2006 Academy Award Nominated Live Action Shorts
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Collecting the five nominees for Best Short Film (Live Action), this 99-minute program exemplifies the economical strengths of the mini-movie format. It also speaks well of the Academy’s global attitude: Only one of the five films is from the U.S. That entry, ‘West Bank Story,â?� is also the program’s funniest, a 21-minute musical about falafel stands on the West Bank. Opening film ‘Binta and the Great Ideaâ?� (from Spain, but shot in Senegal) is considerably less funny, as it tells the story of a young African girl and her idealistic fisherman father striving to make their world a better place. Also in the program: ‘Helmer & Sonâ?� (from Denmark), ‘The Saviourâ?� (Australia) and ‘Ã?ramos pocosâ?� (‘One Too Manyâ?�) (Spain).
This article appears in Mar 14-20, 2007.