Anyone have the inside scoop on th Academy's Shorts categories?

[bettyellen]

I promise to donate 1/2 my winnings to DU if your info puts me over the top.
I am always clueless about the short films and guess randomly.
Please help me win this for the team!

Best Animated Short Film -

"Birthday Boy" 9:30 minutes  
An Australian Film, TV and Radio School Production
Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory

"Gopher Broke" 4:27 minutes
A Blur Studio Production
Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller

"Guard Dog" 5:00 minutes
A Bill Plympton Production
Bill Plympton

"Lorenzo" 4:55 minutes
A Walt Disney Pictures Production
Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth

"Ryan" 13:50 minutes
A Copper Heart Entertainment & National Film Board of Canada Production
Chris Landreth


Best Live-Action Short Film -

"Everything in This Country Must" 20 minutes
A Six Mile LLC Production
Gary McKendry

"Little Terrorist" 15 minutes
An Alipur Films Production
Ashvin Kumar

"7:35 in the Morning ( 7:35 de la Mañana)" 8 minutes
An Ibarretxe & Co. Production
Nacho Vigalondo

"Two Cars, One Night" 11 minutes
A Defender Films Limited Production
Taika Waititi and Ainsley Gardiner

"Wasp" 23 minutes
A Cowboy Films Production
Andrea Arnold

[terrya]

1. These have to be two of the more obscure categories.

Who actually sees these short films, anyway? They're not screened in regular theaters...at least none in Chicago that I'm aware of.

I don't have a clue. I'm in a Oscar contest myself and just guessed. :-)

[bettyellen]

2. i'm a rat fink- i bet the odds on favorite from gambling sites.......

and it's been 100% accurate in the past two years.
but they don't take action on the shorts. there's another person at this party who does the same, too. so it's going to come down to the shorts again. i need an edge.

[bettyellen]

3. c'mon dammit somebody must know something........

you can't all be idjits.....