Oscar Shorts Full Color Press Kit

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FRENCH ROAST
FRANCE/8 mins
Director/Writer: Fabrice O. Joubert
Producers: Louis Viau, Bibo Bergeron, Pascal Chevé
In a fancy Parisian Café, an uptight businessman is about to pay the check when he finds out that he has lost his wallet. To save time
he decides to order more coffee.
Director’s Biography:
Before directing his first CG animated short film, Fabrice Olivier Joubert worked as a traditional CG and stop motion animator.
From 1997 to 2006 he animated at DreamWorks on The Prince of Egypt (1998), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Spirit: Stallion of
the Cimarron (2002), Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003), Shark Tale (2004) and Flushed Away (2006).
In 2005, he worked on the stop motion feature Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) directed by Nick Park
(Aardman Studios).
He’s currently Animation Director on the upcoming feature A Monster in Paris directed by Eric Bergeron.
Awards:
Leeds International Film Festival – Audience Award; Bradford Animation Festival – Best Professional Film; Cinanima – Best Animation
(Prix José Abel); ViewFest Digital Movie Festival – Best 3D Character Design; Anima Còrdoba – Best Animation Prize; Art Futura Show
– 2nd Prize; Animanima – Best Animation (Jury’s Special Distinction); Prix Ars Electronica – Honorary Mention; Ballston Spa Film
Festival – Best Animated Film; Siggraph – Best in Show Award; Cinefiesta – Honorary Mention; Anima Mundi – Best Art Direction;
Atlanta Film Festival – Best Animated Short; Foyle Film Festival – Best Animation; Festival Voix d’Etoiles – Audience Award.
Selected Festivals/Screenings:
Encounters Short Film Festival; Cine Premères: Groningen Film Festival; Bradford Animation Festival; Cineanima: International
Animated Film Festival; Filmets: Badalona International Short Film Festival; Leeds International Film Festival; Interfilm: International
Short Film Festival; Animacor; Art Futura Show; ViewFest Digital Movie Festival; Austin Film Festival; Wiesbaden International Weekend
of Animation; Animatu: International Digital Animation Festival; Ottawa International Animation Festival; Festival International des
Jeunes Réalisteurs de St Jean de Luz; Anim’est International Animation Festival; Curtocircuito: International Short Film Festival; Anima
Cordoba; Shnit Short Film Festival; Krok: International Animated Film Festival; KLICK! Amsterdam Animation Festival; ANIMANIMA:
International Animation Festival; 1 Reel Film Festival; Prix Ars Electronica: International Competition for CyberArts; San Joaquin French
Cinema Day; Odense Film Festival; Malibu International Film Festival; Ballston Spa Film Festival; SIGGRAPH Computer Animation
Festival; Traverse City Film Festival; Cinefiesta Puerto Rico International Short Film Festival; Seoul International Cartoon and Animation
Festival; Giffoni International Film Festival for Young People; Anima Mundi; Palm Springs International ShortFest; Melbourne
International Animation Festival and Seattle International Film Festival.
GRANNY OÊGRIMMÊS SLEEPING BEAUTY
IRELAND/6 MINS
Director: Nicky Phelan
Writer: Kathleen O’Rourke
Producer: Darragh O’Connell
Cast: Kathleen O’Rourke
Granny O’Grimm, a seemingly sweet old lady, loses the plot as she tells her version of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ to her terrified granddaughter.
Director’s Biography:
Nicky Phelan studied animation in Dublin, graduating in 2003. He currently works with Brown Bag Films as a Character Designer and
Animation Director. Nicky has directed two series of Crap Rap, an animated series he created and wrote for RTE, it was nominated in
the Best Television Series Category in Annecy Animation festival, and in 2008 it was short listed for the Prix Jeunesse Awards. Nicky
has also designed and directed numerous television commercials for Irish and international clients. In 2008, Nicky directed the short
film Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty, produced by Darragh O’Connell with Brown Bag Films, which has gone on to win many
international awards. Nicky is currently Animation Director on Chorion’s 52 x 11 min animated preschool series The Octonauts for
the BBC.
