Trailers for Short Oscar finalists

AMPAS has selected 10 documentary shorts from their undoubtedly long (unpublished that we know of) eligibility list to compete for the 5 nominations in the category. For those who are unaware the short film race at the Oscars each year can be a hodgepodge of years (no release dates apply obviously) because the shorts qualify for the competition by winning prizes at Oscar-qualifying festivals around the world. (The short film categories are often as international as the Foreign Language Film Award.) And the festival journey can be a long one for tiny low profile films. 

Doc trailers after the jump and a few Animated shorts, too...

Documentary Short Finalists... with trailers!
Body Team 12 - RYOT Films and Vulcan Productions

Body Team 12 - Trailer from David Darg on Vimeo.

Chau, beyond the Lines - Cynasty Films

Chau, beyond the lines - Trailer from Courtney N Marsh on Vimeo.

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah -Jet Black Iris America

(trailer not found)

This documentary is about Claude Lanzmann and his famous epically long (9+ hours) Holocaust documentary Shoah from 1985. So this is a short interview from Criterion with Lanzmann talking about the film.

50 Feet from Syria -  Spin Film

50 Feet From Syria trailer from Dan Sadowsky on Vimeo.

A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness - SOC Films

(trailer not found)

The director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy previously won the 2011 Oscar in this category for Saving Face 

Last Day of Freedom - Living Condition

Last Day of Freedom (trailer) from Nomi Talisman &Dee Hibbert-Jones on Vimeo.

Minerita - Kanaki Films

MINERITA trailer, by Raúl de la Fuente and Amaia Remírez, KANAKI FILMS. from KANAKI FILMS on Vimeo.

What we were saying about a hodgepodge of years. This film first emerged in 2013. It won the Spanish Oscar (The Goya) in 2014 and by January we'll know it's up for the 2015 doc short Oscar.

My Enemy, My Brother - Fathom Film Group

FULL SHORT

Starting Point - Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association

Starting Point a film by Michał Szcześniak/ trailer from Studio Munka on Vimeo.

The Testimony -Atria Film in association with Escape Artists 

(trailer not found)

Animated Short Longlist
While the long list of 60 eligible titles was not officially announced by AMPAS, Cartoon Brew did the hard work of tracking the whole thing via screening news from the Animation Branch. The highest profile title is surely Pixar's Sanjay's Super Team.

Here's the list of 60 titles though unfortunately there's no details on them beyond that. This music video "The Agony & The Ecstasy" from Romans is also on the list...

As is the new animated film from the Oscar-nominated makers of A Single Life called (Otto) and here's a taste of that one.

(Otto) -TRAILER from Job, Joris & Marieke on Vimeo.

Here's the trailer of one called The Pride of Strathmoor

The Pride of Strathmoor Trailer from Einar Baldvin on Vimeo.

And Dame Mit Hund... but we'll stop now since AMPAS will be narrowing this 60 wide list down to 10 or so any moment now...

Dame mit Hund - short film excerpt from Talking Animals on Vimeo.

Live Action Longlist / Shortlist?
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