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Women-directed Short Films @ Slamdance 2022 – Review by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

January 31, 2022 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Alaa Zabara, Alessandra Lichtefeld, Broken Hearts, Cashmere Jasmine, female-directed, Hannah Saidiner, I’m Here, Jacqueline Pelczar, Julia Orlik, My Parent Neal, Oreo: The Trilogy, Selahy, shorts, Slamdance 2022, Sparkles

Running in an Omicron-induced virtual edition from 27 January to 6 February, the independent heart that lies at the core of the Slamdance Film Festival is perhaps nowhere more brazen in its passion for cinema that otherwise falls off the mainstream radar than their lovingly curated shorts program. While there are too many women-directed shorts to mention here, across fiction, animation and documentary shorts some of the festival’s stand-outs warrant particular mention in this far-too-brief overview.

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MIU MIU WOMEN’S TALES – Review by Marilyn Ferdinand

September 22, 2020September 23, 2020 Marilyn Ferdinand (Archived Contributor) 0 Comments agnes varda, Ava DuVernay, chloe sevigny, haifaa al monsour, lucrecia martel, mati diop, miu miu. woman's tales, shorts

For roughly the past decade, Italian high-fashion brand Miu Miu, a subsidiary of Prada, has been commissioning and releasing short films from some of the world’s most renowned women directors. As long as the films include Miu Miu fashions and accessories, the directors have been free to express their own creative impulses and personalities. Within the series, film fans will recognize signature flourishes along with great invention.

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Women-made Shorts at TIFF 2020 – Pam Grady reports

September 10, 2020September 12, 2020 Pam Grady 0 Comments hannah cheesman, leigh henry, shorts, sing me a lullaby, sinking ship, succor, tiff 2020, tiffany hsuing

Feature films may draw the buzz at film festivals, but shorts are where plenty of gems that are just awaiting for an audience to find them reside. That is certainly true of the Toronto International Film Festival, which even in this pandemic-impacted year, has mounted an impressive slate of five shorts programs. These three, all made by women, are part of TIFF’s Shorts 5 program, described as “journey of discovery.” They certainly are that.

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OSCAR NOMINATED ANIMATION SHORTS – Review by Diane Carson

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 Diane Carson 0 Comments animation, bao, domee shi, late afternoon, louise bagnall, one small step, oscars, shorts, weelemds

Each year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates five short films for the Best Animation Oscar. This year’s compilation offers diversity. From hand drawn to computer animation, with everything from muted to vibrant colors, realistic to surreal scenes, these five Oscar nominees testify to the wide range of subjects and styles gracing animation.

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OSCAR Nominated Animation Shorts — Review by Martha K. Baker

February 10, 2017February 10, 2017 Martha K. Baker 0 Comments animation, oscars, shorts

“Short” is right. Most of these films run fewer than 10 minutes with one longer than a half-hour. And “sweet”