Awards:
Galway Film Fleadh – Best Irish Animation; Palms Springs International Film Festival – Audience Award, Best Animation (Runner Up);
Denver Starz Festival – People’s Choice, Best Short; Irish Film & Television Award, Best Animation; Dam Short Film Festival – Best
Animation (Runner Up); Omaha Film Festival – Audience Award, Best Short; Heart of Gold Film Festival – Best Comedy; Chicago Irish
Film Festival – Audience Award, Best Short (Runner Up); Cinegael Montreal – Audience Award, Best Short; Newport Beach Film Festival
– Outstanding Achievement in Short Filmmaking Animation; Cinanima Short Film Festival – Special Mention, Best Animated Film.
Festivals/Screenings:
Galway Film Fleadh; Palms Springs International Film Festival; Denver Starz Festival; Irish Film & Television Award; Dam Short Film
Festival; Omaha Film Festival; Heart of Gold Film Festival; Chicago Irish Film Festival; Cinegael Montreal; Newport Beach Film
Festival; Cinanima Short Film Festival; Encounters Short Film Festival; The Craic Festival Brooklyn NYC; Bilbao Film Festival.
The LADY AND THE REAPER
spain/8 MINS
Director/Writer: Javier Recio Gracia
Production Company: Kandor Moon
Producers: Antonio Banderas, Manuel Sicilia, Juan Molina, Enrique Posner, Raul Garcia, Marcelino Almanso, Antonio Meliveo
A sweet old lady lives alone on her farm, waiting for death so that she can see her beloved husband once again. One night, she is
invited to enter death's domain, but someone will ruin it for her.
About The Production Company:
Kandor Moon is an animation studio based in Granada, Spain. Partners include Antonio Banderas. The studio’s first feature in 2008
was The Missing Lynx, which won the 2008 Spanish Goya for Best Animated Feature Film. The Lady and The Reaper, made in 3D,
and directed by Javier Recio is the studios´ second film, intended to provide the technical and artistic foundations necessary for the
studios next film, Goleor, currently in late pre-production.
Awards:
Alcine – People’s Choice Award/Best Film Score/Canal+ Award, Best Short Film; Artfutura – 2nd Prize, 3D in Spain.
Festivals/Screenings:
2010 Goya Awards – Nominated, Best Animated Short Film; Animadrid; Sitges Film Festival; Festival Internacional de Jovenes
Realizadores de Granada; Art Futura; Alcine 39; Animacor; Cinanima; Zinebi 51; I Castelli Animati; Almeria en Corto; Anima;
Spokane International Film Festival; Festival Cortomieres; Festival International du Court Métrage D’Animation de Roanne; Animac:
Mostra Internacional de Cinema D’Animacio; I.T.F.S Stuttgard International Festival; Curt Ficcions 13 Festival de Corto metrajes
Barcelona; Animac - Morsa International de Cimena D’ Animation de Roanne; Festival Cortomeieres; Spokane International Film
Festival; Anima 2010 Belgium; Almeria en Corto; I Castelli Antimati; Zinebi 51 Spain; Cinanima; Animacor; Alcine 39; Art Futura;
Festival Internacional de Jovenes Realizadores de Granada; Stiges Film Festival; Animadrid.
LOGORAMA
FRANCE/16 MINS
Directors: H5 (Franςois Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain)
Produced by: Autour de Minuit
Spectacular car chases, an intense hostage crisis, wild animals rampaging through the city and even more in Logorama!
Directors’ Biography:
Directors within H5, a graphic studio renowned for its CD front covers (Superdiscount, Air, Demon) and artistic direction (Dior, Cartier,
YSL), they directed many videos (Alex Gopher, Massive Attack, Goldfrapp, Röyksopp), and are regularly invited to exhibitions for their
artistic talents (2007 Nuit Blanche, Beaubourg, MoMA). Logorama is their first short film.
Awards:
Stockholm International Film Festival, Best Short Film; Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes – Kodak Short Film Discovery
Prize.
Festivals/Screenings:
Stockholm International Film Festival; Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes.
