Oscars 2020 Live Action Short Films Predictions
My guesses on which shorts could be amongst the 10 shortlisted for the 2020 Academy Awards.
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- DirectorJianna Maarten SaadaStarsVanessa BenaventeJosé BolañosVictor BonevaIn the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, two teenagers pursue young love in a region where violence may be inescapable.
- DirectorMeryam JoobeurStarsKais AyariMohamed GrayaâMouldi KridenMohamed is deeply shaken when his oldest son Malik returns home after a long journey with a mysterious new wife.
- DirectorBogdan MuresanuStarsAdrian VancicaLuca TomaMircea AndreescuA son's letter to Santa for Christmas turns his father's evening into a thriller he did not ask for.
- DirectorZoel AeschbacherStarsBenjamin SanouPaul MintheNicole MerseyWhen the elevator of their public housing breaks down, the fates of Felix, a disabled pensioner, Ana, a single mother struggling with her move and Seydou, a young man passionate about dance intertwine towards an explosive ending where their limits will be tested.
- DirectorSandrine Brodeur-DesrosiersStarsDalia BinzariLuiza CocoraSarianne CormierEva (8 years old) and her father are doing a road trip Montreal-Mexico in a big 18-wheels truck.
- DirectorRikke GregersenStarsRenate ReinsveAndré SørumEili HarboeSilje wants to leave her boyfriend, but when she finds him in a half-hearted attempt to hang himself she has to reconsider, in fear of acting reckless.
- DirectorYves PiatStarsEltayef DhaouiMohamed Ali AyariLyès SalemIn a Tunisian village, children are playing football on a wasteland. Meanwhile, Abdallah and Mohammed come across a donkey with headphones on his ears and bags full of a white powder on his back. The two young brothers decide to bring those bags back to their village.
- DirectorCharlie MantonStarsLindsay DuncanSophia MylesClint DyerTraveling to witness the execution of her son's murderer, a mother is torn between retaliation and reconnecting with her estranged daughter.
- DirectorFarhad DelaramStarsBehdokht ValianAlireza Sani FarAnahita EghbalnejadThe young Iranian woman had not been expecting this kind of examination. She only wanted to renew her driver's license, but when the officials noticed a scar on her wrist and her tattoo, they began looking at her with suspicion. Suddenly she is trapped, forced to answer personal questions and exposed to insinuations. The camera captures the growing uneasiness with clinical precision.
- DirectorPaul Marques DuarteStarsVictor BonnelMarie BunelThomas GuyA tense night of raised pulses on a ferry to England: Adèle, an English teacher, is hiding a 15 year old migrant among her students on board.