From Maggie Simpson To Afghanistan: The 2013 Oscar Nominated Shorts

Steve Walker — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:00:00 +0000

For several years, a compilation of Oscar-nominated short films - in animation, live action, and documentary - has opened in theaters across the globe , making those categories on Academy Award night not as foreign or inaccessible as they used to be. This season's entries again include a variety of styles, themes and locations, ranging from the Ayn Rand School for Tots where the perpetually silent Maggie Simpson is dropped off at The Longest Daycare to Buzkashi Boys and the cacophonous streets of Kabul.

Following The Lives Of Chimpanzees On Screen

editor — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:31:00 +0000

The new Disneynature film Chimpanzee started off the way most movies do. Co-producers and directors Mark Linfield and Alastair Fothergill, who had previously worked together on the documentary film Earth, approached Disney with a 70-page script about a group of chimpanzees living in Western Africa.