I finally found them! Yay! This short comes from Denmark and is about a janitor named Enzo (Casper Crump) and his tale of a magical world called Helium that he shares with Alfred (Pelle Falk Krusbaek), a young boy in the hospital. Alfred has a terminal illness but fears that Heaven will be boring. Enzo tells him that, instead, he could go in a lion-headed zeppelin to Helium and live in a house held up by balloons.This was a really pretty film with some top-notch effects work showing all the wonders of Helium. Be warned, however, this might induce a case of The Feels.
Nominated for: Best Live Action Short
This short from the UK might be the closest thing to a horror film the Academy has recognized since The Exorcist. Stuffy psychiatrist Dr. Williams (Martin Freeman) is called in to consult on a prisoner named Voorman (Tom Hollander) who believes that he is God. The trouble is, he might be right.
It's only 13-minutes long but packs a wickedly funny punch. As long as you don't mind the fact that God is kind of a dick.
Nominated for: Best Live Action Short
And now we're off in a completely different direction, courtesy of France.Miriam (Lea Drucker) is taking her two kids and leaving her abusive husband, Antoine (Denis Menochet), he just doesn't know it yet. She goes to the store where she works in order to finalize some paperwork. Her boss agrees to fire her so she'll get benefits and gets the accounting department to advance her money, while her co-workers take turns watching her children. But everything could be completely ruined when Antoine unexpectedly shows up at the store looking for Miriam.
So far, I have seen poignant, funny, and now suspenseful. You really feel Miriam's sense of determination in getting herself and her kids out of this terrible situation, and the helplessness of her co-workers. They want to do more for her but they don't know how. Sadly, this is also the most realistic of the shorts so far.
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