Oscar Nominated Short films - Live Action
Seperti biasa, aku langsung melotot waktu melihat poster dengan tulisan "Oscar Nominated Short Films - Catch Them While You Can" di Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor. Dan pengalaman nonton Sundance Short Films Festival, aku yakin yang ini juga sayang untuk dilewatkan.
Setelah browsing sana-sini, ternyata satu-satunya kesempatan untukku menonton program ini cuma hari Minggu, 8 Februari. Saking semangatnya, aku maraton nonton dua program sekaligus, hehehe…. sampai digodain sama Katharina, yang janjian nonton sama aku untuk sesi kedua, "See you at 7, that is if your eyes are not square because you stared too long into the screen…"
Anyway, bagian pertama aku nonton Live Action, dengan film-film ini:
Live Action:
• Auf Der Strecke (On the Line) - A department store security guard is secretly infatuated with a clerk in the store’s bookshop. When he witnesses a love rival being attacked on a train, he abandons him. A decision that carries with it devastating consequences. Dir. Reto Caffi - Germany/Switzerland - 30 min.
• New Boy - Based on a Roddy Doyle short story, a young African immigrant struggles to find a place for himself during his first day at an Irish school. Dir. Steph Green - Ireland - 11 min.
• Toyland - Germany 1942. A mother convinces her son that the Jewish neighbors are going on a journey to ‘Toyland’. Dir. Jochen Freydank - Germany - 14 min.
• The Pig - When Asbjorn is admitted to hospital, he finds comfort in a painting of a whimsical pig - until it is removed by the request of another patient. Dirs. Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh - Denmark - 22 min.
• Manon on the Asphalt - What really flashes before your eyes at the end? It’s a lovely spring day and Manon is on her way to a rendezvous with her boyfriend when an unexpected bump in the road makes her see life from an entirely fresh perspective. Dirs. Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont - France - 15 min.
Hmmm…. kira-kira film-film ini bakalan beredar di Indonesia nggak ya? Kalau iya, kayaknya postinganku cukup sampai di sini aja, hehehe…ntar malah jadi spoiler… Tapi kayaknay kemungkinannya tipis ya? Ya udah deh… kapan-kapan aku tulis lagi tentang cerita beberapa film ini.
Yang jelas, kesanku adalah, semua film ini berakhir - relatively - happy ending. Beda dengan film-film Sundance yang kadang lebih gelap dan sulit ditebak akhirnya.









