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Big Things Comes in Small Packages: The Academy Rolls Out Its List for the Year’s Best in Short Films
The films that made the shortlist in the Oscars’ documentary short category are all powerful and thought-provoking.
Other notable contenders include Rashida Jones and Will McCormack’s POV short “A Swim Lesson” and Julio Palacio’s Netflix doc “Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World,” which was executive produced by Oscar-winner Roger Ross Williams.— Addie Morfoot Adam J. Graves’ HollyShorts winner “Anuja,” about child labor in India, has big-name EP backing from Oscar-winning Indian producer Guneet Monga Kapoor and Hollywood power player Mindy Kaling. Rounding out the field are Tod Polson’s “The 21,” animated by a global team of more than 70 artists; Nina Gantz’s SXSW Grand Jury Award-winner “Wander to Wonder”; Anna Samo’s innovative Woodstock winner “The Wild-Tempered Clavier”; and Loïc Espuche’s Berlinale standout “Yuck!”— Jamie Lang
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