A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH
UNITED KINGDOM/30 MINS
Director: Nick Park
Writers: Nick Park, Bob Baker
Producer: Steve Pegram
Cast: Peter Sallis, Sally Lindsay
Wallace & Gromit have started a new bread baking business, ‘Top Bun’ and converted 62 West Wallaby Street into a granary with
ovens, robotic kneading arms and an old-fashioned windmill on the roof. The transformation is perfect.
Although business is booming, Gromit is concerned by the news that a dozen local bakers have ‘disappeared’ this year – but Wallace
isn’t worried. He’s too distracted and ‘dough-eyed’ in love with former beauty and bread enthusiast, Piella Bakewell.
While they enjoy being the ‘Toast of the Town’, Gromit soon realises his master’s life is in jeopardy, and turns sleuth to solve the
escalating murder mystery – in what quickly becomes ‘A Matter of Loaf and Death.’
Director’s Biography:
Nick Park is a stop-motion animator who has won four Oscars for films featuring absent-minded inventor Wallace and his vigilant
dog, Gromit. Park was a student at the National Film and Television School when he met Peter Lord and David Sproxton of Aardman
Animations. He joined their studio in 1985 and worked on TV commercials while polishing A Grand Day Out, his first short film with
Wallace and Gromit. Shown in 1990 on BBC, the film became an international hit and was nominated for an Oscar the next year. It
lost to another short film by Park, Creature Comforts (1989), but since then Park has picked up Oscars for the Wallace & Gromit short
films The Wrong Trousers (1993) and A Close Shave (1995), and for the feature Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
(2005). Aardman Animations, with Lord and Park at the helm, also made the animated feature Chicken Run, a box office smash that
had the voice talents of Mel Gibson and Imelda Staunton.
Awards:
Annie Award - Best Animated Short Subject; BAFTA - Best Short Animation; New York International Children's Film Festival - Grand
Prize; Anima (Belgium) - Best Short Children's Film; Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Audience Award;
Animadrid - Best Children’s Short Film Prize; ReAnimania - Best Animated Short Film; I Castelli Animati - Jury Prize.
Festivals/Screenings:
Wiesbaden Animation Festival; Anima Mundi; Leipzig International Film Festival; Encounters Short Film Festival; Ottawa Film Festival;
New York International Children's Film Festival; Anima (Belgium); Seattle International Film Festival; Animadrid; ReAnimania; I Castelli
Animati.
THE DOOR
IRELAND/17 MINS
Director/Writer: Juanita Wilson
Producers: Louise Curran, James Flynn
Cast: Igor Sigov, Juliette Gering, Liliya Grechk
DOP: Tim Fleming
Production Designer: Susie Cullen
Editor: Nathan Nugent
A father attempts to come to terms with the devastating affects of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Director’s Biography:
After leaving school, Juanita studied Fine Art in the National College of Art and Design, Dublin and then went on to study the
postgraduate Diploma in Arts Management in UCD, achieving the top place in her year. Having studied film production at the Irish
Film Institute and subsequently worked for a number of years in the independent production sector in Dublin, she went back to
college and graduated as a professional journalist at the Dublin Institute of Technology, achieving a distinction and the top marks in
her year. The following year she decided to combine her creative energy with her business experience and set up Metropolitan Films
with James Flynn in July 1997 to develop and produce challenging feature films.
The first film they selected to produce was the hard-hitting emotional drama, H3, on which Juanita worked as a script editor and
creative producer. The film, directed by Les Blair, went on to win the Audience Award at Bergamo Film Festival.
In 2002, Juanita developed and jointly produced Inside I’m Dancing with James Flynn. Directed by Damien O’Donnell, it premiered
at the Edinburgh International Film Festival ’04 where it won the Audience Award for Best Film. In Ireland, the film opened at the
Cork International Film Festival and the film enjoyed a successful theatrical release in the UK, Ireland and USA.
In January ’08 she wrote and directed her first short film The Door, based on a true story of Chernobyl. The film was shot on location
in Pripyat and Kiev in the Ukraine and has received great acclaim winning many awards.
