Before Martin Scorsese became one of the greatest directors of all time there was “The Big Shave.” Before Taika Waititi directed a Marvel movie and won an Oscar for “Jojo Rabbit” there was “Two Cars, One Night.” Before Andrea Arnold and Lynne Ramsay become two of our best working directors there was “Wasp” and “Small Deaths.” Most great directors start their careers with a great short film, several of which IndieWire has rounded up below for your streaming pleasure.
Of the selection below, short films by Andrea Arnold, Taika Waititi, Nacho Vigolando, and Marshall Curry all landed Oscar nominations in the Best Live Action Short Film Category. Both Arnold and Curry won the Academy Award for their shorts in their respective years. For Scorsese and Darren Aronofsky, the shorts below served as breakthrough moments as film school students at New York University and the American Film Institute, respectively.
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Of the selection below, short films by Andrea Arnold, Taika Waititi, Nacho Vigolando, and Marshall Curry all landed Oscar nominations in the Best Live Action Short Film Category. Both Arnold and Curry won the Academy Award for their shorts in their respective years. For Scorsese and Darren Aronofsky, the shorts below served as breakthrough moments as film school students at New York University and the American Film Institute, respectively.
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- 3/17/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
As business begun at the Festival de Cannes wraps up, Miramax Films has acquired North American rights to the comedy Eagle vs. Shark, the debut feature from New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi. Palm Pictures has acquired North American rights to Ten Canoes, an Australian feature directed by Rolf de Heer and co-directed by Peter Djigirr. Waititi's short film Two Cars, One Night was nominated for an Oscar as best live-action short in 2005, and his second short Tamu tu received the Special Jury Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival that same year. His first feature Eagle, a comic account of two misfits searching for acceptance, was developed at the Directors and Screenwriters Lab at the Sundance Institute. Currently in postproduction after shooting in and around Wellington, N.Z., it stars New Zealanders Loren Horsley and Jemaine Clement. Horsley developed the character while collaborating with Waititi on the script. Ainsley Gardiner and Cliff Curtis of Whenua Films are producers.
SYDNEY -- Elham Hossinzadeh's Silent Companion took the top prize at the Melbourne International Film Festival's 44th International Short Film Competition, the festival said. Hossinzadeh won AUS$7,000 ($5,600) for his film about a man who journeys to Iran through the swamps of Iraq to bring a gown to his bride. The competition, one of the most prestigious in the Asia-Pacific region, attracted a record number of more than 1,000 entries this year from throughout the world. The prize of AUS$5,000 ($3,850) for best Australian short film went to Victorian College of the Arts graduate Justin Kurzel for Blue Tongue, which recently screened at the Festival de Cannes in Critics Fortnight. Eron Sheean was awarded the same amount and named best emerging Australian filmmaker for Fish. The best fiction short-film prize of AUS$3,000 ($2,300) was awarded to Tama Tu, directed by New Zealand writer-director Taika Waititi. The filmmaker's Two Cars, One Night opened the festival in 2004 and went on to earn Waititi an Academy Award nomination earlier this year. MIFF wrapped Sunday.
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