Before the winners are announced, what films do you think should win?
Features
Persepolis
Synopsis: Poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution.
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Ratatouille
Synopsis: Ratatouille, a rat with a taste for gourmet food, lives in an upscale Parisian restaurant managed by an eccentric chef, constantly risking his life in the pursuit of fine dining. Brad Bird, the acclaimed director of Iron Giant and The Incredibles lends his magic touch to this much-anticipated summer Pixar movie. Who says a rat can’t enjoy French cuisine?
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Surf’s Up
Synopsis: If you didn’t know surfing was invented by penguins, Surf’s Up will set the record straight. In this CG feature from the folks at Sony Pictures Animation, a documentary film crew takes audiences behind the scenes of the annual Penguin World Surfing Championships.
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Shorts
Madame Tutli-Putli
Synopsis: Madame Tutli-Putli boards the Night Train, weighed down with all her earthly possessions and the ghosts of her past. She travels alone, facing both the kindness and menace of strangers. As day descends into dark, she finds herself caught up in a desperate metaphysical adventure. Adrift between real and imagined worlds, Madame Tutli-Putli confronts her demons and is drawn into an undertow of mystery and suspense.
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I met the Walrus
Director: Josh Raskin
Starring: Jerry Levitan, John Lennon
Official Site:
http://www.imetthewalrus.com/
Synopsis: In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. Using the original interview as the soundtrack, this narrative tenderly romances Lennon's every word in a cascading flood of multi-pronged animation.
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Meme Les Pigeons Vont Au Paradis (
Even Pigeons Go to Heaven
)
Synopsis: A priest conducts a frenzied chase to save a soul in peril.
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Moya Lyubov (
My Love
)
Synopsis: Set in Moscow in the late 19th century, against a sonorous spring and a summer downpour, Anton, a 16-year old high-school student dreams of another reality full of romanticism and heroism. Daily life, however, is just routine. Nevertheless, he looks for something bright and pure in this life as he searches for his unique beloved, to whom he'll give his first feelings.
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Peter & the Wolf
Synopsis: On the edge of the vast forests of Russia, where wolves still roam, lies a little cottage surrounded by a big, high fence. This is where Peter lives with his grumpy Grandfather. Grandfather will not let Peter go out into the forest. Peter has a friend, the lovable Duck, with whom he hangs around Grandfather's yard. A Bird with a broken wing arrives in the yard. Bird is very impatient with Peter and signals to go into the forest. His heart beating fast, Peter tiptoes into the cottage and reaches over his sleeping Grandfather and the snoring, fat Cat. Ever so carefully Peter takes the keys to the gate.
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Visual Effects
The Golden Compass
Synopsis: In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Synopsis: Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.
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Transformers
Synopsis: A war re-erupts on Earth between two robotic clans, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, leaving the fate of mankind hanging in the balance.
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