Over the years, Juanita has written a number of short stories, one-act plays and screenplays, the most recent being an adaptation of
the acclaimed book As If I Am Not There, by Croatian journalist Slavenka Drakulic about the Balkan War. And in October ’09 Juanita
shot her first feature film As If I Am Not There. The film is currently in post-production.
Awards:
Foyle Film Festival – Best Irish Short; Bilbao International Film Festival – Gold Medal Award (Fiction); Cork International Film Festival
– Best First Short by an Irish Director; Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTA) – Best Short Film; Grand OFF – Best Director; Sarajevo
Film Festival – Katrin Cartlidge Bursary 2009.
Festivals/Screenings:
Edinburgh International Film Festival; Bilbao International Film Festival; Cork International Film Festival; Foyle Film Festival; Telluride
Film Festival; Munich International Film Festival; Dingle Film Festival; Galway Film Festival; Boston Irish Film Festival; Flickerfest 2009;
Moscow Irish Film Festival; Chicago Irish Film Festival.
INSTEAD OF ABRACADABRA
SWEDEN/22 MINS
Director/Writer: Patrik Eklund
Producer: Mathias Fjellstrom
Cast: Simon J. Berger, Jacob Nordenson, Anki Larsson, Saga Gärde, Göran Forsmark
Tomas is a bit too old to still be living at home with his parents, but his failure to become a magician leaves him with no other choice.
His father Bengt wants him to get a proper job. At Bengt’s 60th birthday party, Tomas give him and all his guests a quite bizarre magic
show.
Director’s Biography:
Patrik Eklund is one of Sweden’s most talented and productive young directors. He was born in 1978 in northern Sweden and made
his directorial debut in 2003 with the award winning film One Christmas Morning. He followed this up by writing and directing the
award winning short film Situation Frank, which participated at the Cannes Film festival in 2007, and Instead of Abracadabra. Patrik’s
latest short Seeds of the Fall won the International Critics Week of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
Awards:
Göteborg International Film Festival – Startsladden; Melbourne International Film Festival – Best Fiction Short Film; Festival du Cinema
Européen de Lille – Audience Award; Brussels Short Film Festival – Audience Award (International), Best Actor; Expresión en Corto
International Film Festival - Best Short Fiction Video (International).
Festivals/Screenings:
Festival Tous Courts; Short Film Festival of Lyon-Villeurbanne; Festival Internacional de Filmets de Badalona; Kiev International Film
Festival Molodist; Sao Paolo International Film Festival; Hamptons International Film Festival; Tacoma Film Festival; Milwaukee
International Film Festival; International Best of Short Films Festival; Milano Film Festival; 1 Reel Film Festival; InDPanda International
Short Film Festival; Melbourne International Film Festival; Expresión en Corto International Film Festival; ERA New Horizons Film
Festival; Just For Laughs Film Festival; Los Angeles Film Festival; BAMcinemaFest; Kratkofil International Short Film Festival;
International Short Film Festival Hamburg; Timishort Film Festival; Brussels Short Film Festival; Newport Beach Film Festival;
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival; Independent Film Festival of Boston; Reel Shorts Film Festival; Filmfest DC - The
Washington, DC International Film Festival; Nashville Film Festival; Aspen Shortsfest; Florida Film Festival; Sarasota Film Festival;
Cleveland International Film Festival; Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen; Minimalen Short Film Festival; Festival du
Film Européen of Lille; Cinequest Film Festival; Sundance Film Festival; Tromsö International Film Festival; Vendôme Film Festival;
International Short Film Festival Leuven; Regensburg Short Film Week; Brest European Short Film Festival; Leeds International Film
Festival; Warsaw International Film Festival; Calgary International Film Festival; Atlantic Film Festival.
KAVI
USA, INDIA/19 MINS
Director/Writer/Producer: Gregg Helvey
Cast: Sagar Salunke, Ulhas Tayade, Rajesh Kumar, Madhavi Juvekar
Kavi is a boy in India who wants to play cricket and go to school, but instead he is forced to work in a brick kiln as a modern-day
slave. Unsatisfied with his fate, Kavi must either accept what he’s always been told, or fight for a different life even if he’s unsure of
the ultimate outcome.
