ANIMATED FEATURE
Who Won: TOY STORY 3 which also has the Best Picture nod Who Should've Won: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, doesn't have the advantage of 15 years of cumulative emotion. So we love its stand alone power and emotional heft. Plus "Toothless" is way adorbs. See also: Nathaniel's Top Ten List for 2010
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| TOY STORY 3 (Disney / Pixar) |
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (Dreamworks) |
THE ILLUSIONIST (Sony Pictures Classics) |
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| THE FUTURE. is this the final AMPAS hurrah for Pixar? Eventually AMPAS tires of every "Oscar darling" (outside of Meryl Streep) and they've got sequels coming up when they used to be such champions of originality. |
it looked like a challenger to Toy Story 3's Oscar, until Toy Story 3 became teh year's biggest box office phenomenon globally and started fighting for a Best Picture win. It'll have to make due with the gazillions heading its way as a new franchise. |
In a way its delicate beauty and downer ending are only magnified in meaning now that its being largely ignored in theaters. At least it has this nomination as reward. |
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There were 15 ELIGIBLE FILMS Not Nominated but Eligible |
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DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
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| EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP |
GASLAND |
INSIDE JOB |
RESTREPO |
WASTELAND |
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There were 15 Finalists |
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DOCUMENTARY SHORT
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| POSTER GIRL Portrayal Films |
KILLING IN THE NAME d. Jed Rothstein Moxie Firecracker Films |
THE WARRIORS OF QIUJANG d. Ruby Wang Thomas Lennon Films |
STRANGERS NO MORE d. Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon Simon & Goodman Picture Company |
SUN COME UP d. Sun Come Up, LLC |
| on women in the military and post traumatic stress disorder (minutes, English) |
on religious terrorism and gun control laws (39 minutes, English) |
on environmental poisoning in China (39 minutes, Chinese) |
on education. features a multicultural school in Tel Aviv. () |
on climate change refugees () |
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The three finalists that weren't nominated Born Sweet, Cynthia Wade Productions. Directed by Cynthia Wade. Topic: environmental poisoning.Details: 25 minutes (Central Khmer) |
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| DAY & NIGHT Teddy Newton Pixar Animation Studios |
THE GRUFFALO Jakob Schuh & Max Lang Magic Light Pictures |
LET'S POLLUTE Geefwee Boedoe Geefwee Boedoe |
THE LOST THING Shaun Tan & Andrew Ruhemann Passion Pictures Australia |
MADAGASCAR, A JOURNEY DIARY Bastien Dubois Sacrebleu Productions |
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The finalists that weren't nominated The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger Bill Plympton, director (Bill Plympton Studio) |
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LIVE ACTION SHORT
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| THE CONFESSION Tanel Toom National Film and Television School 25 minutes |
THE CRUSH Michael Creagh Purdy Pictures 15 minutes |
GOD OF LOVE Luke Matheny Luke Matheny minutes |
NA WEWE Ivan Goldschmidt CUT! minutes |
WISH 143 Ian Barnes Swing and Shift Films / Union Pictures 22 minutes |
| tba | An 8 year old boy challenges his second grade teacher's boyfriend to a duel. From Ireland. |
a comedic film about a dart champion and lounge singer. From USA. |
set during the civil war in Burundi near Rwanda |
a dying 15 year old has a last wish: an hour with a naked girl. view the whole film here. |
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The Finalists That Weren't Nominated Ana's Playground d. Eric Howell (Story Forge, LLC) children playing in a war torn country |
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