The 2012 Short Film Oscar Nominees

Here are the 2012 nominees for the short film Academy Awards. We will attempt to provide reviews for them this year as they become available for viewing:

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LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS

• Pentecost, Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
• Raju, Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
• The Shore, Terry George and Oorlagh George
• Time Freak, Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
• Tuba Atlantic, Hallvar Witzo

ANIMATED SHORT FILMS

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• Dimanche/Sunday, Patrick Doyon
• The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
• La Luna, Enrico Cararosa
• A Morning Stroll, Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
• Wild Life, Amanda Forbia and Wendy Tilby

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

• The Barber of Brimingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement, RobinFryday and Gail Dolgin
• God Is the Bigger Elvis, Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
• Incident in New Baghdad, James Spione
• Saving Face, Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
• The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom, Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen