CHICAGO – The relationships in our lives affect who we are, whether they are momentary or long term. Interestingly, like the Oscar nominated Live Action shorts [28], the Animated Short Film nominees have that similar connective themes in four of the five stories. Family relationships, son-to-mother, mother-to-daughter, daughter-to-father and parents-to-child, are explored in poignant and expressive ways. The Landmark Century Centre Cinema in Chicago are currently showing all the shorts in one program. Click here [29] for more information.
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One of the nominees, “Animal Behavior” (Canada), is not so much about relationships, but is a comic overview of the law of nature in the context of a psychotherapy group session. The other nominees – “Bao” (USA), “Late Afternoon” (Ireland), “One Small Step” (USA/China) and “Weekends” (USA) – are about our relationships, and the influential nature of them. The trend of animation is to communicate different subjects in this flexible and reverential art form, a far cry from Bugs Bunny in a dress.
“Bao” is from Walt Disney’s Pixar Studios, their second year in a row so honored (after 2017’s “Lou”). Although the story of a Chinese mother and her magical son is beautiful, emotional and humorous, it seems that giving the big studios yet another nod prevents new voices from breaking through. “Late Afternoon” deals with caregiving and dementia, “One Small Step” is a girl’s ambition encouraged by her single father and “Weekends” is memories of a son negotiating his divorced parents.
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