigan theater. Please refer to the webpage of Arts at Michigan for further information on where to find the ticket / how to use them.