Director’s Biography:
Student Academy Award® Winner, Gregg Helvey, has travelled the world to film in countries such as El Salvador, China, Kenya and
England on projects ranging from National Geographic and BBC1 documentaries to independent fictional films. As a filmmaker,
Helvey seeks to combine his passion for social justice with powerful story telling.
Helvey wrote, directed and produced Kavi, the winning film of the 2009 Student Academy Award® gold medal in the narrative
category. One of his goals for Kavi is to partner with anti-slavery organizations and to use the film to raise awareness about modernday slavery. Additionally, this short film is the basis for the feature length version.
Helvey’s other award-winning work includes the documentary, Overexposed, which examines how pornography affects men. Dr. Drew,
Adam Carolla and other cultural pundits comment on the issue as the cameras follow two men trying to navigate the rocky road of
love, sex and intimacy in the age of virtual fantasies.
Helvey received his M.F.A in film production from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, and his B.A. in
English and French from the University of Virginia.
Awards:
Student Academy Award® - Gold Medal, Best Short Narrative; Heartland Film Festival - Crystal Heart Award; Palm Springs
International ShortsFest - Best of Fest; Angelus Student Film Festival - Triumph of the Spirit Award; USA Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize,
Best Short Film; International Short Film Festival of Drama - Grand Jury Prize; HATCH Fest - Best Director, Best Short Film; Indian Film
Festival of Los Angeles – Audience Award; South Asian International Film Festival - Audience Award; Indian Film Festival of Houston
- Best Short Film; Olympia International Film Festival For Children and Young People - Best Short Fiction Film.
Selected Festivals/Screenings:
36th Annual Student Academy Awards®; U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Palm Springs International Shorts Fest; Middle East
International Film Festival; Heartland Film Festival; Sidewalk Moving Pictures Festival; Rhode Island International Film Festival; Angelus
Student Film Festival; International Festival of Shorts of Drama, Greece; HATCH Fest; Raindance; Nashville Film Festival; Indian Film
Festival of Los Angeles; BendFilm Festival; Virginia Film Festival; Florida South Asian Film Festival; Olympia Film Festival.
MIRACLE FISH
AUSTRALIA/17 MINS
Director/Writer: Luke Doolan
Producer: Drew Bailey
Cast: Karl Beattie, Brendan Donoghue
8-year-old Joe has a Birthday he will never forget. After friends tease him, he sneaks off to the sick bay, wishing everyone in the world
would go away. He wakes up to find his dream may have become a reality.
Director’s Biography:
Luke Doolan's resume encompasses credits as a director, cinematographer, and editor, across music clips, commercials, shorts, and
features.
His early days of feature film editing were spent assisting legendary editor Jill Bilcock on Moulin Rouge. Luke has previously shot and
edited Previsualisation on Baz Luhrman's Alexander and Australia and George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode III.
Luke has been co conceiving and editing for the last four years on Nash Edgerton’s shorts including SPIDER, LUCKY and FUEL, for
which he won Best Editing at The St Kilda Film Festival, Australia. In addition to his short film collaborations with Nash, Luke edited
David Michod's short film Crossbow, and Anthony Hayes' debut feature Ten Empty.
Despite having worked on several films together, Miracle Fish is the first time Luke and Drew Bailey have worked together as
Director/Producer.
