Oscar nom shorts 2017

[Drunk Monk]

I luv shorts. This year they are all foreign. Forgive my crappy translation. Two deal with immigration and two have aging moms.

Song - sweet story of a kids choir. Amazing that they got such rich performances out of kids. Could've been a full length movie.

Silent night - shelter worker gets involved with a Ghanaian immigrant. Another one that could have easily been a full length movie. Ran a huge gamut of emotions.

Timecode - cute Spanish vignette about dancing security guards. Short subject - delightful.

Enemy within - an Algerian Muslim interogated as he applies for French citizenship. Stark, simple, issue driven.

Woman and the train - an aging baker women waves a flag at the passing train every day and starts a sweet correspondence with the engineer. Romantic and existential.

AND THE WINNER IS...
Silent Night. I felt like I went through an emotional rollercoaster ride with that one. Covered an amazing amount of ideas in such a short film yet didn't feel dense. Actually got misty at the end of it.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Connie Yu wrote a documentary recently: http://seattleaaff.org/2017/films/digging-to-chinatown/

[Drunk Monk]

I still think Silent Night was a better short.  Sing was more uplifting, granted, but Silent Night had several elements that continue to nag at me, which is one of my watermarks for good cinema.

Cool about Connie.