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2020 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies

2020 Oscar Predictions — Best Documentary Short Subject

February 8, 2020 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

Since writing my piece on the Best Animated Short Film category, I have caught up with my blindspot in that field, Dcera. Unfortunately, I find myself in a similar situation. Even more unfortunately, my blindspot in the Best Documentary Short Subject category is a pretty heavy contender: St. Louis Superman. But I have read up on the film enough that I think I can properly gauge its current place in the race.

And it is a close race at that.

The Nominees:

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2019 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies

2019 Oscar Predictions – Best Documentary Short Subject

February 5, 2019 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

The short film categories are some of the hardest to predict. These films don’t receive traditional Oscar campaigns, which would act to suss out front-runners. In lieu of that, one must look at general trends, distributors, aesthetic qualities, and word of mouth.

The Nominees:

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All Movie Reviews, Quickie Reviews (<400 Words), Short Films

2019 Oscar Shortlisted Short Film Reviews – Black Sheep, Marguerite, My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes

December 25, 2018 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

There are 30 short films which are shortlisted for Academy Awards across the three shorts categories—Best Live Action Short, Best Animated Short, and Best Documentary Short Subject. This will be cut in half come January 22nd. Before that happens, let’s take a look at a few of the shorts vying for nomination.

Black Sheep

This documentary short, commissioned by The Guardian, tells the story of a man who, as a youth, Continue reading 2019 Oscar Shortlisted Short Film Reviews – Black Sheep, Marguerite, My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes →

2018 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies

2018 Academy Awards Predictions – Best Documentary Short Subject

February 9, 2018 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

Finally, I can close out my 2018 (very inaccurate) Oscar predictions with a look at the Best Documentary Short Subject category. Having discovered that all of the short films will (or soon will) be available to stream online, I took the time to brush up on them.

And, let me tell you, this is a tight race.