Awards:
Sydney International Film Festival - Dendy Award for Best Live Action Short; Aspen Shortsfest - Winner Youth Jury Prize + BAFTA/LA
Certificate of Excellence; Australian Film Institute Awards - Winner Best Short Fiction Film + Best Screenplay in Short Film; Method Fest
- Nominated Best Short Film; Swansea Bay Film Festival – (Nominated) Best Film Under 20 minutes; St Kilda Film Festival –
(Nominated) Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Karl Beattie), SBS Television Award and Craft Award (Winner) Craft Award + SBS
Television Award; International Film Festival Ireland – (Nominated) Best International Film Under 25 minutes; Trimedia Film Festival Jury Award for Best International Short Film; In The Bin Film Festival - Best Director and Best Short Film; Woodstock Film Festival Honorable Mention Best Short Narrative Award; CurtoCircuito - Onda Curta RTP prize; Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Short Subject Production; San Sebastián Horror and Fantasy Film Festival - Youth Jury Award for Best Short Film;
Coasties Film Festival - Raine & Horne Avoca Beach Prize; Encounters International Short Film Festival - UK Film Council Audience
Award; Anchorage International Film Festival – (Runner Up) Best Short Film; Flickerfest - Movie Extra Special Jury Award + Miller
Australia Award for Best Cinematography in an Australian Short Film; Victoria Independent Film Festival - Best Film Under 20 Minutes;
Taos Shortz Film Festival - Winner Best Dramatic Fiction.
Selected Festivals/Screenings:
Sundance Film Festival; Montreal World Film Festival; Edinburgh International Film Festival; Sydney International Film Festival; Palm
Springs International Shortsfest; Aspen Shortsfest; Australian Film Institute Awards; Brisbane International Film Festival; Ozflix; Prends
ca court; Method Fest; Atlanta International Film Festival; Arizona International Film Festival & Palm Beach International Film Festival;
San Sebastián Horror and Fantasy Film Festival; Hawaii International Film Festival; 21st Istanbul International Short Film Festival;
Stockholm International Film Festival; Foyle Film Festival; New Orleans Film Festival.
THE NEW TENANTS
DENMARK, USA/20 MINS
Director: Joachim Back
Writer: Anders Thomas Jensen Adaptation: David Rakoff
Producers: Sam Bisbee, Tivi Magnusson, Erika Hampson, Christian Potalivo, Johanne Stryhn Hoerby
Cast: Kevin Corrigan, David Rakoff, Vincent D’Onofrio, Liane Balaban, Helen Hanft, Jamie Harrold
A prying neighbour, a glassy-eyed drug dealer, and a husband brandishing both a weapon and a vendetta make up the welcome
wagon. Set amidst the as-yet-unopened boxes and the hopes for a fresh start of two men on what might just be the worst moving day
ever. Their new apartment reveals its terrifying history in a film that is by turns funny, frightening, and unexpectedly romantic.
Director’s Biography:
Joachim began his career as an impressionable teenager, working as an on-set runner for film productions in his native Denmark.
Determined to get from away from the craft service table and behind the camera, Joachim and some friends began shooting their
own shorts and spec projects on borrowed equipment. His oddball comic sensibility got him noticed, and in 1997 Joachim signed
with Copenhagen’s Easy Film for commercial representation. In 2000 a spot he directed for MTV, The Mouth, was shortlisted for a
Gold Lion at Cannes, and in 2001 Joachim and two fellow directors founded the spot shop Bacon. After several very successful years,
the team went its separate ways, and Joachim moved with his family to New York where he signed with Park Pictures in 2004.
Joachim has been working non-stop ever since, and has directed campaigns for Viagra, Captain Morgan, Tostitos, Hyundai, Royal
Bank of Scotland, Bud Light, and Miller Lite, to name a few. His Viagra spots – the little blue pill’s first foray into comedy – won a
Gold Lion at the 2005 Cannes Festival, it is one of the most decorated spots in the advertising world (with over 15 wins in the advertising awards circuit). He’s also snagged a Bronze Lion for Too Late, a spot for Charal out of Gang Films in Paris. Joachim was ranked
number 7 on the Gunn Report in 2006. His hilarious, visually and sonically inventive Captain Morgan spot won Best Sound Design
at the 2007 AICP Show. His Budlight Carpet spot was shortlisted at Cannes in 2008. In 2009, he received two Epica awards, an
Epica Gold for Ikea and an Epica Silver for his Volvo spot.
Awards:
Los Angeles Reel Film Festival - Honorable mention.
Festivals/Screenings:
Florida Film Festival; Scandinavian Film Festival LA.
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