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Awards Daily's Oscar Countdown:  Short list of 10 Animated Shorts

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In Contention:  Short Oscar hopeful ‘The Cat Piano’

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RT @notmyinnocence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj4RBmU-PIo MUITO BOM! assistam 12/18/2009

@howtogrowbud Cheer up Charlie :) http://bit.ly/5Lc0q9 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj4RBmU-PIo hope this helps! 12/17/2009

has discovered this beautiful animation short from the PRA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj4RBmU-PIo 12/16/2009

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Short list of 10 Animated Shorts
Awards Daily's Oscar Countdown — 10 ANIMATED SHORTS MOVE AHEAD IN 2009 OSCAR RACE Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards. Thirty-seven pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company: The Cat Piano, Eddie White and Ari Gibson, directors (The People’s Republic of Animation) French Roast, Fabrice O. Joubert, director (Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films) ...

Academy Announces 10 Best Animated Short Film Contenders
GeekTyrant — AMPAS announced Friday afternoon that 10 animated short films will move on to the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards. There were thirty-seven pictures that had originally qualified in the category. The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company: “The Cat Piano,” Eddie White and Ari Gibson, directors (The People’s Republic of Animation) “French Roast,” Fabrice O. Joubert, director (Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films) “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty,” Nicky Phelan, director, and Darragh O’Connell, producer (Brown Bag Films) ...

Short Oscar hopeful ‘The Cat Piano’
In Contention — Chalk “The Cat Piano” up as a nominee pronto. Probably the win, too. EVERYONE loves that short. So says regular reader Glenn in the comment thread on the Best Animated Short Oscar shortlist. Having now watched this 8-minute Australian gem in all its noir-tinged, Nick Cave-narrated splendor, I can’t disagree. Take a look.

Cinema Autopsy on the 2009 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards Winners
Cinema Autopsy — Samson (Rowan McNamara) and Delilah (Marissa Gibson) from Samson and Delilah While I would have liked to have seen Balibo pick up a few more of the major awards at the 2009 Samsung Mobile Australian Film Industry Awards, I am nevertheless thrilled by how well Samson and Delilah did. As a ...

Samson & Delilah Wins Big in Australia
Film Experience Blog — It was only five years ago when the Australian Film Institute Awards reached their most sad and pathetic moment. 2005, the year that will live in infamy for followers of Australian film, produced only one (ONE!) film that the AFI felt worthy enough to award. Cate Shortland's Somersault was nominated for and won every.single.category. The really sad thing is that it probably deserved to win them all, which says more about the slate of Aussie films that year than anything else. ...