Our time it up. Ausreisser. Runaway. Sídasti Bærinn. Last farm. Cashback. Six shooter. Badgered. Moon and the son : an imagined conversation by John Cannizzaro-Canemaker. Mysterious geographic explorations of Jasper Morello. Fan and the flower. Imago.
Notes:
Live action performers: Kevin Pollack, Frankie Jay Allison, Vivian Bang, Michael Cornacchia, Mathew Fraumann, Jorge Garcia, Rick Hoffman, Johnny Messner, Jerry Minor, Katheryn Winnick, Susan Pearlstein, Rob Pearlstein, Peter Jordan, Maximilian Werner, Burghart Klaußner, Hermann Lause, Monica Bleibtreu, Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox, Michael Dixon, Michael Lambourne, Stuart Goodwin, Brendan Gleeson, Ruaidhrí Conroy, David Wilmot, Aisling O'Sullivan, Gary Lydon, Domhnall Gleeson, David Murray, Tadgh Conroy, David Pearse, Ann McFarlane, John Wallace, Richard Nisbet, Mick Horan. Voices (animated films): Rupert Degas, Eli Wallach, John Turturro, Joel Edgerton, Helmut Bakaitis, Tommy Dysart, Jude Beaumont, Richard Moss, Lewis Fiander, Paul Giamatti, David Scarpuzza, Jean-Marc Delhausse. Title from disc menu.
Contents:
Live action short films: Our time is up (2004, 12 min.) (USA) / Sundance Channel ; Station B ; written and directed by Rob Pearlstein ; produced by Pia Clemente, Loren Mendell, Rob Pearlstein -- Ausreisser = The runaway (2004, 23 min.) (Germany) / Das Filmstudium der Universitat Hamburg zeigt ; written by Linus Foerster ; producer, Constantin Castell ; directed by Ulrike Grote -- Sídasti Bærinn = The last farm (2004, 17 min.) (Iceland) / Zik Zak Filmworks, Kynnir, Zinzak Filmworks ; written and directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson ; produced by Skúli Fr. Malmquist, Thor S. Sigurjónsson -- Cashback (2004, 18 min.) (UK) / Left Turn Films ; written and directed by Sean Ellis ; produced by Lene Bausager ; produced in association with Ugly Duckling Films and RSA Films -- Six shooter (2005, 27 min.) (UK) / Film Four and Bord Scannán na hÉireann//The Irish Film Board present a Missing in Action and Funny Farm Films production in association with Fantastic Films ; written and directed by Martin McDonagh ; produced by Kenton Allen and Mia Bays. Animated short films: Badgered (2005, 6 min.) (UK) / the National Film and Television School ; writer and director, Sharon Colman ; producer, Jamie Wolpert -- The moon and the son : an imagined conversation by John Cannizzaro-Canemaker (2005, 28 min.) (USA) / animation/design/direction, John Canemaker ; producers, Peggy Stern, John Canemaker ; script, John Canemaker, Joseph Kennedy, Peggy Stern ; produced in association with Shadowbox Films, Inc. -- The mysterious geographic explorations of Jasper Morello (2005, 26 min.) (Australia) / directed by Anthony Lucas ; produced by Julia Lucas, Anthony Lucas ; screenplay by Mark Shirrefs ; story by Anthony Lucas, Mark Shirrefs ; produced and developed in association with the Australian Film Commission ; developed and produced with the assistance of Film Victoria ; produced in association with SBS Independent ; produced by 3-D Films. Additional animated shorts: The fan and the flower (2005, 7 min.) (USA) / Atomic Television ; produced and written by Dan O'Shannon ; directed and animated by Bill Plympton -- Imago-- (2005, 12 min.) (Belgium/France) / Sacrebleu Productions ; Arnaud Demuynck, La Boîte, -- Productions ; in coproduction with Le CRRAV ARCADI, Les Films du Nord, Digit Anima ; written and directed by Cédric Babouche.
Summary:
A collection of short films nominated for the 78th Annual Academy Awards, including the winning live action short and the winning animated short.
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