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Country. United States. Language. English. Box office. $330,661. The Neighbors' Window is a 2019 American short film written and directed by Marshall Curry. [1] It won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2020. The film was inspired by a true story by Diane Weipert, which she recounted on the podcast Love and Radio.
The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The award has existed, under numerous names, since 1957. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, Best Short Subject, One-reel and Best Short Subject, Two-reel, referring to the running time of the short: a standard reel of film is 1000 feet, or about 11 minutes of run time.
The Silent Child. The Silent Child is a British sign language short film written by and starring Rachel Shenton and directed by her own husband Chris Overton, and released in 2017 by Slick Films. [1] It tells the story of Libby, a profoundly deaf six-year-old girl, who lives a silent life until a social worker, played by Shenton, teaches her ...
The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to honor only the ...
Skin. (2018 short film) Skin is a 2018 American short drama film, directed by Israeli-born filmmaker Guy Nattiv. Co written with Sharon Maymon, the film won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards, marking distributor Fox Searchlight Pictures ' first win in the category. [3] [4]
Whiplash is a 2013 American drama short film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. It depicts the relationship between an impassioned and gifted jazz drummer ( Johnny Simmons) and an abusive bandleader ( J. K. Simmons ). It is the short film on which the feature film is based. Whiplash premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on January ...
Curfew (2012 film) Curfew. (2012 film) Curfew is a 2012 American short film directed by Shawn Christensen. The film won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film at the 85th Academy Awards. [1] The short is the basis for a feature film which premiered at SXSW 2014 titled Before I Disappear .
Bao. (film) Bao is a 2018 American animated short film written and directed by Domee Shi and produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It is the first Pixar short film to be directed by a female director. [1] It was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival before being released with Incredibles 2 on June 15, 2018.